Father's Day!

[Shrubfest]

I contemplated sending a text. Then forgot. Perhaps if he had acknowledged my birthdays or Christmas for the past few years, I would have. :brokenhome

[Esuohlim]

Originally Posted by Shrubfest

I contemplated sending a text. Then forgot. Perhaps if he had acknowledged my birthdays or Christmas for the past few years, I would have. :brokenhome

THIS POST MAKES ME A SAD DAD

[ThrashO]

I got my dad the Silver-Screen Marx Brother collection. It's on DVD but he doesn't really care, plus why the fuck do you need black and white TV shows on blu-ray? We used to watch them and 3 Stooges all the time when I was a kid. Great stuff.

[Otto]

I haven't had a really good relationship with my dad, so father's days usually consist of me playing weird pranks on him. For example: my dad takes enough blood pressure medication, antidepressants, and painkillers to knock out five men and a full grown narwhal so he's usually in a stupor/coma for a good five hours out of the day. So yesterday I drove around the backroads until I found a dead possum, called to make sure dad was knocked out for a while, drove to his house, nailed the dead possum to his door, and stuck a christmas present bow on it.

This may sound like the actions of a sociopath or a serial killer, but it was actually revenge for father's day last year when I gave up my saturday to go fishing with him, passed out drunk, and he woke me up by putting a live crab down my shirt.

[Colonel Flagg]

Originally Posted by Shrubfest

I contemplated sending a text. Then forgot. Perhaps if he had acknowledged my birthdays or Christmas for the past few years, I would have. :brokenhome

I had a somewhat difficult relationship with my own dad, but it had gotten better over the years. This last year we had him over for Christmas dinner with all our kids, then later we visited him with my brother (from SF) and celebrated his 90th birthday.

This March he had a brain aneuyrism and passed away quite suddenly.

The point? Reconciliation is sometimes a good thing.