sucked
I try to not to be like him, as much as possible.
lm's dad (even if he's stick in the mud ;)), is a good man, and a great dad-in-law [thumbsup]
Happy Fathers Day Dad [beer]
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lm & pop, bp & mom
and yes.... I know it's early, but I'll be out going "weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee" for most of the weekend [evil]
Here is my Dad. I'm goin to Fresno and hang with him this weekend.
(http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d56/c3vette/sonny_fish.jpg)
HAPPY FATHERS DAY POPS
..."so here's how it went: Valentino was almost on Max and was coming down bend 5"...
(http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk269/lucazuma73/DMF/papa.jpg)
My dad. May God bless him.
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He finally got a new jacket this past year. ;D
Quote from: bobspapa on June 13, 2008, 09:14:31 AM
I'll be out going "weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee" for most of the weekend [evil]
Prostate trouble?
Quote from: silentbob on June 13, 2008, 11:13:22 AM
Prostate trouble?
nope.... riding with the ladies this weekend.
Quote from: silentbob on June 13, 2008, 11:14:22 AM
I haven't seen or spoken to my dad since November 2002.
your dad must know my dad
Quote from: silentbob on June 13, 2008, 11:14:22 AM
I haven't seen or spoken to my dad since November 2002.
Holy crap. You want to talk about it?
I only speak to my dad (and mom) when I call (once every few months), they haven't tried to call me in over 15 years.
I last saw them when I visited two years ago (my idea). My dad didn't bother to let me know when he came out to Monterey (two hours drive from here) for business a few years ago.
Oh, and I don't think my dad has ever hugged me, even when I was a kid. :-\
Quote from: swerdna on June 13, 2008, 11:09:18 AM
My dad. May God bless him.
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He finally got a new jacket this past year. ;D
If that's your dad and that's you in your avatar, your a carbon copy of him :o
My dad's 78, and has basically decided that his life is over. He retired several years ago, and now spends all day at home, sitting in front of the TV. He won't turn it on, just sits in front of the blank screen.
Don't get me wrong, he was a good father to me and my sisters when we were young, and always put our needs(and wants) ahead of his own. He and my mother never gave up on me, through all of my "wasted years". I wish he had somehobby, or something to do now.
It's just sad.
In contrast, my wifes dad is 76, and rides his Harley regularly, goes to the bars at least a few times per week, has a 45 yr old GF, and refuses to back down from anyone or anything. This is after 3 stents, and 2 bypass surgeries.
The last time I saw or spoke to my dad was Monday.
He drives me crazy, but he's a good guy.
Quote from: Kaveh on June 13, 2008, 12:51:50 PM
If that's your dad and that's you in your avatar, your a carbon copy of him :o
You have no idea. Srsly. It's really crazy. Thanks for noticing. Hearing you say that makes me really happy.
Quote from: silentbob on June 13, 2008, 11:14:22 AM
I haven't seen or spoken to my dad since November 2002.
My natural father left us when I was little. After my mother died he put us (3 sisters ) in an orphanage and then gave us to the state. I have not seen him since the day he drove us to the Home. My oldest sister has had minimal contact with him over the years. I do not celebrate Fathers day or Mothers day.
Quote from: czaja on June 13, 2008, 01:45:55 PM
My natural father left us when I was little. After my mother died he put us (3 sisters ) in an orphanage and then gave us to the state. I have not seen him since the day he drove us to the Home. My oldest sister has had minimal contact with him over the years. I do not celebrate Fathers day or Mothers day.
:'( how sad... <hug>
my dad lives in virginia, 13 hours away, so we don't get to visit much.
he didn't bother calling to tell me he'll be visiting my siblings, 2 hrs away, this weekend...
i take it personally...
Quote from: DuCaTiNi on June 13, 2008, 01:48:23 PM
:'( how sad... <hug>
my dad lives in virginia, 13 hours away, so we don't get to visit much.
he didn't bother calling to tell me he'll be visiting my siblings, 2 hrs away, this weekend...
i take it personally...
That sucks. How can people behave like this? If a relative of mine did that I would be pissed. Not having a lot of family makes for less drama. 3 sisters and NO ONE else. I did not even find all my sisters until a 3 years ago.
