One thing you miss most about your dad.........
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motomania2007
TC/MSF/CMSP/ Instructor
I miss swapping stories and hearing today's version of a story I have heard a 100 times before.
I miss him a lot!
He has been gone 6 years now.
I miss him a lot!
He has been gone 6 years now.
gixxerjeff
Dogs best friend
^^^
This
His shitty example made me a better parent to my own kids.
A grenade worth falling on, imo.
lam@barf
cage killer
He died when I was eight after several years of horrific cancer back in the early days of little or no effective treatment so . . . . pretty much everything.
If I had to pick just one it would be that he managed to bring out the little bit of humanity the crazy bitch he married might have had. What ever there was of it disappeared after his death.
I don't know that there was ever another child more grateful to have been adopted since it meant I didn't have any of her genes. I just wish it could have been by some other couple.
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If I had to pick just one it would be that he managed to bring out the little bit of humanity the crazy bitch he married might have had. What ever there was of it disappeared after his death.
I don't know that there was ever another child more grateful to have been adopted since it meant I didn't have any of her genes. I just wish it could have been by some other couple.
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byke
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+1 Nailed it. :laughing
lefty
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Same here. He was not involved in my life- so screw him. I went to his funeral several years ago and I felt nothing.
The rest of his family are amazing people- I love them.
I am blessed to still have mine. Just this morning I was talking with my wife about life moving forward and she said when he passes it is going to destroy you. I have never seen a father and son so tight, holding up intertwined fingers. I almost cried right there and had to excuse myself to go to work after she said you still are reeling from your Mom passing 8 years ago. :cry
After he got here (our office) he gave me an assignment for our family Christmas. "I need a collage of all the Kobza men" (wearing the shirts he bought for all that say Kobza Proud). I will gladly do it for him.
I am sorry that many did not have that in your life. I am one lucky fucker in that respect.
After he got here (our office) he gave me an assignment for our family Christmas. "I need a collage of all the Kobza men" (wearing the shirts he bought for all that say Kobza Proud). I will gladly do it for him.
I am sorry that many did not have that in your life. I am one lucky fucker in that respect.
gixxerjeff
Dogs best friend
This post hits home for me with it's complete accuracy with one exception....I did not attend his funeral.
Sadly, that one act terminated my relationship with my younger sister.
A casualty of war, I suppose
+1000
Lost my dad when I was 21 it seems like a lifetime ago. I still get misty eyed when I hear the Cats in the cradle on the radio. My mom had me tell him that one time when he got home from work and didn't want to play catch, he put his shit down and went outside made me the happiest kid ever. Told that story to my wife and she had the girls use it on me one day, put my stuff down and went outside just like my dad.
JakesKTM
Well-known member
thanks for triggering a great memory for me. When he came home from work he would ALWAYS get the catchers mit and line up on the side of the house and let me pitch to him.
Linty
Stick 'em up
My dad hasn't passed yet, still farting around in his mid 80s. Probably in better shape and health than I am.
I miss the most is how people and my family used to respect him. Before my accident, I was pretty much the only family contact he had, going over to his house and fixing his computer, or adjusting his TV and picking stuff up for him from the store since he can't drive anymore.
My oldest sister didn't even invite him to her wedding, which is something I haven't really gotten over, to when he was at my middle sisters wedding and the whole family patronized him.
To be fair he's getting a little crazy, but he's still your dad. He's still family. The one thing he instilled in me is that family should always be there for you, and will do anything for you. This went over well with my best friend and his full blodded Italian family lol.
I guess I just miss people being able to look at him like a person instead of a crazy old man.
I miss the most is how people and my family used to respect him. Before my accident, I was pretty much the only family contact he had, going over to his house and fixing his computer, or adjusting his TV and picking stuff up for him from the store since he can't drive anymore.
My oldest sister didn't even invite him to her wedding, which is something I haven't really gotten over, to when he was at my middle sisters wedding and the whole family patronized him.
To be fair he's getting a little crazy, but he's still your dad. He's still family. The one thing he instilled in me is that family should always be there for you, and will do anything for you. This went over well with my best friend and his full blodded Italian family lol.
I guess I just miss people being able to look at him like a person instead of a crazy old man.
bikewanker
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His adventurous outdoor side, station wagon camping trips to Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, ‘62 Worlds Fair etc. and the 40 acres an hour out of Kansas City that I’d look forward to horses, shooting, snakes and stuff. And saying that he loved us.
Also got his alcoholism but wtf I’m adventurous and ride bikes so what me worry!
Also got his alcoholism but wtf I’m adventurous and ride bikes so what me worry!
littlebeast
get it while it's easy
i have a biological father, and a father who raised me (that i gained through my mother’s divorce and remarriage). the former is still alive - and i’m very conflicted about him. he hasn’t sought me out, so i have a bit of a ‘fuck you’ attitude toward him. the later passed two years ago. he tried his best, and i guess what i miss most about him is his brutal honesty. he said to me once that i was not beautiful like my sister, so i would need to rely on my brains. hard thing for a 14 year old kid to hear, but i took it to heart, and it’s worked out okay.
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