What do you think about your own dad?

>>745359085
If I could pick anybody to be my father, I'd pick my dad. He's a superb example of what a man and a father should be. I hope I can be as good a dad to my son as my father has been to me.

>>745359312
Name some examples of what you mean

>>745359085
I hope mine dies soon

>>745359085
Good bloke.
Wouldn't wish for anyone else to be my dad.

>>745360079
Why?

>>745359605
Guy worked his ass off as an aircraft mechanic and went to law school, graduated when I was four, and kept at it for 25 years or so until retiring. He taught me to throw a ball, how to smoke a cigar, how to change the oil in a car, and how to make things out of wood. He showed me how to properly treat a woman. He made available reading material that wasn't fucking comic books and bullshit. He's shown me that people always keep growing and improving. Most importantly, he subtly guided my pursuit of knowledge, and led me to discover Rockwell. He also encouraged me to do things that he himself was not adept at, rather than scorning them as useless. He's a solid dude. Everyone likes my dad.

Fucking guy can out drink any of you lot, too.

He was a great person and my best friend. I miss him a lot. I'm very lucky to have spent so much time with him.

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>>745360560
I've also had the great honor of bringing into the world a son of my own, and shared in the joy that my father felt when they had me. Few things bring me greater happiness than seeing my dad hold his smiling, all-American, blue-eyed grandson. I hope I can be so lucky some day.

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>>745360560
That's great /b/ro, I hope you let him know how much you appreciate him. My dad wasn't that great but I still respected him. He died my senior year in hs due to cancer so I missed a lot of advice a dumb teenager wouldn't think to ask.

>>745360560

Damn. I'd pick your dad, too. I wish I never met mine.

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>>745359312
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http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view4/4443439/i-wanna-meet-that-dad-o.gif

>>745359085
Tougher than anyone else I know for having to raise a retard idiot son

>>745360560
So you repay him by enabling and supporting his alcoholism

Fucking disgusting Anon

>>745359085

Mine recently went through the chores of having to deal with all the legal shit of his own dad, that he grew to hate. Gramps was an ungrateful, disrespectful, abusive man. He had always shown great disrespect for my mom and even physically slammed the door on her once.
My dad was often very self-sacrificing, but has proven to me that he can also be unfair and strangely possessive in recent years. All in all, he is a good and hard working man and he deserves to sit back and enjoy life to the fullest in his retirement.

>>745361518
Clearly his dad is a drinker, not an alcoholic. If you can drink and excel at work while raising a family and an appreciative son, you don't have a problem with alcohol. Alcoholics don't drink.

His penis was smaller than my uncle's. So that's good, I guess... Less painful, at least.

>>745361866
www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcoholism
www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcoholism_in_family_systems
www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_abuse
www.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-functioning_alcoholic

Wrong

You can be an addict and still function, the two aren't mutually exclusive

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>>745362513
same thing can happen with porn abuse. but i get it, anon, your dad was a drunk and you're still mad at him. but don't shit on me or my family because of your problems.

he shouldve convinced my mom to abort me

Alcoholic and methamphetamine addict. Never abused me or did drugs in front of me but brought alot of sadness to my heart over the years. I love him as much as i hate him and I love him alot. Hes a great example of who NOT to be so i appreciate that at the very least.

He all in all was a good guy but never really had seriously considered the responsibility of being a father or the ramifications of not being actively involved in our lives, wallowed in self pity and drowned himself in booze after the divorce when we were still very young. It was like he wasn't ever quite sure what to do, when it would have been as simple as making an effort. That being said, he did try, but getting older I keep noticing things that have happened to me. He died a few years ago of a cancer that popped up very aggressively and died within 3 months of its discovery. Still learning what it exactly means to live in a world without him. He was a hard worker and pretty much the iconic blue collar does there job and doesn't bitch about it but in the end it didn't matter. Dad rating 8/10

A great man. Held him in my arms as he took off his own oxygen and chose to die in his early 80's. Lungs were worn out from asbestos from construction in the '50's

>>745359312
Nice work dad, don't use my phone again

>>745362592
The fact Anon seemed most sure, and more interestingly most proud, that his father could out drink anyone in this thread would suggest his father can out drink anyone Anon knows, sounds like an alcoholic to me.