Quote from: czaja on June 13, 2008, 01:52:12 PM
That sucks. How can people behave like this? If a relative of mine did that I would be pissed. Not having a lot of family makes for less drama. 3 sisters and NO ONE else. I did not even find all my sisters until a 3 years ago.
i'm glad you found them :)
i get along great with my future father in-law [thumbsup]
Wow. [coffee] This thread is tough!!! I guess this is why... umm... [drink]
fathers day was a tough one for me.
my dad was never around after he and my mom split.
he never paid child support.
all contact had/has to be instigated by me.
we never had a fathersday when I was a kid, so when it rolled around to me, when I had kids, it was odd.
then I got divorced, and the times I saw the kids on fathers day, grew further away.
it got to the point where I hated the day.
Once I learned to live in the present, and forgive the past..... I found I actually can relax and enjoy the day.
I haven't seen my dad since I told him to get lost 20 years ago. But I always do something nice for my mom (who separated from my father when I was three, and raised me and my brother on her own) on Mother's Day _and_ Father's Day, both. We're close, and she digs that.
My father was just fine when he was sober. Trouble is, that was a rare occurrence. At least I managed to let go of most of my contempt for him before he died in 1987. And I was never tempted to take up drinking!
Reading this thead saddens me. Then again, there is a bright light. This thread proves some children turn out fantastic in spite of bad parents.
no more sorrow
thanks for the ice cream pops
(http://offsprung.com/img/docs/3799.jpg)
;D
My pops is a crazy bastard.
He was a drunk till 21 years ago. Been sober ever since. We've become really close the last 10 years. Now he calls all the time to talk shit, and tell me about his latest project... usually something he is doing in the garage that annoys my mom.
Today he called me, he was in town for an appointment at the VA hospital. I couldn't make it to have lunch with him, but found out he had been at my place this afternoon while I was working. I found a note on the table: "Stopped by to have lunch, but you were too good to eat with me. So, I took a shit in your toilet, watched your tv for a while and ate your food. Now you know what it was like having you around as a kid." Crazy bastard.
Oh, and for fathers day, he told me I had better not get him anything. Instead, he gave me his Ruger 10/22.
wow, I guess i'll be the oddball in this thread and say I have the most awesome dad in the world.
My dad has ALWAYS been there for me, even when I've been too stubborn to call out for help, he just knows I'm having a rough patch and does everything and anything in his power to come help me in whatever I need.
He always travels a lot because of his job, but he made a promise to me and my sister to never let more than 1 week pass before seeing us. To uphold this promise he has traveled 12 hour flights to take us to lunch and hop on another plane to go back to wherever he was.
My father is the best man I have ever met, and I seriously doubt you can find a man that is more devoted to his family.
If I ever get to be a fraction of what my father is, I know i'll be a great man.
I'm truly sorry for the people who have not been able to have someone like this in their lives as well.
[thumbsup]
Quote from: Rev. Millertime on June 13, 2008, 03:54:27 PM
We've become really close the last 10 years. Now he calls all the time to talk shit, and tell me about his latest project... usually something he is doing in the garage that annoys my mom.
Today he called me, he was in town for an appointment at the VA hospital. I couldn't make it to have lunch with him, but found out he had been at my place this afternoon while I was working. I found a note on the table: "Stopped by to have lunch, but you were too good to eat with me. So, I took a shit in your toilet, watched your tv for a while and ate your food. Now you know what it was like having you around as a kid." Crazy bastard.
Oh, and for fathers day, he told me I had better not get him anything. Instead, he gave me his Ruger 10/22.
Awesome! Trade ya. Fathers, not Rugers.
Quote from: chipo on June 13, 2008, 04:33:06 PMMy father is the best man I have ever met, and I seriously doubt you can find a man that is more devoted to his family.
Very cool, congrats. :) [thumbsup]
Theres a lot more make the beast with two backsed up people with make the beast with two backsed up dads then there are people who have dads they love. Sad.
Fathers day sucks. Hell any holiday with family generally sucks.
And Silentbob, damn man. Whatever it is youre doing to stick around, keep doing it cause its working so far. I dont get why your sister, brother an pops went ape shit on you for getting your sister out of trouble for telling the truth. Thats some serious bullshit.
Quote from: silentbob on June 13, 2008, 05:26:20 PM
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Holy shite, man. I'm speechless. Thanks for sharing. I think we can lock the thread now.
I think I need a drink.
This a very sad thread, but...
Quote from: howie on June 13, 2008, 02:50:21 PMThis thread proves some children turn out fantastic in spite of bad parents.
Yeah.
