My father was a hard worker but was never around …

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My father was a hard worker but was never around except to discipline or criticize us kids. My mother was our sole emotional support. All communication was thru her. I married someone just like my dad at 18. My mother died at 20. It was a huge blow to my life as I was so young and unsupported by my new husband and father. My dad remarried 3 years later and has never wanted a relationship with me or my siblings. He doesn’t know where I work, what I do pretty much anything about my life or my kids life. Im now 42 and I still feel abandoned and rejected. Not just by my dad but my husband too. I know I did nothing wrong but what can I do stop feeling this way? I have reached out to my dad several times in the past but never get anywhere. I know Im going to have to fix this inside me because he will never be there for me. Is there anything I can do to stop these feelings of rejection and abandonement? Ive felt like this for 23 years and Im tired of being stuck.