I mean that in a sarcastic way.
I have been asking my Dad if he can help me out with uni costs for the past month. Yesterday he texted me saying he will give me some money for christmas to which I replied "so that means i have to spend my xmas money on food and bills?". So he called me. Now before i go into this in more detail the major point here is that since my parents divorced when i was 8, my Dad has not contributed a bean to my upbringing. He's never paid child support and he's never helped my Mum out with uni costs. Actually i'm pretty sure i've blogged about this before!
Last night i actually told him that i feel like he doesn't support me and it's not the amount of money he could give me, it's the gesture that's important. He then proceeded to ramble on about how my mum earns more money, he hasn't got any money blah blah. This annoyed me. My dad does have a job and he earns a normal wage. My mum has worked so hard to get a good job and she has literally been threadbare when we were growing up so that we could go on school trips, have shoes etc. My dad pisses his money away in the pub and the bookies. Just last week he couldn't give my sister any birthday money because he had lost £200 betting!! The thing that has annoyed and upset me the most is that by the time the phone convo had ended, i felt guilty for making my dad feel bad! He was also drunk which pissed me off even more. After he spoke to me, he rang my younger sister and cried down the phone to her about what i'd said to him. Then he sent me messages saying "love you" and "more than you will ever know" when i didn't reply. Talk about emotional blackmail!! I rang my mum and she told me to switch my phone off and ignore him. Which i did. I cried a bit though.
This is the end for now. i can't be arsed with him. My mum said she is lucky because she could divorce him, unfortunately for us we are stuck with him.