My Dad is Ready to Be a Father
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Thanks for listening to my Call of the Day podcast. You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM Triumph 111. Lauren, welcome to the program. Hi, thank you for taking my call. Hi. So my dilemma is I have not had a relationship with my dad since I was a young girl, five. He left my mom and

And us four kids, when we were very young, never paid any child support, never really did anything. We were just a shit bum, if you will. And over the years, I have seen him here or there in situations because I have...

I stayed in touch with his family. I did stay in touch with my grandparents. They are now both deceased and I still do see his siblings, which are my aunts and uncles. They don't have anything to do with him either other than one of my aunts does, but they don't see each other often. So what he's done is recently, he's been married multiple times and he's had his new wife,

send me a letter stating she would like me to give him another chance. Family is so important. If I could just find it. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. That's very funny. Thank you for laughing. She's wife number one. I don't even know at this point what life is.

That's hilarious. So, you know, if I could just overlook and just, you know, find it in my heart to meet with my dad and talk to him, and I just ignored the letter the last time. Well, I got another letter this time from my father, but it was a...

computer, you know, he wrote it on the computer and printed it and signed it and sent it to me. Now, he knows my address. He knows where I live. And I'm 56, and he's probably 77 or 78. I don't even know at this point. But...

My point is, he wants, he's in this letter that he just sent to me. It was, I know it must hurt you as much as it hurts me not to have a relationship. And I was like, okay. No, it doesn't. That shows you how insensitive and manipulative he is.

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Go ahead. Go ahead. How would you suggest I do that? In a letter? Because I don't want to meet with him. Then you'll have to do it in a letter if you don't want to meet with him. That's the only option you have left. You write your truth in the letter and send it off and say, this is hilarious, actually. You're closing in on mortality and suddenly you're talking about me and your other kids as a family. Are you kidding?

You've only thought of yourself. He's only reaching out to me. Okay. Okay. You're still only thinking. He's only reaching out to me. Is it my turn now? Yeah, sorry. Good. You're still only thinking of yourself. There's nothing in it for me. We have no bond. I do not feel or sense or think about you as a father, either sperm donor. You knocked up mom and here we are. Good luck. Okay. I need to. Don't contact me anymore. Good luck.

Okay, that's great. Perfect. I just need the validation because that's exactly how I feel. You are validated. My number, 1-800-375-7000.

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