re: Tell Me About your Dad

Nah, he was jealous of me. My dad was a self absorbed jerk & bully. I was better at him in just about everything, except carpentry, he was the best I ever known, & he couldn’t handle that. I’m the opposite, as most people, we want our kids to be better than we were, but not him. He didn’t want me to go to college, wanted me to work in construction & struggle, just didn’t want me to better myself.

He thought I should be working more at 15-16 years old, when of course I had school, worked hard, graduated with honors, & played 3 sports. I didn’t have time to work more. He just wanted me to do his responsibilities so he could go drink & fish. I marched to the best of my own drum, wanting to make the best future for myself, he couldn’t control me, & he hated that.

My best friend died in a car wreck when we were 16 & he said “we’re all gonna die”. That’s it, no I’m sorry, or any consolation. I had a scholly to play baseball but a devastating injury screwed those plans up, he said “well now you can go to work, you aren’t good enough anyway.” I was very good.

I moved out at 16 & never went back.