I think it’s much deeper than you make it to be. For me what used to hurt the most was when he would make plans to visit after 6 months and the nigga doesn’t show up. I’ll be all dressed up & he doesn’t show up. I don’t blame mothers who are trying to protect their kids from that https://twitter.com/mahlodijr/status/1297636027645988864
Never once my mom bad mouthed my father. He was a bad father on his own.
As a kid you get that call from him after months that he’s coming, you start counting days.Then suddenly he’s no show. No explanations no nothing. In primary I got so tired of constantly being asked by my friends where’s my father I told them he’s dead. And my mom didn’t say that
Then after years of neglecting the child you finally step up and start blaming the way they were raised. Of cause the kid will push back because they have anger towards you. And that has nothing to do with what they were taught by the mother. It can’t be all hunky dory.
It gets more tricky when they see you rely more on your uncles and do things for them because they were always there for you.