Am I wrong ??
My dad has always been selfish and insensitive when it comes to my feelings since I was a child. He has never once apologized to me for saying or doing anything that hurts me (choking me, telling me my grandparents never loved me, being mad that I was scared when he told me he wanted to commit suicide, throwing juice all over my room etc) My dad has been really disrespectful towards my boyfriend that he never met. I have talked to him about it twice. We’ve been together now for 2 1/2 years and my dad still tries to disrespect him. About 5 months ago I tried talking to my dad again about disrespecting my boyfriend and ignoring my boundaries that I had already sat with him. He laughed and invalidated me. He said “if something that I say hurt you that’s your problem not mine”. He said that I make him say things that hurt my feelings. So I decided to minimize contact and I would only send him a couple pictures of our daughter every month or so. Lately I’ve been feeling regretful and wanting to try and fix my relationship with my dad. Today he texted me asking if my daughter is walking yet I said no not yet. A little while after that I had set my phone down and went to the kitchen to cook. My mom had called me and asked why my dad was texting her and saying that my daughter was malnourished because she’s not walking yet. I immediately checked my phone and seen that my dad had called 10 times in eight minutes. He said “do I have to come out there. I called and nothing”. Then he said that he was going to call the police for a wellness check because I didn’t answer the phone. I called him and said what are you talking about?? Basically he tried to pretend that all he was doing was wanting to know if she was OK and that “he didn’t say anything about calling the police.” He went on and on about how I’m crazy and psychotic and I think I know everything and that I think I’m an adult (I’m 22 years old) and that he doesn’t have to give a shit about my feelings. This went back-and-forth for about 15 minutes and I said she’s fine, her doctor isn’t concerned, she will walk when she’s ready. He said that’s not what I want and continued to laugh at me. I finally asked him do you have anything else to say that’s not condescending or rude and he said no so I said well have a nice life and leave me alone. After that he called my mom and my boyfriend basically lying to them and cussing them out. My dad was telling my mom that he had no memory of bringing up the cops and that he doesn’t know why I am so upset. He claims he’s been asking about my daughter for a week. ( I have messages to prove that is false) Every time I try to stand up for myself against my dad he makes himself the victim. Everyone else around him enables him to treat me this way. I almost had a panic attack after I hung up. I’m so hurt but angry at the same time. I honestly never want to talk to my dad again. He’ll never change. He uses his mental state as an excuse for anything and the people around him enable it.
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