Men Do You Have Issues with Your Father?

[HiDnGoD]

I see my Dad about every 2 months, we talk about once a month. He Taught me about the value of hard work & that your immediate family is your first priority. I don't seek his advice often, because I am smarter than he, but when I do, he's always been straight forward, says what he thinks.
He's a good man & he taught me how toi be a good man.

 

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not really anymore, he's dead...

 

[MattTheSkywalker]

Nah, we've accepted each other for who we are. I always repsected him, but we didn't get close until later on in my life.

My experiences as a child are some of the reasons I am waiting until later in life to have children of my own. Live. Learn.

 

[Becoming]

I would say I disagreed with him a lot when I was younger, and was pissed at him quite a bit too, and for a while, though we were fundamentally different in terms of philosophy about life.

But as time progressed, I learned that he was right about almost everything. And some of the smallest things are the things that were most important that I learn. And perhaps the reason he told me the things that were so "counter-intuitive" to my own personal philosophies were maybe because he knew so well exactly who I was/am.

So I guess you could say I have come to appreciate him a lot more as I have grown older.

Also I have noticed more recently that like any other person, he also has things that hurt him and/or cause him to be sad, or discouraged, and also that he is getting older, like all other people. That makes me kind of sad, and even more sad that most of my life I was an asshole and would not have given a shit.

 

[javaguru]

It seems most men get closer to their fathers later in life; For me it started when I was in college. According to my mother, I'm his favorite and he speaks very highly of me to everyone. He's eighty one now and it's sad to see what's happening to him physically and mentally, also according to my mother, he's just wishing to die now. The last time I was home I literally had to pick him up and put him in bed. It's very sad because he's a proud and stubborn man, which is exactly where I get it from, so I understand where he's coming from.

 

[SoreArms]

I have lots of hatred and anger toward my father. He never beat us and he was a good provider but his idea of discipline and respect was through fear and degradation. I talk to him and tolerate him because of my mother and little sister who live with him. Otherwise I could go the rest of my lifetime without talking to him again and I wouldn't miss him at all. To this day, just his presence makes me angry and uneasy. I hope to one day hold a mirror to his face and let him see and feel how misserable he has made us all.

 

[Scotsman]

I get along great with my dad and always have. I love spending time with him, although with my current job this is a little difficult due to me being gone so much. Most of my greatest childhood memories involve my dad, even though he worked a lot and wasn't around a lot of the time. I still feel my did is a far better man than I'll ever be.

Cheers,
Scotsman

 

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I'de smash mine in the face at any given time and he knows it

 

[HumorMe]

I honestly feel sorry for people that never had a good relationship with their father/parents.

 

[hotzie]

i used to have major issues with him , im startin to try and look past the past. i think i have talked to him once in the last 3 or 4 years