By Feronia - 18/03/2015 13:16 - Netherlands - Goes

Today, I sent my father a text asking when he was finally coming to meet his 4-month-old granddaughter. His response? "I forgot." He forgot he has a granddaughter. FML
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I'm the OP. He is most definitely not suffering from any disease that could impair his memory, and even if he did, his girlfriend could have reminded him. He is suffering from being an immense asshole. He never was much of a father to me, but he bawled like a baby when he got the news about my pregnancy, visited me in the hospital where I was waiting for the last 1.5 months before going into labor and I expected him to become a bit more involved. To the people saying maybe the family is too big: I am his only daughter, this is his first grandchild. He has no nieces, no nephews and no young cousins. So it's impossible to drown in babynews in my family.

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giantsfan2010 23

Seriously? You would think he would have been there since the babies birth.

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Perhaps a phone call would be more appropriate than a text for this kind of occasion.

You were pregnant for 9 months (assuming) plus the baby is 4 months old, so that means he has forgotten the past 13 months. Seems like he doesn't care to be involved in your life that much... How sad. I'm sorry OP

My grandfather forgets my name if that makes you feel better

I get called almost every other name of family members before my grandparents get it right haha

I'm sorry OP. Congrats on your baby girl tho!

How old is he? Could he have a medical condition that caused him to not remember

gintwinsmoore 20

What kind of father was he to you though??? I'm asking because that would explain why he forgot about your daughter. And that's really terrible.

I would say its okay to forget sometimes but then again I have over 120 near close family members and I can only remember 60 off the top of my head and as of a week and a half ago I became a great uncle I'm only 19 lol

It does happen sometimes. I have 25 nieces and nephews. And two more on the way. (my husband has a HUGE extended family) And I suck at names and don't recognize faces. Their parents don't even flinch when I forget their birthdays, or names, or that they exist. They're all really close but its overwhelming some times. And not just for me, my father in law forgets some of them sometimes, too. And my husband doesn't even try anymore. He says they'll call when then need something and he'll come.

Yeah that wouldn't be an excuse for him. I'm his only daughter, she is his only grandchild, and he has no young nieces, nephews or cousins. Plus his family just isn't big in general. I do know what it's like to forget about family members since my mom's side of the family is HUGE.

he might have just forgotten to come see the baby, not the actual baby

Maybe he kept putting it off because he wanted to have a nice gift ready for the baby.