Warning: Some posts include topics of verbal abuse, domestic abuse, anti-gay comments, and threats of violence. Please proceed with caution.
1. "My dad disowned and threatened me because I didn't wish my mom a happy Mother's Day."
2. "My estranged father passive aggressively messaged me about not being invited to my wedding, and then got creepy about finding me."
3. "I have a psychological evaluation from a few years ago diagnosing my son. I'm his mother, and this is how his father responded to his mental health — he's completely unreasonable."
4. "Gotta love my anti-gay dad — I wasn't even intentionally making an LGBTQ design. I just wanted a rainbow."
5. "This was my dad's 'slightly' excessive response when he delivered one of his packages to my address (which he didn't get permission to do, by the way)."
6. "My dad thinks I'm a 'paid actor' because I support Roe v. Wade."
7. "I received a letter that was dropped in my mailbox, and I instantly knew it was this guy who's been obsessed with me since I was 15 years old. I asked my father for advice, but instead he blamed me and said the reason why I was stalked was because of my tattoos."
8. "My dad has taken me to get shots my entire life, but now he doesn't trust the COVID-19 vaccine."
9. "This is the first text I got from my dad in the morning — he told me I'm a freeloader because I 'didn't pay the bill' for my house (which he owns). But, he was supposed to pay the bill because the house was vacant, and I hadn't moved in yet."
10. "My sister hasn't talked to our dad in a couple of years (for good reason), so he thought it was a good idea to show up unannounced to her college and hang out in the lobby of her apartment building for the day??? I guess he stalks her now (but apparently we're the dysfunctional ones)."
![Dad: "Maybe I went about [visiting my daughter] wrong, but at least I'm trying"](https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2022-02/24/20/asset/2a040a8df668/sub-buzz-2733-1645733699-1.png)
11. "I've been dealing with this type of stuff my entire life — tonight my dad made my wife cry by making a VERY insensitive joke. I've been building up this mass of hatred towards him for two whole decades — I blew up, and finally dumped him."
12. "My dad is refusing to give me MY insurance money."
13. "My brother has some major behavioral issues (he called me tonight crying and said he doesn't want to wake up). I organized a group chat with my mom and dad so they could work on getting him into therapy, but my dad refused. Instead, he called him a 'fucking loser.'"
14. "My dad only contacts me when he wants something. This is what he messaged me out of the blue while I was crying at work."
15. And: "My dad called me almost 350 times, then decided to use a relative's recent death as leverage against me (this was over the fact that I didn't pack for school yet)."
Note: Some posts have been edited for length and/or clarity.
If you are concerned that a child is experiencing or may be in danger of abuse, you can call or text the National Child Abuse Hotline at 1-800-422-2253 (4.A.CHILD); service can be provided in over 140 languages.