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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]seabeyond
(110,159 posts)216. with the question asked,
and reading nicks comment, i applaud his voice, in this thread. so reading your post, i say, i am glad you too spoke what you experienced.
i know on mother day, (mothers) threads, that we get the same posts, that do not wrap mothers up in a hug of love, because of their own personal experience. that world is a different world for me, and i have always stood in support of those that spoke out, .... though not the positive expected.
i am glad your girls got different. it does matter.
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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