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re: At what point did you become friends with your father?
Posted on 2/19/21 at 9:09 pm to DrunkerThanThou
Posted on 2/19/21 at 9:09 pm to DrunkerThanThou
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At what point did you become friends with your father?
It took a while, but once I started buying houses the admiral and I started really seeing eye-to-eye.
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Posted on 2/19/21 at 9:15 pm to DrunkerThanThou
College years. He’s been gone a few years now and I miss him every day. Enjoy the time y’all have.
Posted on 2/19/21 at 9:19 pm to WDE24
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In my 40s and still working on it unfortunately
Same here. Still a work in progress. Learned many things both good and bad from my Dad. Learned the value of hard work and how a sense of humor puts a smile on the people around you. Unfortunately my dad wasn't around much during the early teen years and never again after. Dad wasn't ever much of a communicator. I don't hate him for that because as a father of three grown children now I learned how to be a good communicator with my kids and to say how much I love them every chance I get. I know my Dad loved me but just never said it, MUCH. Hopefully soon before he or I pass away we can bury a hatchet which I call "Pride".
Posted on 2/19/21 at 9:30 pm to SEC 440
I took a swing at my old man one Christmas, never dreamed that it would be his last
Posted on 2/19/21 at 9:35 pm to DrunkerThanThou
He and my mother died when I was still an infant. They had a car wreck two weeks after my first birthday that killed them and my only uncle on my mother’s side. I have zero memory of of them.
This post was edited on 2/19/21 at 9:42 pm
Posted on 2/19/21 at 9:46 pm to DrunkerThanThou
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At what point did you become friends with your father?
I became friends with my dad so long ago that I don't even remember it. He was my hero, and my idol. I wanted nothing more than to be exactly like him. Alas, I will never be the man he was.
He was my idol, my inspiration, my father, and my best friend. Although I will never measure up to being the man he was, I can still have those aspirations.
The one thing I will always know, though, is - the night before he died unexpectedly, the two of us sat out on the front porch into the wee hours of the morning. I had just completed my final degree and we were discussing it. We realized it was late, and so we went inside the house. My last words to him as we parted for the evening were, "I love you."
He never awakened the next morning. He died suddenly and without warning in his sleep six days before Christmas. I was broken and hurt and lost to the deepest depths of my being. But then I realized that he had been my father, my mentor, my trainer, and my very best friend for the first twenty-five years of my life. I could ask for no more. And knowing that our parting words were "I love you" will comfort me through all of eternity.
I guess the point of my response is that I hope all of y'all here discover what a great man your father is before it's too late to tell him that you love him. You are who you are in large part because of your dad.
(Sorry if I wandered off topic a bit.)
This post was edited on 2/19/21 at 9:50 pm
Posted on 2/19/21 at 10:27 pm to Cregg
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At what point did you become friends with your father?
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Well, what's he locked up for?
Shot and killed a young woman over 80 dollars.
Man I can't imagine. Make whatever happened to you in this something to make you stronger. Must be hard.
Posted on 2/19/21 at 10:41 pm to DrunkerThanThou
When i became a man in his eyes, probably around 26. Miss my best friend/ my dad
Posted on 2/19/21 at 10:45 pm to Swamp Angel
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became friends with my dad so long ago that I don't even remember it. He was my hero, and my idol. I wanted nothing more than to be exactly like him. Alas, I will never be the man he was.
He was my idol, my inspiration, my father, and my best friend. Although I will never measure up to being the man he was, I can still have those aspirations.
Exactly how i feel about my Dad, we were lucky to have such a great dad to lookup to. You got me, someone is chopping onions
This post was edited on 2/19/21 at 10:47 pm
Posted on 2/19/21 at 11:30 pm to DrunkerThanThou
I’m 41 and I’m not sure me and my dad could be considered friends. I love him and respect him but there is always a distance. I try and do better with my own boys but sometimes I’m not sure I have the skill set.
Posted on 2/19/21 at 11:38 pm to DrunkerThanThou
Unfortunately, never.
Edit: he left when I was 2 and it has effected me since. In my opinion my father was a piece if shite.
Edit: he left when I was 2 and it has effected me since. In my opinion my father was a piece if shite.
This post was edited on 2/19/21 at 11:42 pm
Posted on 2/19/21 at 11:39 pm to DrunkerThanThou
My dad has his faults (we all do) and we’ve had our arguments in the past but he has always been my best friend. I really can’t think of a time when he and I didn’t get along. He’s been there to help when I needed help and he’s been there to teach when I didn’t think I needed to be taught and he’s been there to hunt with and just share good times with. I became friends with him since the earliest memory I can think of.
This post was edited on 2/19/21 at 11:40 pm
Posted on 2/20/21 at 12:06 am to DrunkerThanThou
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At what point did you become friends with your father?
Trying to keep a healthy perspective. He was around, worked hard, provided, etc. But he was a tyrant. And not very good to my mom.
And he still isn't, to this day. It's hard to get past that.
I'm kind of in the "it is what it is" mode these days and at this point there is no changing him. Just try to focus on the positives and keep the peace for mom's sake, because that's what she wants above all.
I certainly hope my sons have a more favorable opinion of me.
Posted on 2/20/21 at 12:09 am to Grievous Angel
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I certainly hope my sons have a more favorable opinion of me
As a father of two grown sons you control what they think of you. Be there for them through thick and thin and trust me they won't forget. Sometimes you got to blaze your own path.
Posted on 2/20/21 at 12:23 am to DrunkerThanThou
Hmm that's a good question. I'm not sure that we've gotten there yet. My dad was a bit of a hardass too. What makes a father and son "friends"?
Posted on 2/20/21 at 12:43 am to DrunkerThanThou
I never talked to my old man like a friend until I was in college.
He was a disciplinarian, but never more than he had to be. Let me get a feel for the world on my own while offering guidance. He was and is a real steady hand.
Still not sure how much of a friend he is vs. a dad. We both drink, but not with each other. I've gotten drunk with him once or twice and it's weird. Drinking is a weird metric to measure my relationship with my dad against, but it stands out to me for some reason. All that said, I'm not afraid to broach most any topic with him.
I find myself failing to meet the standard he set as a father almost daily with my kids. Wish I could be as steady and patient as he is, but I'm wound too tight. I just keep getting in my own way.
I want to be my boys friend, but not at the expense of them not being responsible adults one day. My kids are young enough that we haven't gotten to the nitty gritty of that yet, but that test is coming. I know I'll struggle to walk that line.
He was a disciplinarian, but never more than he had to be. Let me get a feel for the world on my own while offering guidance. He was and is a real steady hand.
Still not sure how much of a friend he is vs. a dad. We both drink, but not with each other. I've gotten drunk with him once or twice and it's weird. Drinking is a weird metric to measure my relationship with my dad against, but it stands out to me for some reason. All that said, I'm not afraid to broach most any topic with him.
I find myself failing to meet the standard he set as a father almost daily with my kids. Wish I could be as steady and patient as he is, but I'm wound too tight. I just keep getting in my own way.
I want to be my boys friend, but not at the expense of them not being responsible adults one day. My kids are young enough that we haven't gotten to the nitty gritty of that yet, but that test is coming. I know I'll struggle to walk that line.
This post was edited on 2/20/21 at 3:04 am
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