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Grobyc
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Canada18410 Posts
September 26 2009 05:04 GMT
#1
who I haven't really spent any time with past the age of 12ish~ today.

My cell started ringing and it said 'private number', so I just answered it. It was really awkward at first, but then it just became a little weird. He basically said "whats up", since we don't know that much about eachother really. Asked how college was going, whether I got a driver's license and/or car yet, work, etc. Overall the call lasted 47 minutes.

My parents split up when I was about 7-8 or so, and finally got a divorce when I was like 12ish~. Up until now I didn't even know where he lived, what he was doing for a living, what he looked like(he emailed me a picture after), etc.

I guess it's a good thing, but I could kind of care less at this point. I don't think of him as my dad when I see or talk to him, more of just a stranger.

I just feel like watching SC now and not thinking about it :0

Also, got C- again on iCCup today. Getting closer to C

*****
If you watch Godzilla backwards it's about a benevolent lizard who helps rebuild a city and then moonwalks into the ocean.
kaizenmx
Profile Joined February 2009
United States110 Posts
September 26 2009 05:06 GMT
#2
You are having a way more interesting life than I have.
dinmsab
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Malaysia2246 Posts
September 26 2009 05:16 GMT
#3
Shows that he still cares, you should go meet him.
..
Grobyc
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Canada18410 Posts
September 26 2009 05:17 GMT
#4
On September 26 2009 14:16 dinmsab wrote:
Shows that he still cares, you should go meet him.

That's true. I'm thinking of it when winter comes around and I have some time off work/school
If you watch Godzilla backwards it's about a benevolent lizard who helps rebuild a city and then moonwalks into the ocean.
Orome
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
Switzerland11984 Posts
September 26 2009 05:29 GMT
#5
On September 26 2009 14:16 dinmsab wrote:
Shows that he still cares, you should go meet him.


Not being in contact with your son for pretty much all of his teenage years isn't what I'd call caring. =/
On a purely personal note, I'd like to show Yellow the beauty of infinitely repeating Starcraft 2 bunkers. -Boxer
RoieTRS
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States2569 Posts
September 26 2009 05:38 GMT
#6
There are some days where I feel really... nostalgic, i guess is the correct word. I feel worried about the future of, and i choose this topic because it's popular here, the future of starcraft when sc2 comes out. What will happen to TL? Will huge projects like tlpd be all just a waste? etc etc

Other days I really don't give a shit. There's no such thing as fate. Someone started TLPD, and if it ends up nobody caring about starcraft in the future, than that's life.


I'm sort of feeling the first vibe from your father, and the second from you. I, of course, can't know, and I mean absolutely zero disrespect or insult.
konadora, in Racenilatr's blog: "you need to stop thinking about starcraft or anything computer-related for that matter. It's becoming a bad addiction imo"
Kurosaki
Profile Joined August 2008
United States158 Posts
September 26 2009 05:58 GMT
#7
Woah this reminds me of an episode from the Fresh Prince.
dinmsab
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Malaysia2246 Posts
September 26 2009 06:06 GMT
#8
On September 26 2009 14:29 Orome wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 26 2009 14:16 dinmsab wrote:
Shows that he still cares, you should go meet him.


Not being in contact with your son for pretty much all of his teenage years isn't what I'd call caring. =/


I bet the dad paid for most of his living expenses during his teenage years.. correct me if im wrong, but i think that's how it's suppose to work. Sure he's been missing for a few years, on the bright side though, you still have plenty of time to make things better again.. Divorce or not, he's still the op's dad.
..
{CC}StealthBlue
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States41117 Posts
September 26 2009 06:15 GMT
#9
On September 26 2009 14:29 Orome wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 26 2009 14:16 dinmsab wrote:
Shows that he still cares, you should go meet him.


Not being in contact with your son for pretty much all of his teenage years isn't what I'd call caring. =/

"Smokey, this is not 'Nam, this is bowling. There are rules."
SanguineToss
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Canada815 Posts
September 26 2009 06:25 GMT
#10
On September 26 2009 14:29 Orome wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 26 2009 14:16 dinmsab wrote:
Shows that he still cares, you should go meet him.


Not being in contact with your son for pretty much all of his teenage years isn't what I'd call caring. =/


True, but you dont know everything about the divorce and the circumstance. Something bad could've happened and his dad couldnt contact or whatever.. buttttt yeahhh your dad is kinda mean for not caring about you all your teenage life

Good luck with it anyways
Grobyc
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Canada18410 Posts
September 26 2009 06:25 GMT
#11
On September 26 2009 15:06 dinmsab wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 26 2009 14:29 Orome wrote:
On September 26 2009 14:16 dinmsab wrote:
Shows that he still cares, you should go meet him.


