Today is Fathers' Day, but you know, I don't miss my Dad at all.

[Aristus]

3. Me either, I'm sorry to say.

He died ten years ago, and what would have been his 79th birthday just passed, and I merely shrugged.

He wasn't a racist like your father, but he was a troubled, often unpleasant person. Most of that stemmed from things that were not his fault. But, despite the large number of people who wanted to help him with his issues, he never devoted himself to the effort to overcome his faults.

I was much closer to my wife's father, who died four years ago. He and my father shared a birthday, and when the day came, I missed my f-i-l much more than my Dad.