My dad said he would reach out but never did

I suppose this is a AITA post.

I 26F have not spoken to my dad in 7 almost 8 years. Growing up, my dad was hardly around. One of those to commend “phone works both ways” before I was hardly a teenager. When I was 18, so in 2018, I sent him a text because I was frustrated that he never reached out or wanted to see me. In the text I addressed the fact that it hurt my feelings that he never tried and that I always had to show up at his house just to speak, otherwise we simply wouldn’t. He never replied to the text/ called me/ anything. So we did not speak for all those years.

In 2024 I decided to text him again. I asked why he hadn’t tried to contact me and said I’d be open to communicating. He replied with “you can come over to talk” - I never did. I don’t live in the area and I don’t even know where he lives.

Then, this year the beginning of Jan 2026 I decided to call him. It took me calling 3 times before he’d answer. He told me “you told me you didn’t want to talk” referring to 2018. I said that isn’t true, and mentioned trying to text him in 2024 and he said “I don’t remember that happening.” Right. So basically I ended the phone call with directly saying if he wanted to talk anymore he had to call me - that I would not be calling him first again because I didn’t want to be the one to call all the time. And that I wanted to see him actually care/try. He said “I understand. What times are best to call?” - it’s been 4 months since that conversation and he hasn’t reached out once.

I unfriended his gf on Facebook (simply don’t want to hear from her because she messages periodically about the situation) and I texted him simply saying “since you haven’t followed through, I’m moving on and will be blocking you, take care”

His gf messages me and asks why I unfriended her and that it hurt her. For context, she came about when I was 16 so I knew her for about 2 years. But I hardly went to my dad’s at all during that time.

So I wanna know some opinions on this situation. My thought is that I gave him the chance to call and if he really cared or wanted to talk he would’ve reached out. A simple text even. His gf continuously tells me “it’s hard” for him to show emotions. AITA?