>>745363199
That's pretty sad, anon. Although what you wrote brought to mind imagery of pieces of metal clattering to the deck as Stormtroopers and Imperial officers scramble to get off the Death Star while the two of you shared that moment.

I don't know my biological dad because i'm born out of IVF. My father who is 74 now (I'm just 20) always seemed older than the rest of the dads which I used to take pride in but not anymore and it just upsets me to see him slipping into dementia and knowing he'll die almost certainly before i turn 50, if not earlier. He did his best and I love him but he has also been a nasty man at times.

A good hardworking man who had a hard life. No means perfect, and his short temper and stubbornness can really annoy me at times. But honestly the fact that he isn't perfect has helped me realize that you can't expect anybody to be perfect and everybody will have their flaws that you have to accept if you want the best parts of them as well.

>>745363425
ok, so what? what he does in his off time when the sun goes down is his own damn business. he and my mother run a successful home renovation and real estate company. they like their liquor. so again, thank you anon for your opinion on alcohol, but like i said, so what?

>>745359085
made a lot of mistakes and tried to reconnect with me a little too late, now he's going to die soon and i'm unsure if i should have been more willing to accept him

A respectful honest man that never really had a dad himself. He never knew how to act like one because he never had a good example. He did his best to love his wife and after 30 years he divorced her. Giving her the house and leaving to live the rest of his life in a RV, supporting the family with the money he made. All that without any judge telling him to. Never really knew how much i would miss him not being around. Respect your folks guys

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>>745363759
So as long as the company does well, you think there is no amount of alcohol he could drink that you would deem excessive?

My dad is the hardest working guy I know and also one of the sweetest. I have only seen him cry twice: at his own dad's funeral and when he explained to me and my brothers that we couldn't live with him because mom and him got a divorce. Later I learned that he wanted shared custody but my mom didn't, she got granted sole custody. She also threw me out when I was eighteen. Got to travel crosscountry and live with my dad for a while though.

It's crazy to me how biased the court system is against fathers.

>>745359085
He is:
>very intelligent
>great at business
>and therefore loaded
But...
>shitty in relationships
>is at the point he has to buy wives internationally
>even though I told him it's cheaper to get hookers and a maid
>a giant fatass
>socially inept to the point where I'm surprised he's not on /b/

>>745364377
i mentioned the company to demonstrate its irrelevance to the discussion. likewise, alcohol is irrelevant. i understand this is important to you, but again, so what?

>>745364896
>so what?
www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcoholism

He's a coward with no self-respect but he has managed to become a highly respected member of our community through his self-sacrifice. Despite our many common interests I think that our differing approaches toward those interests would preclude friendship if we were not related.

8/10 it's okay

>>745362513
Wow, Wikipedia: the hallmark of medial scholarly peer reviewed medical reaserch, backed by a hospital. Because you drink socially does not make you an alcoholic. If you drink and are an asshole, that's a different story.

If it did, and it was a disease, drunk drivers would be given psychological evaluations and counseling and not thrown in jail.

"Hold on ma'am, you are under suspicion of driving while lupus. Step out of the car"

>>745365595
(you) keep harping on this. it's not what we're talking about. what about your dad?

>>745359085
i miss them both really, it happened quite quickly, one night i didn't reply to the usual your parents will die threads, i woke up a morning they we're both dead.
:'(

>>745359085
I don't know him, and my stepfather is a useless drug fucked asshole who siphons money out of me any way possible. That's why I cut contact with my parents.

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>>745366205
Oh so all links have to be peer reviewed journals from award winning scholars now? no fuck you
Anon was awful proud of how much daddy could drink, I was giving him a place to read up on what his father may be dealing with, but then he just went into denial.

>>745367149
it was a footnote. now, you've done your soapboxing. i see your links. now let's hear about your dad.

>>745366296
To add to this,

I just wish I was born with normal parents. I had to detox them off of heroin when I was 8. They signed me into the custody of a pedo when I was 9 for a "hunting holiday" so I could "learn to be a man", my stepfather's words

Only thing the old cunt waved a gun at was me.

