How can I put this....He can annoy me to the point of tearing my hair out and is a lazy *beeep*, but I still care about him.

I love my dad,we're so much alike though he's kinda lazy but he's usually on my side when mom goes on her rants ^^.

My dads decided he's leaving us...he's quite a man

Chiyo,
I am so sorry to hear that. My father decided the same thing a couple of weeks ago. I have yet to discuss it with any of my close friends because of the hurt, but I really suppose I should one of these days. I really wish you the very best during this difficult time.

I have a love-hate relationship with my dad. My mother says I'm daddy's little girl and I have him wrapped around my finger.

My dad is really amazing!! I love him to death. I mean sure sometimes he drinks a lot and cusses at us once in a while (once in probably 6 months) but he's really the only person besides my brother that I can really look up to now a days.

haha...my dad.... well, as far as i know (and i could swear that my family is holding something back about him) he dated my mom (she was a wreck...she had just gotten divorced a couple of years previous and he was divorced too...dont know how long tho ) and she got pregnant. they both already had three kids (not including me) from their previous marriages so i would make 7 between them....he stayed with her through out the pregnancy, but then disappeared when she went into labor. my moms memory is "fuzy about that time because everything was so hectic" so she doesnt remember everthing. apperently about two weeks after i was born, he showed up and held me for and hour and then was never to be heard of again. :/

so thats my life of my dad and me.

but my step dad....haha lets just say that him and i are like a barbie doll with an emo goth....when barbie decides to play dumb, she becomes a test dummy for voo doo...or gets her head ripped off. ^^ (the barbie roll goes back and forth between the two of us)

Hmm...my dad...

I'm pretty close to him; he and I like to discuss topics such as theology, mythology, religion, politics, etc., we pretty much enjoy the same kind of music (though he's not that fond of my Nightwish and J-rock/J-pop stuff), and, if it weren't for him, I wouldn't have a love for learning and studying.

So, yeah...he and I are tight. We especially love singing along with Peter Maffay songs while driving to work, our favorite being die Tone sind verklungen.

I love my Dad. But I am closer to my Mom. But that is only because my Dad works constantly and my mom is a stay at home mom.

I love my dad. I feel sad for those who posted earlier and said they hate their dad b/c they beat them when they were little, or they walked out on them, divorced and left them. I can't imagine living though that kind of pain. My dad and I have always been close. We think on the same brain wave sometimes and it can get pretty scary! Although my mom and I talk more on a personal level (and she does about 75% of the talking), my dad and I can strike up conversations with another. We're also both very musical so whenever something reminds us of a song we start singing. Sometimes we start singing at the same time!

Well, my parents are divorced, so I don't get to see my Dad as often as I would hope, but he's really amazing... sort of. He's got a great personality, but not the best record when it comes to how their marriage ended. But I feel confident that he took care of it the way that he thought was best so... yeah. I like my Dad. Fun to do stuff with, not so fun to talk to about serious things with. (A bit of a type-liped fellow when it comes to his feelings if you know what I mean. Doesn't want to look like the bad guy.)

I depise my dad, and i have good reason to, he's a liar, a cheat, an abuser, and seperated me from nearlly all my syblings, lieing to me about the existance of my little sister who i only found out existed not long ago, it broke my heart and he didn't care, refuses me to see my family, he's a horrible, malipultive bastard who ruined my mums life, (and mine) and no matter how many times i forgive him, he keeps lieing. I don't think much for his principles and teachings to me either, ,money is the most important thing', 'its wrong to forgive people', and 'none of your friends give a s*** about you', tsk i hate him

@Forsaken Love: Wow, that really sucks. I don't know what else to say, because I've never had that kind of experience before. I bet you feel kinda like Ed, huh?

My dad is really awesome, and I love him a lot. Sometimes he pushes me really hard in studies and other things, but I know he's doing it for my own good. We play tennis together often, even though he's not that good

Well, I could say I'm pretty close with my dad, but.. I'm still not all that open with him. I do love him and all, but I'm still much closer with my mum. She's the dearest to me. I don't talk about personal stuff with my dad that often.

