May 14, 2010 01:32
my father is a wog , so he is very strict and stuck to his old ways he had a very hard life growing up in Cyprus in a small village with 9 siblings plus a step brother and a missing brother. , his mother and a drunken father , who we never speak of he left them with no money no food used to bash his wife and do horrible things to his children. My father being the second oldest had to become the father figure was in charge of working and providing food for his family he had to discipline his brothers and sister and be the protector of his mother.
War broke out and my fathers family was kicked out of there homes with only the clothes on there back and one or two bags, they lived under a lemon tree for a while but were not allowed to eat the lemons the neighbors though they were being nice.
they came to Australia with my fathers cousin whom i believe was living here already , the second day in Australia my father woke up and took a bus had no idea where he was going but had a job to go to, his first job here was working at the cheese Kraft factory , he didnt know much english it was hard but he did it for his family.
During the years he worked at a jeans factory which my grandma worked at (my mums mum) there he met my mother and yer the story goes on they had 4 lovely children me being the middle child.
I love my father he is not the affectionate cuddly father who sits and talks with his daughters asking how is your day or who your latest crush is .. NO my father is " whats this doing over here?? " did you not clean ? dont you know how to do anything .... he has no idea of communicating or speaking in a nice manner, all he knows is he has to be the provider and shelter us ..I dont blame him as he did have the most dysfunctional childhood I have ever heard of, he feels he needs to take control of all situations even if it is none of his business.
BUT what Annoys me most .. is I am 22 years old I am engaged to a lovely man I say man as he is 28 so older and wiser then me , my father still feels he needs to boss us around and tell us whats best for us , when my fiance goes out my father has to always ask "where is he going" what time is he coming back".. that is for me to know its none of your business ..
Yes we are living with them for now but in4 months we have decided we are moving out HOORAY enough is enough I have been controlled and held down by my father for so long he has stopped me from being who i desire to be , the hard this is he has no idea we have decided this ...
This is the hard bit I dont know how to tell him as I have always been afraid of him for some reason how do you tell someone who is so stubborn like a mule that you want your own life when all they have ever done was try run and control your life??????????????? ( my fiance doesn't even speak up much )
Father I love you and I know you had it hard yes you have done the best for me but now its time for me to part I need to have my own life and learn by my own mistakes you just need to let go and try see it through my eyes.