\u201cHi, son. I\u2019m sorry to come like this. I tried to call you but you didn\u2019t answer your phone,” he told me.<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah, what do you want?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI was wondering if maybe I could stay with you\u2026 I don\u2019t have a place right now, so\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
I found my dad sleeping on the streets. | Source: Pexel<\/p>\n
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\u201cYou can stay. But you have to pay rent.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I don\u2019t have any money at all… and you\u2019re the only person who can help me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t care,\u201d I said, feeling my heart tighten. \u201cYou can live on the street. I wish God had taken you instead of mom!\u201d<\/p>\n
I slammed the door and my wife was just behind me. She was pissed with what just happened but she had no idea what I went through with this man. She pushed me to tell her, so I did.<\/p>\n
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It all started when I turned 18. My mom had passed away 2 years before that, so I think my dad was still adapting to taking both roles. He prepared a surprise birthday party and everything. After we celebrated, he asked me what I was planning to do with my living situation and I was like, what the heck?<\/p>\n
He told me I was an adult and if I wanted to stay with him in the house, I needed to pay some kind of rent. I was so angry. Pay rent? To my own father?! What\u2019s wrong with him?<\/p>\n
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My dad prepared a surprise birthday party for me. | Source: Pexel<\/p>\n
He continued with his argument saying that was normal and I had to grow up. When I told him I\u2019d rather live in a dorm in college than pay him rent, he said he couldn\u2019t afford college and I had to pay for it myself. That I should either get a job or a loan.<\/p>\n
“I felt betrayed, Julie. I didn\u2019t expect that. That\u2019s why I left,” I told my wife.<\/p>\n
Julie said my father reached out to her a few days earlier and that she gave him our address. That\u2019s right, she didn\u2019t tell me anything either\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cHi, son. I\u2019m sorry to come like this. I tried to call you but you didn\u2019t answer your phone,” he told me. \u201cYeah, what do you want?\u201d \u201cI was wondering if maybe I could stay with you\u2026 I don\u2019t have a place right now, so\u2026\u201d I found my dad sleeping on the streets. | Source:…<\/p>\n