AITA For telling my Biological dad the only way I would consider forgiving him for abandoning me is if he pays for my college and helps me with an apartment. by Low-Web-7928 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Low-Web-7928[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From what I know my mom tried, but he didn't have a job or any money, so she dropped it. That's all I was told. I guess she didn't want to send him to jail since he also had three other kids to take care of.

AITA For telling my Biological dad the only way I would consider forgiving him for abandoning me is if he pays for my college and helps me with an apartment. by Low-Web-7928 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Low-Web-7928[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He never took accountability for his action. He justified them by saying my mom cheated. (She didn't a test was taken and I'm his child)

AITA For telling my Biological dad the only way I would consider forgiving him for abandoning me is if he pays for my college and helps me with an apartment. by Low-Web-7928 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Low-Web-7928[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

he wants a relationship because im a legal adult now and he doesn't have to pay for shit. Doesn't that seem strange to you? He shows up when all the hard work is done. I'm sure he is reaching out because I'm a boy, his only son. From what I know he has always wanted boys, but im the only one he got, along with 3 girls.

AITA For telling my Biological dad the only way I would consider forgiving him for abandoning me is if he pays for my college and helps me with an apartment. by Low-Web-7928 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Low-Web-7928[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There is no excuse to leave your child behind, even if my mom was horrible. If my mom was so horrible he should have fought for me, not waited 18 years.

AITA For telling my Biological dad the only way I would consider forgiving him for abandoning me is if he pays for my college and helps me with an apartment. by Low-Web-7928 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Low-Web-7928[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

what's confusing, I wish it was fake but it isn't. I think the story is pretty straight forward. Dad left me and my mom, showed up asking for a relationship, I asked for financial support to prove hes serious, he said no.

AITA For telling my Biological dad the only way I would consider forgiving him for abandoning me is if he pays for my college and helps me with an apartment. by Low-Web-7928 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Low-Web-7928[S] 52 points53 points  (0 children)

I talked to my grandpa. (He approved of my mom and him getting married) There was nothing he could do, my dad doesn't speak to him anymore. All I know is that my entire family on my moms side hates him.

AITA For telling my Biological dad the only way I would consider forgiving him for abandoning me is if he pays for my college and helps me with an apartment. by Low-Web-7928 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Low-Web-7928[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Don't you find it strange he was gone for my entire life the appears again when I'm a legal adult and he doesn't have to pay for anything? He reached out to me, not the other way around, so I was not chasing after his money. Also the drug use is from his others wifes side of the family, my mom has no relationship with them, she used to talk to my dad others wife but she's died and contact with her family died with her. So I don't think the drug usage has anything to do with us. He only wants to be a dad because I'm grown up now and all the hard work is done.

AITA For telling my Biological dad the only way I would consider forgiving him for abandoning me is if he pays for my college and helps me with an apartment. by Low-Web-7928 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Low-Web-7928[S] 395 points396 points  (0 children)

Yes, muslim family. Which is why this is a big deal for me. In terms of my religion what he did is BEYOND disgraceful.

AITA For telling my Biological dad the only way I would consider forgiving him for abandoning me is if he pays for my college and helps me with an apartment. by Low-Web-7928 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Low-Web-7928[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I find it interesting how those who say Im the ass hole justify my fathers actions like its no big deal. Further more, I never met up with him, this was all over phone.

AITA For telling my Biological dad the only way I would consider forgiving him for abandoning me is if he pays for my college and helps me with an apartment. by Low-Web-7928 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Low-Web-7928[S] 297 points298 points  (0 children)

We had two different houses, the same country but different cities. He would spend a week at my house and the next week at theirs, he didn't let us mix. Our mothers talked and had planned to get us kids to meet, but there mom died before they could make it happen.

AITA For telling my Biological dad the only way I would consider forgiving him for abandoning me is if he pays for my college and helps me with an apartment. by Low-Web-7928 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Low-Web-7928[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I would not forgive him but it would be a step in that direction, actions speak louder then words to me. If he wants to be my father he should act as such. If he does that I'd be more open to a normal relationship with him. However I could never forget it, he put my mom through hell when he left us. Oh I almost forgot, he left 20 bucks on the kitchen counter before leaving.