re: What's your relationship with your dad?

#2 I love my father because he's my father. However, if he were someone else I'd never talk to him. My least favorite people in the world are loud know-it-alls. Particularly the ones who don't know shite but can't be convinced otherwise. And he's the leader of that pack. Complete narcissist.

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Particularly the ones who don't know shite but can't be convinced otherwise

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So, you're not married?

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Good stepdads seldom get any appreciation but the job has to be twice as difficult as simply being a dad. Being a dad is the easiest thing I ever did...all kids need is time, if you ain't willing to share it with your kid your a dick. Good stepdadding on the other hand has to be damn near impossible to pull off....good for him for making the effort

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Until I was about 21, I pushed him away as harshly and often as I could. Then one day it clicked and I just started listening to him and damned if he wasn't right 100x more often than he was wrong.

#4, then #3, then #4 again for a little bit before he died

4 and it’s not even close

Now me as a dad probably around 2-3. My kids were systematically poisoned by the other side of family but they are beginning to see it and they also didn’t get along with a couple of my exs and then got along great with my last ex and blamed me 100% for the break up.

At least you know who your dad is.

4

Best friend

Gratefully, #4

My dad is 78 and can still outwork men Haha his age. He loves me, my wife of 33 year, or 3 kids, & our 3 grandkids.
I have never met a man with a higher dedication to personal integrity.

My dad has really changed over the years. Growing up, he was hard as nails and brutal at work. I saw him fire a guy that got out of the hole and was leaning on a concrete bucket.

I took over the company and he flipped big time and told me how much of a prick I was for leaving guys that were late to work and lifting guys after warning them half a dozen times.

Surprisingly, I’ve always had a good relationship with him through it all. Golf really linked us together when I was younger and has linked us while I’ve been older too.

Mine is/was a 4.

Unfortunately, we lost him in 2010 so we have no choice but to live without him.

He played on Auburn’s 1957 NC team but, sadly, passed away 6 months before our 2010 NC.

My siblings and I are fully convinced Dad had something to do with it…lol.

Man, I really miss both of my parents (lost Mom in 1997 when she was 52) greatly. I was extremely lucky growing up in Fairhope, AL (which was like Mayberry then) with the parents I had.