re: Anyone else not on speaking terms with a parent?

Fortunately, my parents out of my entire family are still together and I speak to them almost everyday. Both are retired now. Mom was a career paramedic, Dad spent almost 50 years in the Gulf on rigs.

As for the rest of my family, that’s a big nope. They are the prime example of white trash. Dope, pills, thief, in and out of jail/prison, jobless, welfare, you name it. The sad part is we all live close. Some on the same road and next door. I ain’t got nothing for em’

I told my wife when we started dating about how I was when it come to family. She came from a really messed up situation. Basically on her own since she was 14. She found her mom dead with the needle still in her arm. Her dad is still alive, but he stays at the trap house. My daughters (adopted) know that I’m the one who’s raising and loving them. Not that POS “sperm donor”. Dude hasn’t picked up the phone or anything for them in over 5 years now. No birthdays, Christmas, nothing. I have a son from my first marriage I speak to almost everyday. I can’t stand a deadbeat parent.