I don't know my father's side of the family.?

-I know my mother's side of the family because she takes me down to where she is from to see her relatives. My dad works, but that's not the point. If my mother can drive me through states just to see her family, why can't my dad take me to see his family when he's off of work? He's not really there for my life. All he likes to do is whenever he's at his house is sit down and do nothing at all. When I was little, he asked me to come to his house alot of times and I didn't want to go alot of times because all he does is sit around his house and do nothing. He doesn't take me to see his relatives at all. I almost have no respect for him to the point where I don't even love him. I know my mother loves me because she takes me down there to see her relatives. I feel like a part of me is missing because of my father.



My mother tells me to love my father because he is my father, but I almost have no respect for him.I never really knew my fathers side of the family as well. I was never close to my father, in fact I hated him. He was never there for me, never cared, and when my parents got divorced, I was never so happy.
maybe your father has no family, or maybe they do not want to know you

now that you are older why don't you ask him about his family
Trust me sometimes its good not to know who your family members are.
maybe they arent very close to him, or they were mean to him when he was younger so he is just ignoring them now
Wow, we're like the same but opposites at the same time.







My parents are still married but my father is barely in my life. He's there but then he isn't. All he does is work and stay at home all day. He never came to any of my school programs, he never came to my first play, he never took me to the park, he never been to my high school graduation, and he hasn't done much of anything for me accept put clothes on my back, gave me home, education, and food in my tummy. But I guess that doesn't make him much of a father if all he wants to do is sit around the house instead of paying attention to his daughter right?





My mom is my world, she is my role model, and she is everything to me. She does everything in her power to make sure I am happy and I appreciate it some much.





But the funny thing is I love my daddy a whole lot. He's my daddy and I'm daddy's little girl. And that what makes us different.







You know what else is funny? I'm not really their daughter. I'm their granddaughter. But I call them mommy and daddy because they're the only parents I've ever had. My daddy may not have been the best dad but if your willing to call him dad or it's instinct to call him dad then you have some respect and love for him even if it's the size of a microscopic organism.







I was disowned by my parents' relatives so I don't know them and my parents don't try to make me know them. But the point I'm getting at is that your father doesn't have to introduce you to his relatives to show he loves you and yeah he's lazy and could try harder to show affection to you but he asked you when you were younger to come over plenty of times so that has to count for something. He WANTS you in his life and he loves you and you might not have a lot of respect for him because he doesn't show it but that doesn't change the way he feels about you.







He most likely has family issue, some you may not know about, and would prefer to keep it that way. You should try to put some consideration into your father's feelings and behavior. If he didn't really love you and he wouldn't have asked you so many times to come over.









Maybe if you spend more time with him, even if it's just sitting around the house you would grow more respect and love for him. You two could watch tv, play cards or a board game, 20 questions, tell stories, or just talk. You want that missing part to be filled, you should take up those later offers to come visit.







Only the selfish would want their parents to go out of their way to show their love; that's a privilege. The simple things should be enough. I would be thrilled if my father asked me to watch tv with him; something he never did.