re: OT Dads, ever get that moment of realization where you start to understand your Old Man?

Honestly, my dad is a lazy POS who avoided all responsibility with us and had no interest in learning how to be a parent or role model. Decided in his mid-50s he just didn't want to work any more and hung the whole burden of keeping us fed, clothed, and housed on my mother.

I literally try to do the opposite of almost everything he did (or rather, didn't do) by showering my daughter with as much love and support as possible.