To those of you who have risen above a terrible childhood/past: [beer]
My dad is a lawyer. He spent his entire career in the Air Force, in large part because in comparison with the guys he went to law school with it gave him considerably more time at home with his family. He volunteered for Viet Nam, where got a purple heart, because I was 12 and it looked as if it would never end - he didn't want to get sent a couple of years later and leave my mom with a teenager on her hands. Of course, when I was growing up I often wished he weren't around so much like my friends' dads (so I could get away with more) and I gave him a tremendous amount of crap when I was a teen.
He's always given my brother and me a present on Fathers' Day "because without you, I wouldn't be a father." I'm 46, and he's still doing it.
It just goes to show, some kids with great parents nevertheless turn out rotten.
Quote from: silentbob on June 13, 2008, 05:26:20 PM
MAN! I feel for you. That is truly rough.
I can identify with you as my sister was diagnosed in Dec. 01 w/pancreatic cancer. She died on October 13, 2002. October 13 is both my parents birthday. They refuse to celebrate it anymore.
Watching the cancer eat her alive was horrible.
When she started chemo, she asked me to shave her head. She didn't want to watch it all fall out in clumps. I cried the whole time.
Stay strong, silentbob. Stay strong.
There's a lot of people in this thread I'd like to send some virtual ((hugs)) to. At least we all have our online family. :)
My father (the pilot) on his Vellocette rig in 1962, Ascot park.
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Quote from: silentbob on June 13, 2008, 05:26:20 PM
It's a long story.
BIG HUG.
I'll share my stepdad with ya.
I love my dad.
We've had a few rough spots over the years...but he's gotten a lot smarter as time has passed. ;D
I talk to him every Sunday, and I'll see him this Sunday.
Silentbob, you are quite a survivor, hats off to ya [thumbsup]
Another long one. [coffee]
I have never spoken to my father, He kicked my Mum (Mom for our American friends) and myself out when I was 6 months old, Because his mother told him to!
She never liked my mother, she was always thinking that my mother was out to destroy my father and wreck his company (A medium sized Small engine repair business)
So she had no money, no house and a 6 month old, so she bundled the few things into her car and drove 2000km's to her parents, after about 5 years she hooked up with another guy and they lived together for a few years, She told me that she was going to marry this guy, I told her that it was wrong (At all of 9 years old!!) I didn't like him, I was ignored. (I'll never now how I knew this was wrong, I really had nothing to do with him in the overall scheme of things, I just never liked him from day 1)
Sure enough he was abusive, not Physical (A little pushing and shoving) but his Forte was mind games, twisting facts to suit him and his side of the story, we lived in a house that was partly finished, we never ate at the table, it was covered in his paperwork and bullshit so we ate on the floor, we had no front door, most rooms had no doors or windows, one bedroom and a bathroom were just filled with junk.
I grew up in that living with a Man that my mother wanted me to call dad, but I refused and I just called him by his first name (phillip), When I was 16 they had my little brother, to try and save the marriage [bang]
When I turned 18 my Mother finally got the strength to move out, It also helped I was as big as Phillip so if he tried any shit I stood up to him.
It was then at this time my real father tried to make contact, I had left school and I was working for a small electronics retailer, he would send in my grandmother to see me (She was the one who wanted my and Mum out to start with!!) trying to convince me to meet him and patch things up.
I told her to Get Bent! and pass on to him to also Get Bent!!
I would move to a new job and within about 6 months they would find me and start trying to hook up. (Everytime I left a job I asked for my next Job info to be kept confidential, and because I left on good terms with every company I left, they followed my wishes)
Finally he got the message
Or so I thought.
After 9/11 he started again, He made up this crap about how 9/11 touched him and he wanted to make contact again, he tried to talk to my mother, she told him to get bent, but she would pass on his request.
Side note:
My Mother has always been very truthful about Jeff (My real Father) She never denied anything or kept anything from me, If he contacted her, she told me, She told me her side of the Story, Which was later confirmed by his letter (explained soon) She always said it was my decision if I wanted to meet him and get to know him, she would support my decision, She would do it from a distance, but she would support me...
Back to the main Saga.
One day while at work this Guy walked up said hello, handed me a letter and walked off.
I read it and realized it was him (Jeff - my real father) it was a multi page letter telling me his feelings, his reasoning, his thoughts and trying to make me understand what had happened after all these years, he had sold the business, it was not going well, he had got remarried had 2 more kids and wanted to bring me back into the fold, he had also been in contact with other family members trying to get them to convince me to see him, they told him to get bent!!
He went and saw my mother and asked why no response from me, so she said she would ask me and she would let him know.
