Father and stepfather

[EmilySmith]

Does all father love there child?
I have a problem with my dad… kind a I don't know what to think about him :/ He and my mom divorced when I was very little… He spent some times with me, when I was little, but not much… He's so careless… and it is so heartbreaking. He lives in another town or… another place and when I see him, I don't know, what to talk about… I'm tense! I just have to tell it to someone! My own father is a stranger to me… despite the fact that he never calls me… Never asks what's wrong in my life… when I was a kid, I didn't pay much attention to it, but I'm 17 now… and I feel jealous for the girls who know how father and daughter's relationship is.
Also I have a stepfather, who is really cool and he loves me like a father, but… the problem is that he's not my dad and I don't know how to have relationship with him… we love watch movies together and spend some times together too, but… I have same problems with him… I'm tense and I can't talk or don't know how to talk to him… I'm starting to think, that does all father love there daughter? :/ I don't know how to contact with my own father or stepfather :/

[Raees Adams]

Your situation is not too different to mine but there is one thing I can tell u for sure.Any parent loves the child unconditionaly regardless about your situation. It could be the your father has trouble expressing himself and maby he feels the same as you the same awkward feeling that you are feeling and I know I can be hard to talk about it so it's much easier to communicate with a friend. But you should tell him what is bothering you .And please forgive me if I'm being blunt or rude but whats the worst that could happen he already does not call l... but I wish u the best of luck and I hope u and your father obtain a health and great relationship the u would like 😊

[EmilySmith]

Hmm… thank's for advice, but… I don't know even how to start talk… like what should I tell him? the worst is, that I'm not his only daughter :/ and he doesn't care about the second one either (I don't even know my half sister well)

[Cadanance00]

I don't think you should pursue contact with your real father. I think it's obvious that he doesn't want to be involved in your life, and my heart goes out to you.

I recently found out my father isn't my biological father but rather someone I have known as a friend of the family. My dad raised me and did all the parent stuff like your step father is doing for you and my feeling is that you should see if he's open to talking about it, your step father that is.