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re: Tell Me About your Dad
Posted on 1/18/23 at 3:50 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Posted on 1/18/23 at 3:50 pm to SaintlyTiger88
I lost my dad February 12, 2014. I still miss him everyday. Losing him was the hardest thing I've experienced in my life thus far. His number is still saved in my phone. I don't know if I can ever bring up the strength to delete it.
But, I'll tell you this. He was my best friend. I was only 21 when he passed. He was a great man, a great father, a great friend, a great brother, cousin, son, nephew, uncle, grandfather, church member, etc. I have yet to meet someone who had anything negative to say about him.
My dad was the person who literally never met a stranger. We could be in the grocery store, and he just strike up a full conversation with the people in line like they're best friends. We could be on vacation, and he strike up conversation with a random guy at the beach. Next thing you know in conversation they find out they have a mutual friend somehow.
He loved his family, and he would do anything to provide for us. We didn't have a lot of money growing up, but we never went a day without eating, even if the meal was as simple as a bologna sandwhich and half a banana.
He may as well have been a mechanic. He could fix almost anything under the hood of a car. At the time, I never had the patience to sit and learn from him. I learned how to change a flat, but that's about it. Oh how I wish I could go back in time and slap myself so I could listen to my Dad!!
I could go on and on truly, last thing I'll mention was he was a huge football fan. Watching LSU on saturdays was always an event. Even after we moved from Louisiana, he never wavered. You better believe I shed some tears when we won in 2019.
I could probably go on and on with 1000 more stories, but I've bored yall enough I think.
But, I'll tell you this. He was my best friend. I was only 21 when he passed. He was a great man, a great father, a great friend, a great brother, cousin, son, nephew, uncle, grandfather, church member, etc. I have yet to meet someone who had anything negative to say about him.
My dad was the person who literally never met a stranger. We could be in the grocery store, and he just strike up a full conversation with the people in line like they're best friends. We could be on vacation, and he strike up conversation with a random guy at the beach. Next thing you know in conversation they find out they have a mutual friend somehow.
He loved his family, and he would do anything to provide for us. We didn't have a lot of money growing up, but we never went a day without eating, even if the meal was as simple as a bologna sandwhich and half a banana.
He may as well have been a mechanic. He could fix almost anything under the hood of a car. At the time, I never had the patience to sit and learn from him. I learned how to change a flat, but that's about it. Oh how I wish I could go back in time and slap myself so I could listen to my Dad!!
I could go on and on truly, last thing I'll mention was he was a huge football fan. Watching LSU on saturdays was always an event. Even after we moved from Louisiana, he never wavered. You better believe I shed some tears when we won in 2019.
I could probably go on and on with 1000 more stories, but I've bored yall enough I think.
This post was edited on 1/18/23 at 3:53 pm
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Posted on 1/18/23 at 3:59 pm to SaintlyTiger88
My Dad is a full blown narcissist and womanizer. He cheated on my mom countless times and made my childhood stressful as hell. I guess he became tired of the ladies, because many years ago I found dick pics associated with one of his accounts. After further investigation, I found pics of him doing the tango with dudes. My mom FiNALLY decided to divorce him after that. Nothing like seeing a picture of your Dad getting plowed by some dude. Took a lot of beers to get over that. Now we barely talk, but lately he’s been wanting to be more involved in my life. I guess it’s because his time is running out, or maybe because nobody wants to boink an 82 year old man.
Posted on 1/18/23 at 4:20 pm to SaintlyTiger88
I lost my mom at a young age. My dad was in and out of prison for DWI, then ran off rather than go back to jail for longer. But in between those times he taught me a few things and told me, if anything, to use him as an example of what not to be. That stuck with me, and I wouldn’t be the man I am today without him.