My response: I don't hate him, I don't love him, I just don't care about him (And I don't mean that in a spiteful way, It's just not an issue I worry about), He had his chance to be a part of my life 34 years ago, but chose to kick me and my mother out, I really am happy with my Lot in life, I am married to a wonderful woman and a great home life, I have my Italian Mistress sitting in the garage, I like my Job (most of the time) and I really don't want or need this level of complexity added to it, I haven't needed him for the last 34 years I have been on this planet, and I don't need him now, Just because he has regrets and inner demons to wrestle with, well frankly that's not my problem.
That was passed on and I have heard nothing since. But he'll try again
My wife doesn't know most of this stuff, because I don't think she needs to know, My only concern is when/if we have kids, how I will react to and act as a father, It scares me a little, because I have no frame of reference, I still find dealing with my Wife's father or my best friends father very awkward.
I'll figure it though... I don't feel sorry for myself and I am lucky to have a good lot in life
So I'll just keep cruising along [moto]
Back to your regular Programming! [laugh]
Hmmm..this thread has turned out to be somewhat of a downer for Father's Day. :-[
Quote from: bobspapa on June 13, 2008, 02:18:37 PM
my dad was never around after he and my mom split.
he never paid child support.
Once I learned to live in the present, and forgive the past..... I found I actually can relax and enjoy the day.
I know what that's all about BP. That's pretty much my childhood.
It took me until I was 30 to get over it too and stop blaming my dad for not being there.
Things are "OK" now.
This song always made me think of him when I was a kid.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH46SmVv8SU&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH46SmVv8SU&feature=related)
i love my dad too,
he's just not open to receiving it.
when my dad was 13, his father killed himself...
i wasn't given this information until i was 21...
he's never been a very open kind of guy...
Quote from: x136 on June 13, 2008, 06:06:46 PM
This a very sad thread, but...
Yeah.
To those of you who have risen above a terrible childhood/past: [beer]
[beer] x 11tyb
Silentbob: A handshake and a nod.
Best friend describes my dad. His birthday is always a few days before Father's Day. [beer] to you. Thanks man. R.I.P.
Quote from: msincredible on June 13, 2008, 12:49:05 PM
I only speak to my dad (and mom) when I call (once every few months), they haven't tried to call me in over 15 years.
I last saw them when I visited two years ago (my idea). My dad didn't bother to let me know when he came out to Monterey (two hours drive from here) for business a few years ago.
Oh, and I don't think my dad has ever hugged me, even when I was a kid. :-\
Quote from: msincredible on June 13, 2008, 06:40:44 PM
There's a lot of people in this thread I'd like to send some virtual ((hugs)) to.
Hug right back. [thumbsup]
I think I need to call my dad and tell him how great he is!
Big hugs to those posting here....
Here's a good dad for you all. I'm an only child, so I can share, there's plenty to go around. ;)
My dad turns 70 this year on July 7 (I know, how cool is that). He is a great person! He's thoughtful, caring, loving, smart as all get out (used to teach high school English), loves golf more than life itself, makes furniture as a hobby (you should see his workshop), has a goofy sense of humor, and is a fantastic grandpa to my son and his wife's two grandkids. There aren't enough good words to properly describe him.
It scares him to death that I ride, but he never tells me not to, and can't help admiring me for it....
We're throwing him a big ol' party this year for his b'day ;D [wine]
My dad:
At some wall some guys built in China to keep the neighbors out.
(https://farm4.static.flickr.com/3053/2579036324_aeed3b5a8a.jpg?v=1213481917)
In Tanzania... One of my "Character Building Experiences"
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2265/2578203645_7f80264e62.jpg?v=1213481898)
Tomorrow is his birthday... Always celebrated on Father's Day... Only one gift! ;D
Looking back...
He wasn't always around. He had a business to run.
He was always there for me.
He did let me fall from time to time (maybe he even pushed sometimes)...
So I would learn how to pick myself up.
"It builds character" was his mantra. I resented him for that.
He was right. He really did know what he was doing.
He has often said if he had it to do over again, there would be some things he would do different.
Looking at the end result, I would hope not.
I love you, Dad.
Happy Birthday & Father's Day.
I found this in one of my old photo albums today, it's my dad and me, a long long time ago ;D
He's getting a set of new golf clubs from me and my mom tomorrow. Deserves every single one.
(http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/8046/conpapiviejawa6.png)
Somebody once told me everybody has a dysfunctional family, some are just more dysfunctional than others............
No one can hurt you like a loved one can.