Due to the wonders of genetics:

My brain is fucked, i was born with a chemical imbalance

My spine is fucked, i'll be in a wheelchsir before i'm 45

All I wanted to do was live an honest life. I envy those with great fathers.

>>745359085
Great man. Probably the best father I've ever met. He's not a happy man, I wouldn't say. Had a shit childhood. But he's a very, very good father.

>>745367380
Why's that Anon? I promise you it won't be very interesting.

>>745359085
Meh. He does his best. I honestly don't look up to him much, but I appreciate that he kept my family fed and clothed for the time that he did.

>>745359312
Well, that's just gay.

>>745359085

embarrassing and pathetic. maybe the reason I turned out the same.

>>745368412
oh, nonsense. please, share with us. what do you think of your dad?

>>745360560
Sound like a guiding light for all fathers and fathers to be.
Even better he sounds like he was great for young you and is even better for now your an adult. I hope he can be there to mould the next generation as well

>>745361866
>alcoholics dont drink
Wat

>>745359085
>Worked two jobs
>Always tired and grumpy.
>Died of a heart attack.
>Con el padre descanse, Papi.

>>745368952
He could have done better, he could have done a lot worse, he's not bright or profound but he's very perceptive and always put his kids before himself, he worked hard and got himself out of the poverty he was born into, made sure my brother and I pushed ourselves academically instead of being complacent, and achieved what he couldn't.
He's a simple man, this world and it's finer workings always have and always will be a mystery to him, but he's earnest and he's paid attention, he understands life and the people you'll meet in it and he made sure we do too. He showed us how to use a gym and that life calls for a fine balance of work and play, body and mind, he gave us a fair start in life and honestly what more could you ask for.

>>745371005
i'm glad to read that, anon. what a spectacular example to follow. you're a lucky anon.

>>745359085
A fat, old, angry, overbearing, violent pain in the ass that put me through a childhood of divorce and split custody that ended up in an ongoing 20 year estrangement.

All in all it worked out in the end.

>>745359085
He's a good guy who did a bad thing and now has to deal with it everyday
>inb4 "he had you kek"

>>745359085

>Wish he'd raised me more directly, he was a military man and could've straightened me out but my retard mother told him she was in charge
>Close-minded and stubbornly ignorant of a shitton of things, despite being highly intelligent and capable in his own way
>Shit taste in women, my mother is a cunt

Overall a decent man hampered by the impressions of a trashy upbringing, respectable but full of wasted potential.

>>745359085
A quiet genius with a double life.
Never really found what he wanted to do in life, but did everything he did well.
Travelled the world, never revealed much, remains a mystery.
Died young and just when I was beginning to understand and appreciate him as a person more, not only as a father.
Never managed to see me find love, lose it, find adventure, learn to drive, find work, and find myself and my confidence.
I've had to do it all alone.
Just wish I could have a chat with him for a few hours.

>>745372536
Do you have a uniform fetish now?
I do, but that's because the sheriff was always looking for my parents and he would hug me when i asked

Nigger!

He is a cool enough guy. I never lived with him but he was in and out of my life. He has always made it feel like it was me that didn't wanna hang out.

He remarried and took her kids and grandkids on. I'm 40. My kids don't really know who he is.

I made peace with it so long ago. My wife thinks it should be a bigger deal.

>>745359085
I think he's dead lol

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>>745362777
sucks man. trips yo. trips.

He was shot to death when I was 4 months old by his own father who was an abusive piece of shit. So I never really got to formulate my own opinions.

>>745359085
My dad is a retired colonel who started life with nothing. He's intelligent, well-educated, self-reliant and a moral bedrock of society; not perfect, an but overall exemplary man.

now think about your dad.... I wanna meet that dad

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>>745359085
Mine comes from a long line of men, dedicated to the military with a strong sense of pride, dedication, and a sense of family. But my piece of shit old man didn't get any of that. He ditched my family without as much as a warning or a goodbye when i was 10, cheated on my mom several times before that, didn't take any responsibility around the house which included not cooking for his kids, forced me to play sports and lied if anyone tried to ask if I wanted to. To top it off, when he left, he drained the joint bank account my parents had, didn't pay any of the bills and left my mother, myself and siblings at the poverty line. These days he's a depressed, alcoholic piece of shit that hasn't gotten pussy in years. With that being said, you'd think he'd try to improve his relationship with me and my sisters, but he doesn't give enough shits because he's always hanging out with his gay ass biker club. 0/10.

