"I Feel So Let Down"

I feel let down by my father because I ask him for a favor and he did not do it after telling me that he would. I have been there for him and helped him in his time of need. I feel like he has used me and my husband and has helped my brother when my brother does not give him the time of day. I feel like he treats me different since I have been out of work and now that I am taking medicine for my nerves. I just wish he could be honest with me about things. This is really upseting to deal with but I should have seen it coming. He always treated my mother the same way or worse because of her mental illness. I feel so unappreciated by him and just plain out used. He just wants me for a house cleaner and my husband to fix things. When we go over he does not do for us like he does for the rest. I guess he needs to be woke up to reality,I am not going to let him do me like he did my mother. I feel that I need to back away for a while and let him realize that I am his child too. I don't like feeling like I have been taken advantage of because I have spent most of my life feeling like that. I have decided that I am not going to put up with being treated that way no more by anyone in my life. I just needed to write about this it helps me deal with it better.

Story ID:	2382
Written by:	Veronica Elizabeth Foust (bio, contact, other stories)
Story type:	Diary/Journal Entry
Writers Conference:	$500 2007 Family Memories Writing Project
Location:	Greensboro North Carolina USA
Year:	2007
Person:	my father