Gee does this ever sound familiar.
You know, I don't see any validation from your dad in this correspondence....... you said how you felt and he just dismissed it.
do you see that?
instead of saying something like-- "darlin, I'm sorry you've felt that way, I love you and think the world of you"... he pointed things right back at you by saying-- you were being too sensitive.....
argh.... I cringe when people do that!!
soooooo many people in my life do this
I'm sorry you also got the "narcissistic monster" thrown at you... it's never their fault or cause to look at how YOU feel..... no... it's all in protecting themselves.
However-- you do have a point here:
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I feel like I want to just say, "forget it. I don't need anything from you."
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that is what I've done with a few people in my family(one being --the mother)... I don't look for ANYTHING from them... it has made me feel less captive now-- it's a release that I've needed for so so long.
you're in my heart
please try and give self the things your father is not able to.
fins