June 20, 2010

• I will not be wishing my father a happy Father's Day.

  They say that every man can be a father, but not every father can be a dad.  Thus, I submit that we rename the holiday Daddy's Day.  I used to have a Daddy.  Now I have only the biological organism that fathered me.  As such, I feel no obligation to thank him for his contribution.

  He will give me a hard time about it; I will be demonized to everyone he talks to as the daughter who doesn't appreciate all he does for me.  And maybe that's true.  I don't appreciate that he sends me a card on Christmas and my birthday and pays for half of my medical bills (although that's court-mandated).  But I don't need his approval, and it's not like I'm not used to his criticism.  I've heard it my entire life.

  And, personally, I'd rather spend time with people I actually like than avoid the criticism of my absent father.

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