His Estranged Father Randomly Reached Out And Asked Him To Invest $30,000 In A New Business, And Now He’s Getting Called Callous For Refusing To Hand Over The Funds
When this 27-year-old man was younger, it was just him and his mother. His father left when he was about 3-years-old, and he never really heard from his dad again. He would just receive an occasional birthday card.
At the same time, his mother worked very hard to support him without his father. So, together, they were able to make ends meet.
“I never truly had resentment toward my father; rather, it was more as though he were an unfamiliar person,” he recalled.
Since then, he’s managed to become quite successful without the help of his dad. He attended college, launched a solid career in tech, and now, his finances are “decent.”
However, his father randomly reached out to him on social media recently and suddenly wanted to get back in touch with him.
“I’ll be honest; I was curious,” he said, “So I took a chance. We got together and went through the entire awkward catch-up thing. Nothing too serious, nothing too profound.”
But his dad wound up dropping a bomb on him not long afterward. He found out how, apparently, his dad is launching a new business, which is some sort of app and doesn’t have enough money.
His dad also admitted to “hearing through the grapevine”– in other words, his extended family– about how well he was doing in his career. That’s why his dad flat-out asked if he would invest a whopping $30,000 in the business.
He was understandably caught off guard by such a request, given the fact that they barely knew each other. Yet, his dad expected him to swoop in and grant this massive favor.
HBS – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual person
“And my dad seemed to be only interested in my cash and not in getting to know me or making up for missed time,” he explained.
So, he ultimately refused to invest in his dad’s business and said he simply wasn’t comfortable handing over so much money. His dad didn’t take the news well, either, and became really defensive.
“Accusing me of harboring grudges and denying my dad an opportunity to be a part of my life,” he revealed.
Plus, he even started receiving angry text messages from family members he hardly knew, and they also called him out for being “callous” and not supporting his dad.
So, on the one hand, he feels like his dad just tried to take advantage of him. Still, on the other, he can’t help but wonder if refusing to fund his dad’s business was really such a jerky move.
Do you think his dad had a right to show up out of the blue and get defensive when he wouldn’t invest $30,000 in a new business? Would you have reacted any differently in his shoes?
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