Teen Anxiety Support Group

i dont know my biological dad, and i really never want to know the POS. he was really abusive to my mother, and he threatened to throw me against the wall when i was a baby. my older sister says that i used to visit them (becus she didnt want to leave with my mom) and that he got mad when i called my stepdad "dad". my older sis is so wanting me to meet him, but its like why would i want to. she says he is this great guy,but the respect i hold for my mom gives me no reason to want to meet him. i dont have to deal with the same stuff as u, but i feel pressure from my sis and it makes me hate him more. i just remember that if i had had the chance to live with him and such, that my mom could've ended up dead and that i wouldnt have my younger sis. i am just greatful to have not been forced to meet him. how ur handling it isnt good for u, and telling him off was a healthy (not the nicest way) release of ur anger. and i'm glad that u stuck up for ur mom. srry bout the ranting.

My friend has problems similar to yours. Her father left them on thanksgiving. He’d constantly miss out on his family, golfing with his friends Christmas morning, at a bar on her birthday, and the fact that he was seeing another woman the whole time. He lives pretty far away, so when she has to go see him, it’s always for weeks. She got sick of it, he barely paid attention to her anyway, so she called him one night to tell him she had enough and it became a huge fight. She doesn’t go down there anymore, but he’s constantly calling her, either to harass her or argue with her mom. Neither her or her mom pick up the phone anymore. I’ll ask her how she’s handling all this, but good luck to you until then.