And Forsaken Love, that sounds awful! It must have been tough.

I love my dad. We are very close.
Sure, sometimes we quarrel, since we are both very stubborn...
but still, we are family, everything like it should be.
BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU MUST NOT CLEAN THE KITCHEN AFTER YOU, DADDY =D

Lulz if anything I think Ed's lucky XD I'd much rather my father wasn't around then have to put up with his abuse and temper. Even now he's allways shouting at me and making me cry, he's pretending i don't exist right now because i shouted at him for being mean to my mum, so in his opinion i'm a greedy,selfish brat, I've even lost my name becoming 'the girl' 'that girl' or 'this girl' depending on where I am ¬_¬ He don't let me go out, when i was little he used to shout at my friends so i wouldnt have any (thankfully learned just to never let em see him) when i was little he even forcefed me because i used to hate food, he forced me to drink milk despite been lactose intolerant. He can be nice when he's in a good mood and its true he's supported me finacially but I don't know what he feels for me and I don't know what to feel in return, he doesn't want to understand me, he only 'loves' me when I'm been a perfectly obediant and submissive person with no opinion of my own, lulz and don't get me started on how racist he is ¬_¬

So yeah, you could say i want to love him, as he's the only father i have but ive been betrayed and lied to too many times, i just can't help but hate him

My dad is the best man in the world. He's my boyfriend..haha^^.(actually I havent experienced to have one..never been touched and never been kissed) He is so adorable and handsome...I admire him for being a good father to us...he never leave us behind ..he always support us in anything we want except for bad ones...he's good at discipline..he never fails to made me smile..he's the best father in the whole wide world...You can count on him on times of troubles, you can even treat him like ur buddies. Im so lucky to have him as my father...and he's birthday is coming...Otanjoubi omedeto Otou-san!!^^

Well, my time to spill my guts to the world?
My dad died, from cancer, when I was ten. It has made me a rabid hater of smokers, as he got lung cancer (and smoked alot, if you didn't get that).
I really don't remember the first 5 years of my life (who does?), so I only knew him for the rest 5 years. As I'm a girly girl, I was closer to my mother, than my father. And I didn't start missing him until I was around 15 and starting to become a young woman.
I remember he was not so talkative, like me, and, apperantly, I've heard, a cookie-monster, like me. I feel like I would have really loved him, if he was alive today, and appreciated him as an opposite to my mother during our arguments. Although I talked more with my mother, I was his little princess. (starting to tear up from this sappy post)
I remember when I gave him a goodnight kiss, he always had a really itchy bristles, and I used to watch him closely when he shaved (the old-fashioned way, with foam, it was fascinating). He also, every night, gave me a bear hug, where I first squeased as hard as I could around his waist, he pretending to suffocate, and then he squeased me back, really really hard.
I only have one memory of him getting angry at me, 'cause like me, he didn't like getting angry, and it takes a while for me to get there, to the screaming part.
He worked as a car-mechanic, and I miss the smell of oil.
The weird thing, it doesn't get easier: for every new thing I do or achieve, or just the fact that I'm growing up, I wish even more that he was here to smile at me and tell my he is proud of me.
Now, I need to stop, and go to bed, before I start to cry and wake my mother. (I really don't know what I would do without my mother...)
I'll try to post happier posts in the future.

Humm. I don't live with my father anymore since my parents got divorce. Anyway he is a good guy, but we're not that close, I don't think we've never been. Well, he doesn't feel like a stranger to me but.. yeah. And I'm not that kind of person who gets close to other people easily, hell, I rather isolate from others so he kinda became less my father and more just 'some man'.. ..but don't get me wrong, I like him and I have no problems being with him --- he just.. doesn't mean so much for me. Huh.

