I'm nervous what to say. We've never had a great relationship but this is the longest we've gone without reaching out to the other. I haven't because I noticed a pattern. 8 out of 10 times I was the one who texted or called first and it started out to see how long it would go before he texted first. But after the 3 month mark I was like well I guess he won't be texting first and just didn't bother to either. When I text him tomorrow I know he'll be smug and make me mad all over again. What should I text him that's not lying because I can't say Happy Birthday to the Best Father ever or something.   submitted by   /u/resditisstupidaf   to   r/family [link]   [comments]