Does anyone here have resentment against their father?

Yes....I resent that he left my poor mother to raise us 5 chidren to take off with a 19 yr. old pregnant fling....to have 2 more children with her and live happy ever after...in the meantime....we suffered alot and my poor mother suffered the worst with children to raise while she worked the late nite shift at a hospital as a nurse....her absence because of having to work and because of my father's decision to be unfaithful with several women....3 of my 4 brothers have been in and out of prisons and their lives have been a complete mess....I too have had my issues...especially with trusting men.....The one brother who seemed to not have any issues...has some too...alcoholism, pill popping (for pain...yeah!!!)...so all in all yeah tell me not to blame our lives on our father's mistake....but it does affect the children and their lives...and it killed my mother....so yes I resent my dad....I love him but I can't get over what he did to us....his perfect family is happy and boys are all productive human being...thanks to having a father there to guide them thru life.

It's hard to resent something you never had. Mine abandoned us when Mom was 21, with 2 boys, ages 4 and 2. I saw him once, when I was 5, and talked to him on the phone once, when I was 17 (by accident ... he had called looking for my little brother, who had hunted him down). He actually had the nerve to say he loved me!
I have, tho', always wondered what it would have been like to have a father (due to the wonderful bond my wife has with her father and my son-in-law has with his).

Actually it was the other way around. And every bit of
it had to do with religion. We're cool now though.

Not me. He is my life role model. No matter how old I get, I still keep trying to following his example. He's a hard act to follow. An amazing guy.

I do. I resent him for abusing my mother, I resent him for abusing and neglecting me. I resent him for never caring about me. I resent him for being selfish. I resent him for valuing religion over his own daughter. I resent him for the things he said to me when I finally contacted me, and I resent him for not taking responsibility for his actions. I resent him for passing any of his genetics on to me.

Yes.

No i love and miss him too much to ever have resentment over the fact he passed and left me!

Yes, but he's the only one I've got so there's not much I can do about it...

I have a resentment against practically everyone I know.

Nope,resentments take too much effort to keep going,I don't have time to hate him,I pity him for the way he is.

the winner of the first place prize of hating fathers would be me, thank u very much

Probably.

he hasnt been around for so long, I dont even think I have enough feelings for him in order to resent. i dont even know the guy...his last words to me, when he dropped me off at school 18 years ago..."Ill see ya tomorrow"

No. I have no resentment against my father. He did the best he could to raise me. He never abused me or did anything for me to resent. I guess I am very lucky that way.

yes, in more ways than I can mention

i love my dad and have forgave and moved on from any i might have had years ago. life is really to precious to stay locked in resentment.

Yes, I resent him for the memories of him beating my mother. I resent him for moving out of town and not giving us his phone number. I resent his inability to control his anger and his ability to always put family last and his work first. I resent his private life (always cheating on my mother) and how he was always absent from our lives. I resent his far right wing republican views and how he doesn't have empathy for anyone that isn't a "white christian hypocrite". For how twisted he is I resent his ways but still love him.

Sure if I sat around and thought about everything, resentment would develop and bubble up.

Don't like to feed those kind of feelings and give them life..........with the ability to fester and grow.
Doing that would give those injuries life again to
gnaw away at me from the inside.

not me but it could be countless reasons for anyone else

Nope I don't ..I love my daddy! :)