Alright, I know it's been quite a while since I checked this thread.
I understand the points about me not having a right to these hours, and I can see how I came across as feeling that way. I presented him with all the papers necessary, at the behest of my mother, but he put it off to "do more research." After leaving and calling him at least once every two weeks to talk, (with honestly no hopes of any progress, I just want to talk with my bros from another mother) nothing has changed. My mom is honestly tired of me trying to even talk with him, and may contribute to my seemingly... "needy" attitude in this, and my stepdad has told me that I need to just call him up and say "fish or cut line." I am getting tired of getting jerked around with my father hmm-ing and huu-ing about and want him to just be frank and honest enough to tell me what his thoughts are. I'd respect him far more than currently if he just said "yeah, nah, you're getting nothin." At the same time, I want to keep in contact with my half-brothers, vain as that is.
If I am to be honest for a moment, the only reason I am even on this forum is because my mom was looking up A&M related information on the Hazlewood Act and trying to get me to do something about it. Obviously, there is nothing I or anyone can do, but I'm still not doing enough. Before going through all the posts on this thread, I had grown to feel it was only my father manipulating me to hate my mother. Now though, I see what a two-way street that is.
Thanks guys, I hope I didn't leave too bad an impression with my starting of this thread.