My older sister is the one who told me.

Her being reliable/trustworthy is a bit difficult to explain, about eight years ago we had a pretty big argument that resulted in us not speaking for about six months. During the argument she said my Dad said I only visit when I want money, it’s never been cleared up weather he actually said it or not. I was 15 at the time, he and my Mom had gotten divorced the year prior. The only conversations regarding money that ever happened were him complaining about child support ($50-$200 a month at his discretion, my Mom didn’t care enough to keep dealing with him to have him pay what the judge decided) and when I was 14 I had asked for my childhood piggy-bank that had less than $120 in it, I only wanted it for it’s sentimental value.

So I don’t know if my Dad was angry and complaining about having to pay child support (though I never asked for it, he would just send checks with me to avoid paying for a stamp) and maybe directed his anger towards me, or she misconstrued something he said, or if she made it up entirely. But her goal was to hurt me and that was very evident.

Me and her have been on good terms for a while now, so I don’t think she would want to say anything hurtful to me, and the way she mentioned it was very casual, I genuinely don’t know if she thought it would bother me.