Not being in contact with your son for pretty much all of his teenage years isn't what I'd call caring. =/


I bet the dad paid for most of his living expenses during his teenage years.. correct me if im wrong, but i think that's how it's suppose to work. Sure he's been missing for a few years, on the bright side though, you still have plenty of time to make things better again.. Divorce or not, he's still the op's dad.

Actually, all my mom got was approx. 65$ a month from him for me, nothing more. And between age 7-12 I would only see him every couple months or so. My mom still rages about that stuff till this day ~_~
On September 26 2009 14:38 RoieTRS wrote:
There are some days where I feel really... nostalgic, i guess is the correct word. I feel worried about the future of, and i choose this topic because it's popular here, the future of starcraft when sc2 comes out. What will happen to TL? Will huge projects like tlpd be all just a waste? etc etc

Other days I really don't give a shit. There's no such thing as fate. Someone started TLPD, and if it ends up nobody caring about starcraft in the future, than that's life.


I'm sort of feeling the first vibe from your father, and the second from you. I, of course, can't know, and I mean absolutely zero disrespect or insult.

^(response to dinmsab)Which is where I probably get that attitude from. Kind of like a 'boy who cried wolf' thing, with him promising all this stuff to us time after time when me and my brothers were younger, but he just ended up moving away.
If you watch Godzilla backwards it's about a benevolent lizard who helps rebuild a city and then moonwalks into the ocean.
rredtooth
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
5464 Posts
September 26 2009 06:34 GMT
#12
i'm in a similar situation and i really think you should simply force yourself to talk to him more. it's just as much your fault for not taking initiative as it is his for not keeping in touch for you. very difficult (gets annoying, especially when its easy to just erase that part of your life) but its either that or lose a member of your family. i do it because i'm holding out for a day in the future when i can sit back and drink a beer with a dad who left me years ago as a son who forgave him years ago.
[formerly sponsored by the artist formerly known as Gene]
BlackJack
Profile Blog Joined June 2003
United States10574 Posts
September 26 2009 06:50 GMT
#13
On September 26 2009 15:34 redtooth wrote:
it's just as much your fault for not taking initiative as it is his for not keeping in touch for you.


bullshit
niteReloaded
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Croatia5282 Posts
September 26 2009 06:54 GMT
#14
On September 26 2009 14:29 Orome wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 26 2009 14:16 dinmsab wrote:
Shows that he still cares, you should go meet him.


Not being in contact with your son for pretty much all of his teenage years is called being smart.


A3iL3r0n
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
United States2196 Posts
September 26 2009 06:58 GMT
#15
wow, lots of foolish comments being tossed around, but hey it's the internet.

your dad i'm sure cares a lot about you, and if you want to continue or develop that relationship, you're going to have to accept whatever mistakes were made because its too late to change them. you have to make the best of it going forward.
My psychiatrist says I have deep-seated Ragneuroses :(
exalted
Profile Blog Joined March 2004
United States3612 Posts
September 26 2009 07:10 GMT
#16
pretty cool that the call lasted so long - that in itself is a victory
too easy
exalted
Profile Blog Joined March 2004
United States3612 Posts
September 26 2009 07:10 GMT
#17
and it's "couldn't care" less, not "could care less" DUCY?

the more you know!
too easy
Licmyobelisk
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Philippines3682 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-09-26 07:24:52
September 26 2009 07:22 GMT
#18
It's all good man, just even so that he wasn't there all of your teenage life, his now trying to make amends. Go and have a good time with your father, I mean we all have issues and it's great that your father is there to see you. Better to have someone caring for you than no one at all.

Besides, lets just say.. better late than never
I don't think I've ever wished my opponent good luck prior to a game. When I play, I play to win. I hope every opponent I ever have is cursed with fucking terrible luck. I hope they're stuck playing underneath a stepladder with a black cat in attendance a
Successful
Profile Joined September 2009
25 Posts
September 26 2009 07:23 GMT
#19
On September 26 2009 15:54 niteReloaded wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 26 2009 14:29 Orome wrote:
On September 26 2009 14:16 dinmsab wrote:
Shows that he still cares, you should go meet him.


Not being in contact with your son for pretty much all of his teenage years is called being smart.




Win.

But really, this is pretty serious, and when it comes to family you really shouldn't joke about shit like that.
Spike
Profile Joined October 2003
United States1392 Posts
September 26 2009 07:27 GMT
#20
We've all heard stories of adoptive/separated kids who really want to get to know their biological parents to the point where they seek them out.
But there are also kids who are cool with their situation and really don't care either way.

You seem more like the latter but it's up to you.
Meet him if you want or don't lol.
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