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When my mom was 6 months pregnant with me, my dad left her for another woman and moved to Spain to start a new life with his new lover.

My mom raised me and my older sister alone and was always honest with us that our dad had moved to a different country. When I was about 10 my mom put me on the phone to speak with a man who said he was a friend of my moms and he was coming to visit me at my birthday party that weekend. This 'friend' however never showed up and I didn't speak to him again.

I had no idea who my dad was or where he was until I was about 13. Jealous of my friends relationships with their fathers I started asking my mom questions and got her to tell me who my dad was. She also told me he was serving 7 years in jail for armed robbery which he was arrested for when he returned to the country 3 years before. (This is why he relocated to Spain to avoid arrest).

Unfortunately my mom became sick and died of pneumonia a year later when I was 14 so me and my sister went into foster care until we were 18. As far as I was concerned during this time I had no father, he meant nothing to me and he had never spent one second in my life. I knew he existed but I wanted nothing to do with him. I then went through a rebellious patch taking drugs, getting in trouble with the police and isolating myself from other people as I felt incredibly depressed. Luckily I met my future fiancé who changed my outlook on life and set me back on course.

Finally at the age of 19 I decided to make the effort to reach out to my father. Since he had been out of jail for 2 years I asked why he has not contacted me or my sister while in care during that time and he said it's because he never had our numbers. When I asked why he didn't do more as a father he blamed it on his 15 year alcohol addiction. I am annoyed that he won't apologise or take any responsibility and keeps on feeding us excuses. Anyway, since we have started speaking on Facebook he has asked to meet. Should I?

So I really like this girl and her Birthday was today. I've hung out with her before, actually a lot recently and she even invited me to her party. She's turing 15... I'm 16...

Anyway I won't be able to make it to her party so I'm gonna try and hang out with her this weekend and I want to get her a present. She really wanted a golden retriever for her B-Day but she didn't get one.

So as a present I'm thinking about getting her a stuffed animal golden retriever, What do you think of that? Is it a good idea or is it a childish thing?