To those who's Father's Days are less than a celebration, my heartfelt condolences. Sometimes there is nothing you can do but keep moving forward with your life. Good on ya for doing so!
To all the great and wonderful Father's (like, luckily, mine may he RIP) Happy Father's Day!
Quote from: DesmoDog on June 14, 2008, 09:00:04 PMSometime around 4:00am I had come up with this.
That was very moving, thank you for sharing.
This has become a lame version of a snivel day time TV show.
What would Evil do?
Quote from: ADG on June 14, 2008, 11:52:19 PM
This has become a lame version of a snivel day time TV show.
What would Evil do?
Huh? ???
Quote from: ADG on June 14, 2008, 11:52:19 PM
This has become a lame version of a snivel day time TV show.
What would Evil do?
Quote from: gojira on June 15, 2008, 01:30:23 AM
Huh? ???
He's just being his contrary self.
;)
to all the dmf dad's out there... have a good one [beer]
I miss my Dad.
:'(
My dad is the best....everyday after he got home from work he always found time to throw the baseball or football with my brother and me (and all of the neighborhood kids!!). I don't remember any of the other dads in the neighborhood doing that. He is (and was) my mom's best friend.
My mom and dad are going to come and visit us for the first time in our new home in Arizona at the end of this month, and I'm very excited to show them around. And show them the Ducs -- my dad has a weird relationship with machines; for years, it was the clearest indication that summer was upon us, watching my "PhD in nuclear chemistry, who developed integrated circuits manufacturing operations from the ground up for some of the leaders in the field, oft-proven engineering genius" father cursing at a lawnmower that wouldn't start.
Most of all, I'm thrilled and a little bit scared after the crash course in fatherhood I've gotten stepping into the life of my partner's 13 year old girl and trying to make a family out of it. Fortunately, she's just enough teenager to be entertaining and more than enough human to be fun to be around. She's been away for the past two weeks and I miss her terribly.
Ann-Marie & I rode the bikes down to Skull Valley for breakfast this morning and the waitress wished me Happy Father's Day. On my very first real one, it washed over me like a wave. Can't wait to see my dad again, in a whole new light.
Cheers, all,
BRAD
When I was younger I didn't like my dad. He's always been a little hard of hearing and it hasn't gotten better as he's gotten older. He's never been very good at communicating so we got into fights a lot over small miscommunications. He also has a short temper and would yell a lot. He would never hit though except to spank me when I was little and I usually deserved it. He missed my birthday a couple times when I was younger for business trips and since I have the same birthday as my grandfather I would sometimes spend my birthday in the car for 6 hours as we drove up the 5 from LA to Stockton. I always hated that and it took me a long time to realize how happy it made him that I had the same birthday as his father.
It took me a long time to find out all the things that went on in the background, all the things that he did to try and make me happy. Now that I'm older they let me know what's happening in the background and I see that he bends over backwards for me sometimes. He's always supported me even if I wasn't making the right decision and he knew it. He was there each time I crashed my bike and was never mad at me. He still tries to hold my hand a lot of the time and it's difficult for him to let me stand on my own because he still kind of thinks of me as a little kid but he's trying his hardest to treat me like an adult.
This year I decided to get him a present to make up for all the presents that I never got him before. I bought him a DSLR Nikon so he can get back into photography and maybe get out of the house more to use his new toy. And being a great dad he didn't mind if I played with it first. You know, to make sure it works. ;D
Well, me and my dad have always had a weird relationship. I am the middle kid and always felt like it growing up. I did cause a lot of trouble but I wonder, did I cause trouble because I got treated like the middle kid or the other way around?
Well, my parents divorced in 2000 and there was a lot of pain from that. I stood by my mom.
There was a period a couple years ago that I didn't speak to him for a little over a year. Since we started talking again, things have been "normal".
Well, last night we went over to his place to celebrate father's day since my step mom had to work all day today. We barbecued, had some beers, went swimming. It was pretty good.
Then my step brother brought out the Jack and we did some shots. We were all getting pretty drunk and joking around. My step brother and I are pretty alike and give each other shit all the time.
Since he is about to turn 40 (I'm 32 today) I was saying that even with my make the beast with two backsed up leg, I could out run him. We went back and forth with this for a little while and then my dad busts out with "You think you're better than everyone". WTF? Are you kidding me?
He basically started giving me shit about my recovery from the accident saying that because I was able to make an almost complete recovery, I must think I'm better than everyone else. Well, of course I started yelling back like he was and then he said:
"I knew you always blamed me you your mother and I's divorce!"
