Originally Posted by slipknotpsycho
if you don't wanna get brought down on christmas, skip this post... fair warning.
still not alone, i never really knew my dad either.... infact, i had only seen
him two times until i was about 16, then he came back to texas, and he lived with us for a few months, then after i got out of jail (over a year later) he was stil 'here' but wasn't living with us... i got to know him alot better, and the more i knew, the less i liked of him, he wouldn't of been so bad, if he was just a friend or something, but he was a crackhead, literally.... then my brother died, and he went around to places they worked together (since they lived together, once my dad got a job, he'd get my brother a job there aswell) telling then of the story and getting 'donations' for a benefit he was holding.... in reality, he never held a benefit or had plans to do anything of the such.... he just wanted the money to buy his crack.... he used my brothers death (which everyone in the family KNOWS he's responsible for, shortly, he told some crack dealer he'd be back wtih the money and when he didn't show my brother got shot) to fuel his habbit... i'm not trying to bring anyone down, and actually when i'm done writing this i'm gonna put a warning at the top.... but yeah, i disowned him, told him if he ever stepped foot around my child, me, or my wife again, i'd kill him myself, and honestly, i fucking meant it...... and if he does... I WILL follow through with it, wasn't just a threat.....
basicly, i know what it is to grow up with a dad... it sucks you have to watch other 'male figures' to figure out what you should be like, when you should be watching your dad... i feel for you dude, it's a shitty way to grow up, but honestly, it makes you stronger, and it makes you a more unique person, you just have to use that in a constructive way.... not to preech or anything, i'm only 21.... i'm not much older then you... i just honestly feel it made me a better person, a chance to become my own man, rather learning from one male figure in my life (i.e. a father) just gotta know how to use that type of stuff to your advantage...