My Dad Sends a Guilt Trip

My dad: Tuesday 8:39 PM I sit here missing you. I feel like I failed you in many ways and for that I am truly sorry. What ever I did to make you feel this way about yourself depresses me and makes me wish that I could have raised you differently and given you the support you truly needed. You are doing things that make me ashamed. What hurts the most is that the pain you are causing mom and I doesn’t bother you. I am not sure how to express it any better but I can’t support what you are doing. I don’t know if you even want a relationship with your family but I can’t be a part of one if you are going to continue this. I have been a very proud dad up to this point and now I am having depression over

A TikTok-style screenshot shows a long message from a father expressing regret, disappointment, and emotional distress about his child’s behavior and its effect on the family. The joke is the exaggerated guilt trip: the message is so dramatic and overwhelming that it becomes a funny reaction to family conflict, parental disappointment, or an innocuous mistake. EN: A TikTok-style screenshot shows a long message from a father expressing regret, disappointment, and emotional distress about his child’s behavior and its effect on the family. The joke is the exaggerated guilt trip: the message is so dramatic and overwhelming that it becomes a funny reaction to family conflict, parental disappointment, or an innocuous mistake.

• @eternalclassic / 12481 2022-04-23