My dad never, EVER shows any interest towards me or my life. I think he barely even knows what year of college I’m in. When I’m with him and my mom and I tell a story I usually automatically aim it to my mom because I know he’s not even listening. Or he shuts me off because whatever is on tv is more important. I’ve been thinking about it for a while now, but I do think that once I move out I want to cut off most or maybe even all contact with him. He doesn’t even realize what he’s doing with this behavior. I remember when I was 16 and we (me, him, mom and my brother) went to a restaurant and he told me that he thought it was sad that we didn’t get along well, I didn’t even know how to react. He truly doesn’t understand that this is 100% his fault for all the emotional abuse he put me through when I was in my early teens. I’m 18 now and I genuinely am open to rebuilding our relationship but he is ruining his last chances. Once I’m gone I’m gone and I know for sure that once that has happened he’ll regret it forever, because I know he does love me. I wish I could tell him this but it would only make him angry and I’m sick of fighting with him. I want to either have positive interactions with him from now on or just none at all.
I wonder how it’s possible to care more about your favorite tv show than your own daughter. My mom is pretty much exactly like this by the way, but at least she kind of tries to show interest to a certain extent. My dad just doesn’t give a s*** about me. He’ll regret it.