My father is your father also!
By visavis
@visavis (5934)
Philippines
May 30, 2011 4:00am CST
Oh is it a telenovela or drama movie.. No my friend it is happening in a real life. You have a new friend from your present university and become close to you. One day you ask him/her about his/her family background then mentioned to you and shown to you his/her family picture, and you found his/her father is your father also. what is your reaction? To whom you angry in this situation? To your friend or talk to your father and confront him?
What do you think necessary to continue a friend him/her after such event? see you around
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12 responses
@sjvg1976 (41281)
• Delhi, India
30 May 11
First i will inquire if it true or not. investigate with father if it is really true then i will ask my father for explanation.
Then i will go to my mother and tell her the truth about this boy and ask my mother to give m father a punishment because he is basically culprit of my mother.
@tiwari5485 (427)
• Canada
30 May 11
I would ask my friend about his family background and where his family originated from, where his father lives etc. etc. If at all possible I would also ask my friend if I could borrow the picture. If I can get the picture I would put it infront of my father for explanation. I would give my father some time to come out clean infront of the rest of the family. Definitely there would be commotion but I would work hard to bring peace and tranquality in the family. I believe forgiving is the best medicine for everybody.
@jaiho2009 (39141)
• Philippines
30 May 11
This is an interesting situation.
If this happens to me,i will be very excited to confront my dad and see what would his reaction/s too.
I don't know what to feel towards the half sister/brother of mine- it's hard to make conclusions unless i am on their shoe.
I need to wait and met any of my half brother/sister to fully know the feelings
@jaiho2009 (39141)
• Philippines
30 May 11
meaning you did not reveal to your half the truth and wait... then what happened your relationship to your half if there is something between you...
what's something between me and my half?
i don't have half brother/sister eh?
so what to reveal?
kindly rephrase your question please- kind of confusing to me
@visavis (5934)
• Philippines
30 May 11
In relation to the situation in my topic you found through the picture shown to you, so what is your reaction? for sure your half will ask what happened if something seen in your face when see the picture. As you said you will confront your father, I think that is later, you must complete the first scene.. with your half...
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@kquiming (2997)
• Philippines
30 May 11
i'd be angry with my dad , not with my half sibling. i'd be angry with my dad for not revealing the whole truth, for how many years...although i know he might have his own reasons. and also there's this possiblity that, mom might've already known, but just kept quiet for her children's own good. anyway, i'd confront my dad first, and then my half sib. now i can't be sure how will that make my half sib feel...whether or not he'll be throwing fists at me....lol. but i do know, time will come when all will be fine, and me and my half sis/bro will have to accept each other as family.
@visavis (5934)
• Philippines
30 May 11
So your first reaction will be not telling the truth to your half and talk to your father, then what happened to your relationship as friend will the same or what, how you can handle it if you cannot tell the truth which will give you peace...
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@stanley777 (9402)
• Philippines
2 Jun 11
The more reason that he should continue being friends with that person then, since he/she is related to you. That person is not at fault though, so you should just confront your father and know the truth..
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
30 May 11
Why would i be angry with that friend? It wasn't to his liking that you both have the same father. The more, that you should be close to that friend, because you are brothers, after all
The best way is to confront your father about it. Only him and him alone can explain about it.
@visavis (5934)
• Philippines
30 May 11
Everybody with the same comment confront the father, but what you can do on that moment after you saw the picture - what is your reaction, can you tell to your friend that his/her you half or what - but note for sure he/she will ask anything after you seen the picture...
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
31 May 11
I will ask him first, what's the name of his father, how old, where he is working does he live with them etc. I will ask every detail that i could use of as evidence , when i confront my father. Then, i will tell him about his father being my father too.
@ravisivan (14079)
• India
31 May 11
This was the story of tamil movie "Agni Natchathiram" which was a big success.
In reality this may create anger over father and also brother. It depends on the individual. Ideal thing will be to get along well with both father and brother because whatever happened cannot be undone. have a good day
@Pose123 (21635)
• Canada
30 May 11
Hi visavis, Sadly these things happen and sometimes cause even bigger problems than who we should be angry with. I know a young man who only found out that his girlfriend was his half-sister after she was pregnant. The girl didn't know about this either, but only the boy's father. In the scenario that you mention, it would be pointless to be angry with your friend as he had nothing to do with it. Blessings.
@gloryacam (5540)
• Philippines
30 May 11
That would be very uncomfortable and painful at first, especially if one has been a product of something illicit. I know a child who goes to the same school as another girl who is (unknown to both of them) her half sister. I love this child very much and it pains me to think what she would feel when she discovers the circumstances of her birth, and that her father chose to be with the other girl's mother and not with hers.
@toniganzon (72281)
• Philippines
30 May 11
Well my father had a daughter out of wedlock but that was before he even met and married my mom. When i was young i remember my mom introducing us all to this woman who's way too older than my eldest brother and who has already a daughter. That woman called my mother as a mother and our dad as our father. She turned out to be my father's illegitimate daughter. Though my father refused to recognize her as his own, my mother introduced her to us.
There was no hatred in me or in any of my siblings, nor from my mother. Maybe it's because it happened before my dad met my mom and it was easier to forgive him, but if it happened during their marriage, i might have developed a hatred against him.
@MsPatriciaDV (636)
• Philippines
31 May 11
Oh boy, if I was that person I'll sure be angry of my father. I would not be able to control myself and tell my friend right away that "that is my father". Then I would just skip classes and confront my father afterwards. But I do not think I could talk to my friend right away after the revelation. I need guts to do it vocally. Maybe a letter would suffice.
@margeryann (1845)
• United States
31 May 11
That would be a shocking situation. I would be very surprised. I would be wondering how he found out that was his dad and I would be asking my dad some questions. I would be curious how I didn't know about this situation until know and how this happened and be hoping my moms feelings wouldn't be getting hurt and that my dad became a dad of this kid before my mom and him got together not while they were together.
@maximus1985 (55)
• Romania
31 May 11
If I've had a brother.. With a same father? What would be his fault? 0. Nule. The only one guilty in this is the father. If you find something like that you have to take a tough decision. You tell you mother and risk destroyng your happy family for a mistake of your father from the past or keep that in secret and regret for the rest of your life and feel pity for your mother?