And when I was younger I sometimes hated him too. (Yeah I was stupid kid anyway.) Those were some confusing times. My mom was very depressed and not the easiest to deal with (she's the drama queen), and things didn't work out between them anyway. But my father promised that he wouldn't leave her. Despite that they fought awfully lot, yelled at each other (and my mom's crazy mother didn't help either, she hated my father), and gods how much my mom cried. Weeeell, the rest is the largest cliché: my father found another woman (very much younger than him..) and left my mom, despite how much he promised and how he promised that things would work out. And as a naïve kid I thought he was the one to blame.

Yeeeah. But these days I don't really have anything against him, it's just like I said, he doesn't mean so much for me.

I am in good terms with my father. Although sometimes we argue a better lot. c:

He is so kind that e doesn't scold me that much even though i don't show enough respect.

I dislike my dad. He's a jerk. I shouldn't even call him "dad", he doesn't deserve that title.
Basically, he stopped caring about me, so I've stopped caring about him.
My mom was going to divorce him a long time ago but they decided to stay together anyways. I was really pissed. -__-
But I'm close with my other family members like my mom. I don't know what I would do without her.

I like my father

HATE HIM. I have a same Daddy Issues like Edward. =__= I hate him, he's superly ANNOYING and he doesnt even understand me. for 14 yeasr I have lived, and he only asked me about school for ONCE. my mom pays everything, and he blamed my mom USING HIS F*CKING MONEY. wth?
we are living apart, good thing, I won;t be able to live with him more than a month. -,- what he can do is only calling me by phonse and then pissing around telling me to be more caring to him and should often call him. he only wants to be cared by, when he doesn't even really care about my feelings. damn.

I don't love my father.
I don't like my father.
I HATE my father.

because? well because he never even cares about me. He's to busy with his life . and he never pays my school fee. he left me without even explaining anything to me. =.=

he never understands me. HE'S A JERK. and HE DOES NOT DESERVE THE TITLE OF A 'FATHER'
he's pretending to care about me, but what? i can see, from the way he acts, HE IS A JERK, A STINGY JERK.

I luv my dad. Except when he plays loud music till 2 o'clock in the morning XD

I love my dad. : ) Don't know what I'd do with out him! He always helps me whenever he can, especially when it's school related. And he's just really kind and understanding.

I... I'm not really sure I love my dad. I sorta think of him more of as a man who happens to have children than a father. But I don't know... I mean of course I love him, somewhere, some way... he is my dad. I'm just not sure I like him that much. We don't really have a relationship, he doesn't know that much about me, I don't feel I can talk openly with him. We mostly see eachother on routine. I might be a cold person, but I don't have any particularly strong feelings for him, no.

Reading through this thread, a lot of people have "daddy" issues. I am thankful for the dad that I have. Sure we may not get along all the time, but not every person does. But my dad has always been there for my family. He is the sole provider of my family, but evey paycheck he has recieved has been financed so our house, cottage, cars, and school have been paid for. He works long hours, but every night he comes home he is always interested in how my day went. And he would always be willing to help me with my math homework.

Basically my dad taught me that hard work is important. And that it is important to put other people before myself. My mom taught me that too.

I LOVE MY DAD!
He's the only man...so far... In my heart. He's the best!
I can talk to him about almost everything. He reprimands me only if I really made a mistake and he doesn't hit me.
I guess I learned the lesson that 'everything can be settled through peace talks' from him based on my experience.
I like my dad better than my mom (I loathe my mom by the way)... he's very understanding, loyal and caring compared to my mom.

Well that's a plus.

Don't get me wrong, I love both my parents, I'm just not especially close to them, I'm closer to my sisters. Thankfully I haven't ever had any major problems with my Dad, like some people who have posted here, I just hardly talk to him. I think its the language barrier. But he's been a good Dad to me and my sisters, (and he's lived one hell of a life). And he has a great sense of humour.

Mine abused me emotionally, physically, & sexually for the majority of my childhood, so in my eyes he's not even worthy of the title "father". I'm lucky I have such an amazing mother to make up for it, really. <3

I guess I'm in the minority here (at least, recently).