Posted on 1/18/23 at 4:25 pm to Rubberbandman21
Thread is hard to even read. I had a good 38 years with him. Wish my kids could have known him better. And I have a 3 year old boy that will never have known him. Sucks
Posted on 1/18/23 at 4:37 pm to SaintlyTiger88
My Dad was an awesome man! Not only was he my Dad but also best friend and role model. He was always smiling, had a great sense of humor and never had a bad thing to say about anyone. We lived in Bogalusa and, when he passed away in 1995, people from Baton Rouge came to the funeral home to pay their respects. It always stood out to me that a lot of them said he always had a kind word to say. I only hope that I’ve turned out to be half the man he was. By the way, he was only 56.
Posted on 1/18/23 at 4:44 pm to Art Vandelay
Lost my dad at the age of 62, cancer. I was 20 & all caught up in my college days, 2 hrs away. Missed a lot of the end of his days being Joe Cool on campus. But towards the very end, we did spend hrs & hrs together, so I was fortunate ...but I could have had a lot more time with him. Will always take this feeling of regret to my grave. Two things that I will always remember, and love about him, is that though he traveled a lot, for work, he drove hrs & hrs to see each & every baseball & basketball game I ever played. The other always makes me smile, as I used it in raising my 2 sons: whenever I messed up, big & small, my Mom was the family disciplinarian & roasted my ears many many times. My dad would sit there & nod his head, a stern look on his face. And at the end, as Mom walked away, he would turn & look at me & give me the biggest "wink" an eye can give. And smiled. An image that lives with me today. His friends, filling a huge room at The Petroleum Club, gave him an Irish wake...where nothing but funny jokes & stories are told...gave me an insight to a man I never knew. My loss.
This post was edited on 1/18/23 at 4:59 pm
Posted on 1/18/23 at 4:54 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Dad was the best FB, BB, and Baseball coach I ever had. He was a college pitcher, and could have competed nationally in the 440 (top 6 time), but for a conflict of seasons.
He's an aeronautical engineer who plotted Saturn1B trajectories on a sliderule at Michoud. Some of his mathematical work dealing with variable satellite orbits and communication portals was used by NASA for two decades, until continuous communication overtook intermediate up/downloads.
Unusual for an engineer, he's also a people person. After retirement, he'd walk our dogs (looong walks .... our dogs loved him) when he'd visit. He'd chat up anyone he met along the way, and he'd come back with information about our neighbors that we were totally unaware of. Which wife was doing whose husband kind of stuff. LOL.
Dad met my mom when they were teenagers and fell in love. They had a wonderful life together. Mom died a few months ago. Broken heart doesn't begin to describe dad now.
My sister and I are trying to get him involved in more activities... Tennis, Bridge, Chess. It's a process, but he's trying.
He's an aeronautical engineer who plotted Saturn1B trajectories on a sliderule at Michoud. Some of his mathematical work dealing with variable satellite orbits and communication portals was used by NASA for two decades, until continuous communication overtook intermediate up/downloads.
Unusual for an engineer, he's also a people person. After retirement, he'd walk our dogs (looong walks .... our dogs loved him) when he'd visit. He'd chat up anyone he met along the way, and he'd come back with information about our neighbors that we were totally unaware of. Which wife was doing whose husband kind of stuff. LOL.
Dad met my mom when they were teenagers and fell in love. They had a wonderful life together. Mom died a few months ago. Broken heart doesn't begin to describe dad now.
My sister and I are trying to get him involved in more activities... Tennis, Bridge, Chess. It's a process, but he's trying.
This post was edited on 1/19/23 at 1:13 am
Posted on 1/18/23 at 5:00 pm to SaintlyTiger88
My dad was my hero. Superman in my eyes. As I grew up I realized his weaknesses but loved him until the day he died.
Posted on 1/18/23 at 5:05 pm to SaintlyTiger88
If you want your mind blown, listen to this song and realize he wrote it for his dad. LINK
Posted on 1/18/23 at 5:09 pm to SaintlyTiger88
He's the best.
Brilliant, will help you with anything, extremely wise but will admit if he made a bad call.