At this point, we started getting louder and my wife came and got me said, we're going home.
Happy Father's Day right?
Quote from: NAKID on June 15, 2008, 07:14:50 PM
Well, me and my dad have always had a weird relationship. I am the middle kid and always felt like it growing up. I did cause a lot of trouble but I wonder, did I cause trouble because I got treated like the middle kid or the other way around?
Well, my parents divorced in 2000 and there was a lot of pain from that. I stood by my mom.
There was a period a couple years ago that I didn't speak to him for a little over a year. Since we started talking again, things have been "normal".
Well, last night we went over to his place to celebrate father's day since my step mom had to work all day today. We barbecued, had some beers, went swimming. It was pretty good.
Then my step brother brought out the Jack and we did some shots. We were all getting pretty drunk and joking around. My step brother and I are pretty alike and give each other shit all the time.
Since he is about to turn 40 (I'm 32 today) I was saying that even with my make the beast with two backsed up leg, I could out run him. We went back and forth with this for a little while and then my dad busts out with "You think you're better than everyone". WTF? Are you kidding me?
He basically started giving me shit about my recovery from the accident saying that because I was able to make an almost complete recovery, I must think I'm better than everyone else. Well, of course I started yelling back like he was and then he said:
"I knew you always blamed me you your mother and I's divorce!"
At this point, we started getting louder and my wife came and got me said, we're going home.
Happy Father's Day right?
That sucks C!! :-\
He should be glad you came out of it with your leg in tact
BTW..Happy B-Day!! :-*
Funny how growing up I fought with the folks about everything but now I can look back and be thankful that I couldn't have asked for better parents.
It was even more fun listening to my 67 year old pop go on about playing the Wii I got them.
I didn't like my father that much either when growing up. He spent too much time at work and was fairly strict. Now, when I look back I understand that he worked so hard because he was an immigrant child during the depression and money was our security. Though he never got past eighth grade he had enough knowledge to be self employed from the time he was 16, every one successful. The accountant would come to to the quarterly books and be done in twenty minutes, no problem. Most of the money came from the sale of the businesses he built. He would stay with the new owner serving as mentor until all ran smoothly. He treated every one fairly and was extremely generous to those in need. He was offered a sales job in a business brokerage that would have made us extreme wealthy. He would not sell any business he didn't build and know was in good shape. When I look in the mirror I see my father's image. A large part of me is the morals and ethics he passed on to me, by example. Well, with the exception of work ethics
Happy Fathers Day to all the Father's out there :)
I am thankful and blessed with my father.
He has taught me many things, and he loves me well.
We both are not perfect, but love eachother in spite and becaues of this.
He has always been there, when I rejected and hated him he faught to have a relationship with me.
When I did not know my potential he made me persue it. He has reveled in my sucesses and held my hand to steady me as I placed one foot infront of the other to recover from my own lifes devistaion.
I am my fathers daughter and I say that with great knowlege and pride and love ;D
Here's too you Dad [clap]
Quote from: Polpetta on June 15, 2008, 10:53:15 PM
Happy Fathers Day to all the Father's out there :)
I am my fathers daughter and I say that with great knowlege and pride and love ;D
+1tb [thumbsup]
This thread almost made me cry. While my father was never the most responsible when I was a kid, never had much money (*understatement*) and most certainly could not ever help me with my homework, he always provided me with incredible unconditional love, support and wisdom. Hell, I can honestly say - my daddy even got me a pony! (and still takes care of said pony now horse).
okie maybe I'm a bit of a Daddy's girl - I admit.
I also feel super lucky that I had THREE awesome father figures to call and say thank you to today - my dad, my wonderful Grandpa and my quasi-stepfather type figure. I guess that's rare.
Big shout-out to all the great dads out there!
Ok, I may have missed posting this for Father's Day, but I'm still pretty stoked that I got lucky enough to have a dad like mine and want to post up now, so Dad here's to you and I hope to have you around for many more Father's Days to come! (Mom and me in the photo too at Muirwoods.)
(https://farm4.static.flickr.com/3184/2837887523_dc83bf23cc_o.jpg)
holy dead thread batman!!!
actually, i can post in here...
the other day i had dinner with my dad (i dont' see him very often despite living within 20 miles of each other)
he was saying that he would like to do a fall foliage ride up inot the adirondacks or something. no, he doens't ride, but now i'm trying to find him a bike. being able to do something with my father at this age means more to me than if it would have happened when i was a kid. the only problem is he will want a cruiser and to ride slow [cheeky]