I'm 14, 15 in January and my mom and dad divorced when I was 5 and my mom has had this boyfriend since I was 7 and my dad is an alcholic and just in 7th grade he was told he had a week to live becuz the alcohol was killing his liver and so I went to see him for the last time he was alive so he didnt die but he lived until this summer and on August 29th 2007 he was found in his apartment dead! I went to the funer a and I cried when I found out he died and at the funeral but Im not sure I miss him too much but when I think of him I have to make myself cry but I want to cry so i dont feel bad but I do miss him a lot!! I never really saw him tho when he was alive so I didnt know him that well other then the fact that I lived with him for 5 years of my life! I am not sure how to feel and act plzzz help come over this!! sometimes people treat me like shit and it makes me think if only they knew what I was facing!?
Brandi_S answered Sunday October 14 2007, 11:34 pm: I guess I don't understand why you feel crying = missing. It doesn't. Everybody handles grief and loss in different ways. You don't have to cry to know you miss your dad.
I guess I don't understand why people treat you like shit? Because you are concerned that you don't miss your dad it makes you act different?
Listen, it hasn't even been 2 months. I'm quite sure you are still mourning him. You don't realize it if you think that means crying. If people get rude with you just say "Hey, I'm sorry, but I just lost my dad 2 months ago. Sorry if I'm acting strange, I don't mean to."
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