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re: How often do you talk with your dad?

Posted on 10/4/20 at 8:31 am to
Posted by bushwacker
youngsville
Member since Feb 2010
3629 posts
Posted on 10/4/20 at 8:31 am to
Daily usually.
I am 46 he is 74

OP you and only you have to live with your decision. Whatever makes u comfortable is OK.
This post was edited on 10/4/20 at 8:34 am
Posted by supadave3
Houston, TX
Member since Dec 2005
30360 posts
Posted on 10/4/20 at 8:33 am to
You can’t ask a question like this and expect a right or wrong answer. Our relationships with our dads are all different. I talk to my my mom twice a week, dad once or so a week on one of those calls, once every two months or so JUST Dad. I go visit one month.

Anymore would be too much, any less too less.I love my Dad and I know my Dad loves me, but we aggravate each other and always have. If we started talking more, we’d soon talk even less than we do know.
This post was edited on 10/4/20 at 8:50 am
Posted by TakeAGander
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2010
559 posts
Posted on 10/4/20 at 8:40 am to
I talk to my dad at least twice a week. I’m sorry your relationship with your dad is not what it should have been, but I would encourage you to reach out and perhaps start anew. My dad will be 75 this year, and I know I need to talk with and see him more than I do.
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
66271 posts
Posted on 10/4/20 at 8:47 am to
quote:

I wouldn’t dream of taking a swing at my daddy even though I have three inches on him.
quote:

Alabama Fan
Everything is a dick-measuring contest to you Gumps? SMDH

OP: Not since Reagan was POTUS, he’s (actually both of them are) dead.
Posted by Matador
Member since Oct 2012
252 posts
Posted on 10/4/20 at 8:50 am to
Similar situation. Only he left when I was 18....didn’t talk to him after that. My position is he never tried so why should I?....Anyways he just died of cancer last month at 54. Didn’t go to his funeral oh wel
Posted by CarRamrod
Spurbury, VT
Member since Dec 2006
57528 posts
Posted on 10/4/20 at 8:51 am to
quote:

about not checking in more with him
this is a copout. I have noticed a lot of these boomers that are getting older expect their children, neices, and nephews to check in with them like they are kids. They fail to see it is a 2 way street. It is not our responsibility to always check in when we have our own familes. I had this issue with some of my aunt's and I told them that for the past 20 years I have been the one initiating the communication. And I will continue to do so when I feel like talking but if they want to talk, they need to they need to talk some initiative and reach out.

Needless to say I haven't heard from them in a few months.
Posted by CalicoJack
The Centennial State
Member since Jun 2020
204 posts
Posted on 10/4/20 at 9:46 am to
I text with him every few days, probably on the phone every week or so. He works shift work, so it's hit or miss when he's sleeping some weeks
Posted by the LSUSaint
Member since Nov 2009
15444 posts
Posted on 10/4/20 at 9:50 am to
You never know what your mom did or said to him. Hes human. Im sure he made mistakes as well.

You are missing as much as him.

BTW, your mother sucks as much as him. She had as much or more of an opportunity to make you talk to him everyday. She was your leader...and failed
Posted by BowDownToLSU
Livingston louisiana
Member since Feb 2010
19321 posts
Posted on 10/4/20 at 10:04 am to
My dad passed away two years ago , he was also my best friend . We talked everyday and he was 82 when he passed. I have a step son and step daughter that I raised. My step son stays busy with his job (calls twice a week)but my step daughter calls me every day. I never refer to them as “ step” because they hate that and I’m just dad. Their biological father wasn’t in their life when they were young but is now. We were at a cookout last year and he apologized to me for not being a better father. I told him no apologies were needed, I was blessed having them in my life and I was sorry that he missed out on two great kids
Posted by CuyahogaTigerJr
Northeast ohio
Member since Aug 2018
2198 posts
Posted on 10/4/20 at 5:52 pm to
Whenever I need advice or someone to talk to
Posted by HoustonChick86
Catalina Wine Mixer
Member since Dec 2009
57530 posts
Posted on 10/4/20 at 6:17 pm to
Mine passed away Thanksgiving Day 2018. We used to talk a lot then had a bit of a falling out before making up before passed. We would talk a few times a week. But without fail he would call me every Saturday morning in the fall for a Gameday chat. I miss those.
Posted by SeeeeK
some where
Member since Sep 2012
28151 posts
Posted on 10/4/20 at 6:37 pm to
I make sure to call him at least 2 times a week. And see him 1 time or more a month.

Posted by TigerKurt
Kenner, LA
Member since Apr 2005
883 posts
Posted on 10/4/20 at 7:34 pm to
My Dad has been gone since 2019. Still miss talking to him.
Posted by Nado Jenkins83
Land of the Free
Member since Nov 2012
59915 posts
Posted on 10/4/20 at 7:39 pm to
More than lebron
Posted by RedlandsTiger
Greenwell Springs, LA
Member since Jan 2008
2950 posts
Posted on 10/4/20 at 7:42 pm to
quote:

Sounds like he failed you


The phone works both ways. It sounds like if you a relationship with your dad, you have to make the calls.
Posted by lnomm34
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2009
12640 posts
Posted on 10/4/20 at 7:47 pm to
I’m 34 and my dad passed away a little over two weeks ago. It was unexpected and he was only 62.

I talked to him daily. Multiple times per day at times. He was my best friend.

I thought we had a lot of time left. I’d give anything to talk to him again.

Call your dads, folks.
This post was edited on 10/4/20 at 7:48 pm
Posted by Paul Allen
Montauk, NY
Member since Nov 2007
75376 posts
Posted on 10/4/20 at 7:48 pm to
quote:

Call your parents, folks.
Posted by MimosaRouge
Member since Jun 2020
374 posts
Posted on 10/4/20 at 8:03 pm to
Condolences. Must be heart wrenching.
Posted by bad93ex
Walnut Cove
Member since Sep 2018
27646 posts
Posted on 10/4/20 at 8:06 pm to
quote:

Call your dads, folks.


Gave him a call today.
Posted by Cregg
Orange Beach
Member since Jul 2017
2053 posts
Posted on 10/4/20 at 8:15 pm to
My father killed a woman over 80 dollars and is spending the rest of his days in prison. I haven't spoken to him in 12 years. I use to write drunken letters to him expressing just how much I hate him. I'm almost four months sober and wrote him a final letter in rehab forgiving him and letting it all go. For y'all that have a good father give him a holler. Don't take it for granted.
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