You were never my hero, you never told me I was beautiful, you never warned me against sh*tty relationships, (and boy did I need your warning). He never paid a dime of that support. You have never, in your entire life or mine, been there for me. There was times I was hoping you would come watch me at my games and you would never show up, or when I had a performance and you would show up for a split second and leave. Sometimes we would get in a argument and you wouldn't talk or call me until I called you. I was never your little girl. My estranged father has contacted me saying he was hoping we could “take time and start to build bridges” and asking if he could call. An Open Letter To The Father That Was Never There For Me "I wish you could have been the father I wanted you to ... State University. I hoped for a happy ending to this part of my story, but it never seemed to work out. I guess you didn't realize that would affect me still when I'm almost an adult. When I was born, I guess, my father was not happy about my birth, so he wasn’t there for me. I now have a big wedding planned for June and my Mother will be serving as my MOH (she's okay with dad being there) He will be walking me down the aisle. I wish my real dad could have been there as me and my 2 siblings were growing up, but no matter how much I wished for it he was never there. like it says he will always be my father but NEVER my dad I am now 42 years old (the child) and I believe he is collecting disability or social security..not real sure which. He chose not to be a part of my life; a single mother raised me. She was too involved in her own career and, I suspect, alcoholic. A responsible father will never stop loving his kids in any conditions. I always had my moms boyfriend or ex husbands to depend on. And if she needed to discipline me, she would, to help me learn my lesson. I've been perfectly fine without him because I have alot of uncles who were like fathers to me.

She taught me not to lie, so that I will not be lied to. She trained me from kindergarten to University. Ok so I'm 19 years old my dad has never been in my life he has been in and out of jail many times, so now he is out and he wants to be in my life. It was the first time I really felt jealous of someone for having a father. I'm totally gonna call you Michael because you haven't earned the right of me calling you "dad." All the typical father/daughter songs make me cry b/c they don't fit at all. I thought that I could fix my father — like in the movies, when the character you love is about to die and there’s a dramatic scene right before the bad guy surrenders. Is there a way to collect on all the years he never paid child support? so since my dad been out of jail he's been forcing himself in my life to the point i can't be around him. I never had my dad in my life either. Five Things an Unloving Mother Never Does ... amid the differences, there are broad commonalities.