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>>745374497
he sounds dreamy anon

>>745359085
He's a pretty cool guy. Down to earth. A little stupid with his money, though

>>745359085
I miss him.

>>745374559
What's your dad like? I wanna meet that dad! DOO DAH DOO DOO

>>745359085
I had some champagne when I heard he was dead

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>>745359085
I thought he told you not to talk to him or his son (that's me) ever again? DAAAAaaaaaaaaadddddd!

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>>745374833
kek

>>745359085
Unfortunately, he's dead.
However, I am now a dad and I use a lot of how and what he taught me to bring up my kids.
>RIP Dad - you are my hero

Hes such a selfless person and it's insane that it took me so long to realize and appreciate what he's sacrificed for me and my family and how much he loves us and how, yeah we love him back but we really do take him for granted. I just wish he didn't have to go through so much now that his sibling and parents are slowly dying

>>745359085
He's a man who was mistreated by his parents, and he lacks the ability to prevent that same outcome for his own.

Where his father was drunk, unresponsive, and died while my father was young; he is often drunk, unresponsive, and has pretty much never done much as far as parenting goes. He's the hardest working man I've ever seen, and never complains for a single moment, but that stoicism is also lost to completely neglecting an emotional connection.

He's stood by and allowed my bipolar mother to berate and emotionally abuse us, never tried to do anything in the way of parenting like giving me the sex talk or teaching me to drive for more than 1 day, and there are long stretches where he won't even reply when I say "hey, dad."

He's the reason I catch myself looking for role models of masculinity. Having never taught me anything besides the bare minimum regarding tools and shit to help when he couldn't do it alone, I know nothing of how to present myself as a man.

One the positive side, I've mostly taken on his attitude towards work and necessary labor. I've only got a fraction of his work ethic and that's still enough to exceed most people. On the negative, I've picked up his emotionally distant take on life and it's practically impossible for me to form meaningful connections since my mother used it as a means of exploitation and my father didn't develop one with me.

>>745359085
Love him he's kind of mean sometimes but he's a good day who's hard working and loving and nice and smart and cares deeply about our family and the world and many important things
Love u dad u mean the world to me chase ur dreams be happy dad

He's cool I guess
It kinda weird between us since I did some pretty fucked up shit even tho I come from a good family and good everything

>>745359312
This

I hate my dad. He only thinks of himself, he never cared about us, he never played with us, held me once as baby for the picture. He's always angry and yells. I had to stay quiet as he watched tv. And he threw knives at us and almost broke my mom's back by throwing something heavy.

When I was a little kid I admired him and Idolized him but after a couple of years he changed into abusive self-centerd asshole who made me emotionally numb. From time to time we beat the shit out of each other. Always hated the fact that my granpa was an asshole to him meant he had to be too with me and my brother. The only person I hate is him and I hope I find peace when he dies.

>>745359085
brilliant
lazy as fuck
waste of talent

i am my father's son

He's an asshole. In front of people he'll act like he was a good person but behind close doors his shitty attitude would appear. Pretty much ran my mother to the ground. She was nice and looking out for the family but eventually she turned to a bitch because of him. During my teens he never bothered to talk to me. Maybe about 10 words a year. In my opinion poor excuse for a man.

my dad is a selfish person. he cheated on my moms and i caught him feeling up my aunt(moms sis). so sad no shame.

I don't know him, he left when I was a young'n, so I've never had a fatherly figure.

He was alright. It could have bern much worse.

>>745359085
a good guy at heart but his anger issues during my childhood affect me to this day
i'm timid and riddled with anxiety which make it hard to really get ahead, and i'm not sure if i really forgive him for it

>>745374580
Deadbeat dad club too. Almost the same situation.

>>745376240
Good man. You'll pass it on. Give that kid a Boy Scout handbook, even if you weren't a Scout yourself. Especially if it's a pre-1960s printing that has all of the timeless land navigation, tracking, survival, swimming, civics, patriotism, and first aid lessons, but the illustrations don't feature anything other than good ol' "all American" type people.