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Let me paraphrase:

"I don't give a fuck about my daughter and she has gone no contact for 7 years. I was not informed about her wedding or the birth of her child, but that's okay I can make a fake one to make me feel good."

right? fucking gross.

All 3 on right AI generated, none 1:1 so all missing the birthmarks or tats or whatnot?

Peak Boomer.

The "missing missing reasons" was basically created just for Boomer parents.

I went no contact with my dad in 2009 after he refused to come to my wedding because he “doesn’t like weddings” (my mother says he did it to hurt her, even though she preferred his absence).

He never took much of any interest in my life before that moment, either. It wasn’t until after my second child (my son) was born that he suddenly gave a shit about my family and wanted photos of the kids so that he could show off his grandson.

We refused. He got angry. I told him, in clear words, that he made the choice to never be part of my family, and he had never earned the right to have access to my children. He is a stranger to us.

He calls me selfish for this. He replied that he’ll be taking me out of his will, as if I was ever in it to begin with.

Boomers, man…

My step father was/is like that. Horrible drunk, 2 faced in public. My mother wants nothing to do with him anymore, his son is finally free from the divorce agreement (the children end up being property in divorces), and he texts me randomly about... nothing, really. Seldom, but always when he drinks. He gets really sentimental when he texts me. I haven't told my mother, but as much as I hate him, there's a large amount of pity. He had a family and pushed every single one of them away. Now he's a lonely drunk, likely to die from health problems or something more depressing.

Your dad is my mom. So eerily similar.

They’ll never admit they’re wrong. They’ll never do something like apologize. They’ll never check their shoe despite everywhere they go smelling like shit.

It’s sad really. It takes a long time to get over the guilt from going no and all the anger but when you do you can see how much better your life is without them in it.

I’ve had rather similar experiences with a family member, and completely agree.

Sitting here trying to figure out if I am related to you. Grandma died at 103, aunt that took care of her, other uncle and aunt had falling out with daughter who then moved to Florida and went no contact. Uncle is only 75ish but his body breaking down.

Guess all the other stuff doesn't match. His wife didn't leave him, she died, but his sister is still alive, and he only had one sister, so...

This feels like a negative introspection, somehow!