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In reply to the discussion: DUers, what did your dad do or say during your childhood that has influenced how you live [View all]malaise
(274,655 posts)199. Complicated - that's it
There are so many sides to human beings and so many good and bad lessons.
The leaving hurts but even with that pain you remember the good times from before that day.
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DUers, what did your dad do or say during your childhood that has influenced how you live [View all]
malaise
Jun 2014
OP
The really funny thing is that my sis didn't go to law school until after dad died
malaise
Jun 2014
#139
"If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all.' My dad was big with that one
steve2470
Jun 2014
#52
My sweet father-in-law used to call me Sis, almost from the first time I met him...
Tikki
Jun 2014
#8
seriously? lol. wonderful question. i still tell my father at 74... thank you. for being the
seabeyond
Jun 2014
#29
Yes that generation had it hard and their main priority was to put that food on the table
malaise
Jun 2014
#78
No dad. Grandpa was my buddy. He had a firm sense of who "we" were. "We're Yellow Dog Democrats,
txwhitedove
Jun 2014
#85
He taught me the dignity of work, and the virtue of moderation, and to depend on myself. nt
bemildred
Jun 2014
#96
If you can't do a good job stand aside and let someone else do a good job! n/t
RKP5637
Jun 2014
#111
Despite the fact he was from the south, he was very egalitarian with people of every race
aint_no_life_nowhere
Jun 2014
#137
"Don't make excuses. Do the best you can with what you've got". <Best lesson.
jtuck004
Jun 2014
#146
Watching my mom die from cancer starting when I was 6 and ending when I was 9, and
jtuck004
Jun 2014
#159
We have vice laws so that we will always be vulnerable to arrest and this will make us
McCamy Taylor
Jun 2014
#155
my dad was non-judgemental and kind....big heart. he taught me love and happiness....
spanone
Jun 2014
#185
Left my mother and me when I was 12, as we thought he was going to work. Came home 2 weeks later. I
WinkyDink
Jun 2014
#191
Well, he's kind of a wing-nut, so I basically chose to do the opposite and it has served me well.
alarimer
Jun 2014
#209
My Father taught us to respect everyone from a human viewpoint, and to be healthy, active and eat
Todays_Illusion
Jun 2014
#222
My dad was amazing. He grew up during the depression, born to an alcoholic dad and
PATXgirl
Jun 2014
#230
As a small child he took me to a bank and help me open a checking and savings account and
Drew Richards
Jun 2014
#235
My dad read to me and told stories. I learned to read at the age of four and since
Louisiana1976
Jun 2014
#237
My Dad used to rub his hands together and look at the 3 of us with a gleem in his eyes and say
MuseRider
Jun 2014
#239
Hmmm. Well, in addition to leaving me something of a mixed bag, genetically
Warren DeMontague
Jun 2014
#241
Thanks to him, I have a top-notch BS detector, can ID an MRA in 5 sentences, and am a feminist.
politicat
Jun 2014
#244
I say you are blessed indeed to have in youself, a way to have a different adult life for yourself.
Todays_Illusion
Jun 2014
#298
He taught me to read from the newspapers and loved to talk about current events and history at a
bettyellen
Jun 2014
#280
He told me that people had to earn trust and respect and to start with the notion that all people
Darkhawk32
Jun 2014
#290
It has served me well and when I didn't abide by that notion, I got burned.
Darkhawk32
Jun 2014
#297
My dad killed himself before I was 1 year old after being a drug addict who abused my older brothers
Shoulders of Giants
Jun 2014
#294