Why--is it bad that I don't love my dad like I should?

Your dad just hasent given you something that inside you you know is missing.

It’s not wrong. Is just that you just don’t feel connection with you dad.

Try spendind more time with him and explaining to him what you feel between you and him… who noes meaby you guys will become best friends. :)

From what you’ve said it seems like you have a lot of unresolved feelings towards your father and him not being there for you when you needed him there the most. I can’t say that I’ve been there before in all senses, but I do think that it’s entirely understandable that you don’t feel the same degree of love for him as he does for you. I don’t think that it’s wrong, either.

With that being said, though, I do think that maybe this is something you guys need to work on for the better (talk about things or maybe try some counseling?). Not for him to feel better, but for yourself. Carrying these unresolved feelings and issues around with you more than likely hurts a lot, and as time goes on, these things won’t get any better if they are just left locked up inside of you. Speaking from experience, things like this turn into regret. And, well.. that’s not really something you want to have hanging over your head.

So, if you can, try to work on this by talking it out. Ask him questions. Tell him how you’ve felt. Work on forgiveness. It’s tough, but you can make it through. Stay strong.

I dont think so. My mom and dad got a devorce when I was like three years. old. I have a huge grudge that I hold against him. I get treated the worse. I lived with my dad for my whole life except when I moved with my mom last summer. My dad never calls me(like yours didnt). And dont feel guilty, he is the one who left u. you cant buy happiness