It's so weird how different our perspectives are given that my father too left when I was 6. Despite feeling some... I dunno, I guess a wish that I'd had a rela

It's so weird how different our perspectives are given that my father too left when I was 6. Despite feeling some... I dunno, I guess a wish that I'd had a relationship with him. But I don't feel any bitterness or anger towards him. He did what was right for him and I can't fault him for that. Sure, it meant I didn't have a Dad and we now don't have a relationship because there was never time for that to grow, so that's a little sad, but I don't harbor any resentment for that. I'll have a pint with him if I see him, he's a nice guy, I like what I know of him, I see a lot of myself in him, but he may as well just be some other guy. We've probably not spent more than 6 months of time together in total since I was 6. I'll be 42 this year. It would be easy to harbour resentment for that, but what's the point? It doesn't serve any purpose, it won't change anything. It won't bring us closer together. It'll just make two people feel bad without any positive value.