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nearly thirty years later, I am wishing my Dad was still here!
posted by
Kabu
on June 21, 2021 at 2:07 PM
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Re: sassyass,
My whole life has been informed by what he did give me, and even more, possibly, by what he did not, that I have spent most of life trying to find.
posted by
Ciel
on June 21, 2021 at 8:32 AM
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Re: CCT,
He had some big losses in his childhood, and also I suspect he was not ever socially adept. I'm not sure he cared, because he seems to have been content with his own company. I wish I could have asked him more about things like this.
posted by
Ciel
on June 21, 2021 at 8:31 AM
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Good morning
This is a wonderful memory of your dad. Not all of us get those happy, rare moments captured between father and child. 
posted by
Sherri_G
on June 21, 2021 at 8:29 AM
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Re: Sea Gypsy,
From some things he said later, he felt that many of his intentions were misunderstood. Maybe he thought we children would be as insightful as adults, to understand things. For instance, a show of contempt was not meant to be taken as real contempt, when we made mistakes--It was his way of encouraging us to do better. Wow, did he get that one wrong!
posted by
Ciel
on June 21, 2021 at 8:28 AM
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Re: Annicita,
Yes, there are many good ones, but he was not a man who cared to be a father, nor did he believe in psychology either of children or of himself, or, for that matter, of his wife.
posted by
Ciel
on June 21, 2021 at 8:25 AM
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Yes perhaps he found it tough, one does not know perhaps what is own upbringing was I think it makes a real; difference.
posted by
C_C_T
on June 21, 2021 at 1:25 AM
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I’m glad that in his later years you became friendlier with each other. And as Annicita said, these are some good memories.
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on June 20, 2021 at 7:36 PM
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I’m glad that in his later years you became friendlier with each other. And as Annicita said, these are some good memories.
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on June 20, 2021 at 7:35 PM
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At least you have some good memories.
posted by
Annicita
on June 20, 2021 at 6:28 PM
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