1 week Ago By BuzzFeed
— — — — "She performed selfish acts without thinking of others' feelings or thoughts. She'd gaslight you into thinking you were the problem if she ever did you wrong. It was like she was a martyr without the whole 'woe is me' act.
She'd say, 'Since you did me wrong, I’m going to hurt those you care about and make you feel like it’s your fault for making me do this.'" — — — — — "He would never put in more than the minimum required effort to be a parent. I realized he was still doing the same thing, and it was likely my child would experience the grandpa that I had as a dad.
Still, I gave him a choice. I said, 'If you want to be part of your grandson's life and our lives, then you need to come see us and not continue to make us do all the work to have a relationship with you. If you're not interested in doing that, you should never call me again.
'" It's been 10 years since his number popped up on my phone. Although, nine years ago, I got a message from an unknown number, so it went straight to voicemail. It was his new wife talking about how they did all this shit to make it so they had more 'free time' to come visit, but in the message there were all of these things trying to make me feel guilty for the conversation that I'd had with my dad a year before that.
I replied months later since it took a long time before I saw that voicemail. I said in a text message, 'If he wants a relationship, he can reach out. This is for him to fix, not you.
' She replied, 'I'll let him know.' So, yeah..
.I don't feel bad about cutting him out." — — — — — — — — —.
