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WhoWhatWhen
July 14th, 2016, 10:21 PM
Is it normal to miss my father who never took the time to try to see me?

Him and my mother divorced when I was little. He was emotionally abusive to her, but never really abusive towards me. I do have a few good memories with him of course. During the divorce he never showed to court so my mom was granted full custody. I never saw him since. He died a few years back and very recently I have noticed myself thinking about him and how much I miss him and how I wish he would've been in my life (if he cleaned up his act). I know this is a normal thing to miss family, but how do I stop missing him? Why am I missing him? I thought I was done with all these emotions towards him...:(

Flapjack
July 15th, 2016, 12:20 PM
Yeah that sounds perfectly normal:)

jamie_n5
July 15th, 2016, 04:20 PM
You will never stop missing him or thinking about him. It is a normal human nature to mourn and miss your loved ones. Even though your relationship was not very good he was your dad so he will always be in your memories.