My dad and I get along pretty well most of the time, and when we don't there's usually an intense screaming match and then it's done. Still some sticking points, but there are a lot of things that just wouldn't be right without my dad. He's good about trying to make quality time for all three of us kids--when my mom can't talk on the phone, he does. He's instilled good values in me, though we argue on those from time to time, too.

So, yeah, we love each other and have a pretty good relationship. I'd say I'm closer to my mom, but I don't have any huge issues with my dad.

I'm closer to my mother, but I think the fact that my brother(the only boy of 5 children) is just over a year older than me really contributed to that, because my dad spent quite a bit of time with him.

Though, we do have a good relationship. I think out of the girls, I'm the one that can talk with him about more than the others. This is due to me knowing what it was like before he got sober, but still being young enough when he got sober to be able to forgive him for his actions(he never hit us or anything like that, just yelling, letting us down, and being embarrassing).

Some of my best childhood memories are my dad walking me home from school every day and singing with him in the car.

Despite having a rough start, we have a pretty good relationship. Sure, we don't always agree about everything, but who does?

I actually have a good relationship with my dad although he accidently broke my arm when he was punishing me back when I was a child. I got in a fight with my sister over the last popsicle and my dad punished me.

I don't get along that well with my mom at times but she's not a bad person or anything.

And my dad's a nice guy. He just broke my arm very very badly. It still isn't the same and never will be.

My dad has a pretty cool name that starts with an H and ends in an M. He doesn't go by it though generally.

WOW A lot of people on here have issues with their fathers. It's fascinating to me, because my boyfriend and even my ex-bf had daddy issues too. I'm lucky that I have a loving father, who I see very 2 or 3 weeks (my parents divorced a long time ago, it was a good thing!!!).

It's so sad for me to read some of your posts.

Family does not necessarily mean being bound by blood. I have friends that come from horrible backgrounds, but consider other people around them to be more of a loving family. It's sad for me to read some of these posts, but just know that it's not uncommon to find more of a family in other people than your biological relatives.

I'm on very good terms with my father. Much more than my mother, but that's a different topic.

It seems like a lot of children will gravitate more towards one parent. There are obviously exceptions to this, but that's just an observation I've made.

Anyway, my father is one of the best men-no, people I've ever known. He can be overprotective, but he loves me very much and sacrifices a lot for more to have a pleasant life. I'm not going to deny that as an undergrad college student, I'm still financially dependent on my parents. It can be embarrassing, but I don't hide it.

My father was extremely strict in terms of things like grades and school, but I'm glad of it. He made me really understand how important things like that are when I was younger. He didn't tolerate indifference to that sort of thing. Someone of you might be thinking "duh" as you read this but during middle school I had a pretty apathetic attitude towards education. Now I'm a straight-A student

So yeah. He and I are very close, and I'm a very lucky person.

I don't really him. Don't get me wrong, he does a good job providing for our family and making sure we've got a roof over our heads, but as a person I've always found him to be a bit of an arrogant, self-righteous jerk. I just don't like controlling people like him.

I love my daddy and even though I don't call him "dad" (I call him by his first name Armando--sometimes Almond. ;P), or say "I love you" every day, and although we have a quiet relationship, he knows I love him.
To prove it to him I was crying at the Beach when he went out a little far in the Jupiter Inlet (most dangerous place for passing boats in FL as far as I know).
And just talking about him makes me cry for I am cursed with unpleasent thoughts of the day that they have to go... Thats all I'm gonna say cause I'm at the verge of tears.

Fathers are nice, but not in my case. My father hasn't been around for nearly my entire life. He left when I was about a week old. I don't know what he looks like. Personally I don't care. Because I don't know my father, I've asked about him at several occasions. Each time, the only things I keep getting told is how abusive he was to my mother. I couldn't forgive him for that. Every negative thing i hear about him comes from my mom. Now, I know you might think that she could just be saying mean things out of hatred for him, but that's what I thought too. Until, one day, when him and I talked for the first time on Yahoo! Messenger. Him and I, somehow, got into an arguement and he ended up saying these unforgettable words: "Are You Always This Stupid? Or Are You Just Making Today A Special Occasion?". After that, I lost all respect for him.

