Basically haven't seen my Dad in 5 years, we had a falling out when I was 13 and me and me sister haven't seen him since. I'm 18 now and moved out, he sent me a Christmas card with his email saying he wants to meet up with me. The falling out was a big one, but 5 years is probably too long; these last few years I've avoided it because I feel like it has been too long. But despite it all he's still my Dad, and he's got a daughter with his new wife who's my half-sister and I feel bad that she hasn't seen her older brother since she was 1. I always compartmentalised this stuff, never really thought about him until these last few months when my girlfriend asked about him and it all came pouring out, making me realise just how much I've bottled this up. She says I need to see him and she's right. Think I'm going to contact him and tell him to meet me at my Uni's city for a pint so we can talk. Nervous as -blam!- though, I'm a totally different person now and have gone 5 years without a real male role model in my life save for some older mates. Anyone been in a situation like this? It's stressing me out the thought of it, what should I do?