Excellent cook, always took us on vacations camping/beach/skiing/smokies...
Hilarious jokes (not just dad jokes). Works hard and laughs harder. Hosts a great party. Always good to my mom.
First became a deacon at age 25 and he is the same guy at church as he is at home. Genuinely loves Jesus and loves people. I cherish every minute I have. Honestly having an awesome family is the only reason I moved back to Louisiana.
My whole goal in life is to prove they didn't break the mold on him.
Brilliant, will help you with anything, extremely wise but will admit if he made a bad call.
Excellent cook, always took us on vacations camping/beach/skiing/smokies...
Hilarious jokes (not just dad jokes). Works hard and laughs harder. Hosts a great party. Always good to my mom.
First became a deacon at age 25 and he is the same guy at church as he is at home. Genuinely loves Jesus and loves people. I cherish every minute I have. Honestly having an awesome family is the only reason I moved back to Louisiana.
My whole goal in life is to prove they didn't break the mold on him.
Posted on 1/18/23 at 5:09 pm to Cregg
"He died alone in prison a few months ago. After all the years of hating the man when I do think about him I just feel a very cruel sadness about it all."
.......... Upvote for your honesty. There will be tons of folks bragging about their dad and talking about their accomplishments, and there's nothing wrong with that. You just kept it real. Find peace, bro.
.......... Upvote for your honesty. There will be tons of folks bragging about their dad and talking about their accomplishments, and there's nothing wrong with that. You just kept it real. Find peace, bro.
Posted on 1/18/23 at 5:11 pm to Cregg
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Posted on 1/18/23 at 5:18 pm to Huck Finn
My Dad is 86 1/2. I might call him later when he gets bacK from work??.
Posted on 1/18/23 at 5:22 pm to SaintlyTiger88
My mother and father divorced when I was 7 years old. He was remarried and divorced again (with 2 more kids). Both women cheated on him and cut him loose.
He died when I was 24 from AIDS. I'm 52 now.
He was an avid hunter, outdoorsman and sports fan.
My biggest regret in life is never having a closer relationship with my father. I would see him a couple times a year and took those meetings for granted.
I would love to have the opportunity to just sit around and watch a game and have a beverage and talk about nothing that matters.
He died when I was 24 from AIDS. I'm 52 now.
He was an avid hunter, outdoorsman and sports fan.
My biggest regret in life is never having a closer relationship with my father. I would see him a couple times a year and took those meetings for granted.
I would love to have the opportunity to just sit around and watch a game and have a beverage and talk about nothing that matters.
Posted on 1/18/23 at 5:42 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Mine was a POS, drunk, alcoholic and died of liver problems around 62. Give no fricks. The one time he thought he was clean, asked me for money after not seeing him for years... It's great some of you all have good dads, so I try to be one for my kids.
Posted on 1/18/23 at 5:57 pm to SaintlyTiger88
My dad passed away in 2010 at the age of 57 (frick cancer). We did everything together. Fishing, watching sports, and golf were our favorites. I haven’t swung a golf club since he passed. He was pretty much the only person I played golf with and it just doesn’t seem fun anymore.
Posted on 1/18/23 at 6:06 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Lost him almost 5 years ago. My fishing and golf buddy and my best friend. My oldest son was 3 and my youngest was just a baby. I'm sitting here watching my boys at wrestling practice thinking about how my boys were his absolute world, and all of the cool stuff they've done in life that he's missed.
Posted on 1/18/23 at 6:11 pm to AuBeerStud
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Nothing like seeing a picture of your Dad getting plowed by some dude.
Posted on 1/18/23 at 6:12 pm to SaintlyTiger88
I should probably listen more to my Dad
This post was edited on 1/19/23 at 3:59 am
Posted on 1/18/23 at 6:24 pm to This GUN for HIRE
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He was a good grandfather but not so much as a dad
This is actually pretty common. Usually by grandfather age you nearing retirement, maybe house is paid off, and no more fricks given.
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