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I Come From a Broken Family

I am kinda looking for some advice or maybe I'm here to vent but I am open to getting some feedback (positive, of course). I am 30 years old. When I was young (until age 11) I moved. A lot. My mother and father separated after only 6 years of marriage. My mom had an affair and my dad left. I moved between my mom and dad and grandparents every year without fail. My dad lived about a 15 hour drive from my grandparents and my mom lived wherever she was at the time. We'd move sometimes more than twice a school year really far away. I experienced abuse from all parties. I was a really good kid, did well in school, responsible oldest sibling. When I was 10 years old, I lived with my father. He had a gambling addiction and we lived in a house that cost too much and had power cut and no food. We got put in a foster home. By the grace of God it was a good one. The three of us siblings were together. When that happened, my mother lived in another province and didn't know we were seized from our father. I eventually returned home and lived with my grandparents until I graduated high school. After the day we were put in a foster home, I have talked to my father 4 times. In 20 years. He came to my high school graduation; two years later, I reached him at his workplace and gave him my number. A year after that, I reached out to him again when my son was born. He saw me, met my then-partner and my son, and left. After that, I broke up with my son's dad and moved home. My father and I never talked again. Just last month, my father added me as a friend on Facebook, and I accepted with the determination that if there were any reaching out to happen, it will be him to me. I'm getting married in 2 months. Should I invite him? Should I stand my ground and not talk to him? Some of my friends say one way, some the other. Help, please ☺
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MikeSp · 56-60, M
Take the higher ground and invite him even though you have no obligation to him. If he accepts, great. If not, don't take it personal. Don't let his problems become yours. Enjoy one of the happiest days of your life regardless of how others behave. My best to you.
this is such a personal decision.
What will his being there on your wedding day add to your life?
If he has not reached out and tried to start a relationship with you again.
If you invite him and he does not show up, how will that effect your wedding day?

 
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