At some point in that conversation, I manged to find out that he did not know how old I was, or what I looked like. Actually, he said himself that he did not care. To prove that he didn't care, he ended up signing off his parental rights to me. That was just a huge slap in the face for me.

Today, I don't consider him my father. Sure we will always be biologically related, but in my mindset he has no relation to me what so ever. In conversations I bring him up as "Scott" which is his first name, just as a sign that I don't respect him in anyway. I try to push this aside, hoping to never talk about it again. Though, once in a while, I like to share my story, so that people can get to know the real me.

- My dad is so badass -

Okay this might seem a bit like an odd topic but it amazes me so I wanted to post about it.

My dad just had his eyes checked today....and the medical staff were actually shocked and amazed. It must be something they rarely see.

My dad is almost 70 years old and his eyesight is 20/20...infact even better...one of his eyes is BETTER than 20.

A lot of people in their 20's don't even have vision that's that good. I didn't even know it was possible for someone who's nearly 70 years old to have that kind of vision.

Of course my dad is pretty badass in a lot of ways....he's survived being electrocuted(he was blasted back and blacked out for a short period of time but got back up without any help or medical assistance). He was also in a car that flipped and rolled over and he just got out and walked away. He's also had someone try to attack him with a knife and the person failed to stab him at all even though my dad was unarmed(it happened at his office). He also scared the .... out of some people who tried to break into a place we were staying at once....they just saw him and ran even though we know they had a knife(they slashed the screen). He also owned someone who grabbed me when I was a child. He's also saved the life of 2 people who were drowning.

I'm most likely even forgetting some stuff. lol.

Wow... Thats just Wow.... Im am impressed!

Yeah some of my friends jokingly asked me if he's immortal or something. lol. I think he's just lucky and badass.

That's absolutely amazing! My dad is almost 60 and he can't read without his glasses.

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We have a thread about Fathers and this thread shall be merged with that one later. In the meantime this one will remain open.

ETA: Thread merged 29/8/11

<Program Note>

Today is Father's Day in some of the countries where our members reside, so...

To all our members who are being "Dad", and to anyone who is being a good loving father to our member,

Happy Father's Day!!


Anyone who'd like to share his/her "father" story, today might be a good day....

I don't have any particular story, but I would love to take the chance to reiterate how amazing my dad is. I don't know what I would ever do without him. He's always really encouraging and does whatever he does to help me whenever I need it. We also have so much in common and we can talk to each other about pretty much anything. I could go on all day. All in all, I love my dad sooooooooooo much.

I gave him his father's day card along with a looooooot of huge hugs this morning!

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!

My dad is one of the coolest guys in the world, but at the same time (and I'm thankful for this) he knows when to be a parent. He's not one of those dads who tries to be your best friend and not a parent, but he's not strict and close minded.

Not trying to be condescending, but holding hate for your father is not a good thing. My 30 year old brother has never met his father once. My father raised him, and he calls my father dad. He told me once "All my life I just wanted to punch him in the face if I ever met him... Now all I want to do is get his medical history.". My brother served in Operation Iraqi Freedom, and is a college graduate, all without the help of his criminal father. Some times(Not saying this is your case) but the father not being there is good.

Heres a quote that I think fits for my brothers situation. "Anybody can father a child. It takes a real man to be a dad."

On another note.
My and my father a decently close, and have a MAJOR love hate relationship. We can fight to the point of almost getting into a fist fight, then, twenty seconds later we are laughing about something else. Also, I have learned very good morale fiber from my dad. I would have gotten in much more shenanigans as a younger kid if it weren't for him.

Also sorry for replying to a post thats ages old.

Edit: Reading about the immortal dad kind of reminded me of my grandfather and father. My father was a roofer. and once licked a cut powerline thinking the power was cut to it.. It wasn't.
My grandfather dropped a huge tree that almost crushed him on himself, but was able to lift it off himself, and continue cutting it up at 64 years old. Hes 78 now.