This 34-year-old man has a strained relationship with his father.
When he was 13, his father cheated with a 25-year-old woman. She got pregnant as a result, and his father left him and his sister to be with the woman he had an affair with.
Eventually, his father married the woman he cheated with and is still with her.
“I hate my stepmother because she’s always rubbed it in our faces, and he did nothing about it,” he said.
By the time he turned 17, he didn’t keep in touch with his father any longer, but his sister still chose to communicate with him from time to time.
Also, when he was 17, his mother remarried, and, luckily, he had a close bond with his stepfather.
“He’s always treated me and my sister like we were his own children,” he explained.
Not too long ago, he married his partner, who he’s been with for a long time, and they have 9-year-old twins together.
His father has only met his children once, and he didn’t say a word to his father during the get-together. However, his father tried saying he was sorry for his behavior in the past. But he didn’t think his father’s apology was sincere because of the sincerity and callousness of his father’s actions.
“So, I got married, and we had a family tree done. I left out my biological father and replaced him with my stepdad, and he was fuming. My stepmother said I ‘broke his heart.’ Frankly, I couldn’t care less about his feelings since he’s never cared about me or my sister since the day he left,” he shared.
After the wedding, his biological father’s side of the family has been reaching out to him and his now-wife to discuss how they left out his biological father from the family tree. His half-brother was angry with him, but he told him that he didn’t care, adding that he didn’t view him or his biological father as a true family.
Then, he told his half-brother that he was “‘nothing more than a mistake,'” which he acknowledged was a low blow. After this remark, his stepmother got involved in an argument with him, and he called her some pretty rude names.
A couple of days ago, his father called him and asked if he could talk to the twins. He responded and said that he didn’t want him to see his children ever again. His father started sobbing, and he hung up on his father.
Now, he doesn’t regret how he treated his father because, for years, his father hasn’t reached out for holidays like Christmas or any birthdays. From his perspective, his father cares more about his new family, and he doesn’t think he should accept his father’s apologies.
Do you think he did the right thing by not acknowledging his biological father on his family tree?
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