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Dad 'playing away'

Hi, I have a large problem.

A short introduction: my father is about 50 years old and i am currently in first year a-levels. my mum is of a similar age.

Recently, i have witnessed my dad on chatrooms and msn (+ the phone) chatting to younger girls that are in their 30s. I have also 'caught' him on the free ads pages (the women ones) and have seen these numbers on our phone bill.

when i am in the car, he always slows down near the yonger female generation to get a good look at them, then speeds up once we're past them. also, he often honks the horn near them. he thinks that i am too naive to notice these things but i'm not.

My mum does not know about this, but my sister, who is older than me, does and she says to forget about it: she has noticed the same thing about three years ago and told my uncle to 'tell him off' and according to her it stopped soon after that. however, after my sister's wedding, it has started up again.

I find it really embarrassing and annoying to be in the car when he does these things, and i am too passive to cause an arguement. To me, it is so obvious when he does these things, and annoying when i have friends and family around as they seem to notice it too but are too nice not to say anything about it.

I have tried 'blocking' the websites from the router, but he ends up phoning netgear and enabling the website.

Lastly, amongst all this, he still attempts to be 'religious'. he 'follows' the religion's [hinduism] commands to an extent, goes to the place of worship about 3-4 times a week, but after going there, back to the laptop it is for some more MSN. he obviously doesn't follow the religion's commands of adultery.

the main thing that i hate is how hypocrytical he is and how embarrasing it is just to be in the same car as him. he's like a 50 year old, trying to seduce a 30 year old, but for him, all ages apply.

He often gotes to 'meetings' and 'tesco' according to what he tells us, and returns about 5 hours later with a 'morrisons' bag which doesn't make sense as there is no morrisons within a 10 mile radius of us. and i have seen the chat logs and he has wasted about Β£150 a go at a hotel room which another person.

What should i do?

i am going on holiday for about 10 weeks, untill the beginning of september, so i can forget about it until then, but when i get back, it's back to the life of misery & hatred.

Thank you

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Reply 1

Anonymous
Hi, I have a large problem.

A short introduction: my father is about 50 years old and i am currently in first year a-levels. my mum is of a similar age.

Recently, i have witnessed my dad on chatrooms and msn (+ the phone) chatting to younger girls that are in their 30s. I have also 'caught' him on the free ads pages (the women ones) and have seen these numbers on our phone bill.

when i am in the car, he always slows down near the yonger female generation to get a good look at them, then speeds up once we're past them. also, he often honks the horn near them. he thinks that i am too naive to notice these things but i'm not.

My mum does not know about this, but my sister, who is older than me, does and she says to forget about it: she has noticed the same thing about three years ago and told my uncle to 'tell him off' and according to her it stopped soon after that. however, after my sister's wedding, it has started up again.

I find it really embarrassing and annoying to be in the car when he does these things, and i am too passive to cause an arguement. To me, it is so obvious when he does these things, and annoying when i have friends and family around as they seem to notice it too but are too nice not to say anything about it.

I have tried 'blocking' the websites from the router, but he ends up phoning netgear and enabling the website.

Lastly, amongst all this, he still attempts to be 'religious'. he 'follows' the religion's [hinduism] commands to an extent, goes to the place of worship about 3-4 times a week, but after going there, back to the laptop it is for some more MSN. he obviously doesn't follow the religion's commands of adultery.

the main thing that i hate is how hypocrytical he is and how embarrasing it is just to be in the same car as him. he's like a 50 year old, trying to seduce a 30 year old, but for him, all ages apply.

He often gotes to 'meetings' and 'tesco' according to what he tells us, and returns about 5 hours later with a 'morrisons' bag which doesn't make sense as there is no morrisons within a 10 mile radius of us. and i have seen the chat logs and he has wasted about Β£150 a go at a hotel room which another person.

What should i do?

i am going on holiday for about 10 weeks, untill the beginning of september, so i can forget about it until then, but when i get back, it's back to the life of misery & hatred.

Thank you

Hi,

I had the same problem with my dad last year

V important that you know him VVVV well before u do the following:

1. Ask him about it in non suggestive way (like ask him to get u somethin when he goes to his "meetings")

2. Go with him to these places of worship n see what he does - it might keep you both in touch

3. TELL UR MUM v secretly if she won't flip. She's probably got her own ideas and might not be surprised

4. Leave the rest to ur mum, she's grown and knows what she wants from her relationship with him

5. CAUTION: not good to do urself: Hire a private detective to keep track of finances. Try get a phone number of his "Special Friends" and ring it urself n see who picks up.

6. Keep calm. Talk to people, friends, even ur GP will be able to help. The samaritans are ace, and helped me alot.

good luck :-)

Reply 2

Just a thought - don't let ur dad throw u off his case - all arrows point to an affair, or many "special friends".

Bear above comments in caution, you don't want to ruin everyones life, although a confrontation between ur parents might clear the air significantly.

Reply 3

It seems different cultures have different attitudes!

Reply 4

Dantanion
It seems different cultures have different attitudes!

Adultory is wrong in all cultures and scriptures

Reply 5

In the deep south people have many wives! And I'm sure many religions allow more than one.... Nazis for example liked more than one mistress in order to spread the blond hair blue eyes and that!

And so cultures differ :P

Reply 6

And I'm sure some tribes enjoy polygamy too!

Reply 7

Exactly - Nazis. Look where it got them!

Reply 8

tribes in middlesbrough lol!?!? :tongue:

Reply 9

Oy oy keep it above the belt!

Reply 10

LOL! i agree to differ!

Reply 11

Talking to your dad would probably be the best way to determine what is going on. I wouldn't advice going to your mum until you are certain as to what is going on.

Reply 12

keep your nose out

no one will thank you for ripping your family apart.

Reply 13

Tell your mum. There is no other morally acceptable way of dealing with it. It is her relationship, she should make the decision with all the available information.

Reply 14

It's not exactly like he's trying to hide it, is he? Your Mum probably knows something is up. The best thing I can suggest is what your sister said. Forget about it. Judging by his behaviour, he doesn't see it as wrong and won't stop even if your mum did leave him.

Reply 15

BlackHawk
It's not exactly like he's trying to hide it, is he? Your Mum probably knows something is up. The best thing I can suggest is what your sister said. Forget about it. Judging by his behaviour, he doesn't see it as wrong and won't stop even if your mum did leave him.


all the more reason why she should leave him

Reply 16

Men look. Men like to look. If he didn't look you should be worried. If he looked at men you should be worried. But he looks at women. Women are naturally what men look at. Religion preaches abstinence which makes a man all the more horny.

Reply 17

Try not to get too upset about it and as someone mentioned earlier try and talk to someone removed from the situation about how you're feeling. I would also talk to your dad, not about direct things like looking into his chat logs or asking whom he is talking to, i would try to spend more time with him and say you dont like him leering at women in the street and you feel bad for your mom.
However, if he does end up revealing all to you, you have the difficult choice of whether to tell your mum or not, would she forgive you for knowing and not telling her? Would she not forgive you for telling her how her husband has deceived her?

If you ever need to chat generally to someone send me a msg, id be glad to listen! (",) i went through a similar thing with a friend about her mom a few years back

~* Robs *~

Reply 18

"Firstly, this sounds like more than looking and you know it. And looking to that extent is unfaithful and unnacceptable." - reason for bad rep..

So you can't state an opinion on these forums without getting bad rep? Not that I care I'm just wondering about the mentality of these forums...

Reply 19

Ok I got a bad rep with 'stfu' attached lol... cool :biggrin:

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