Fathers & Sons

[the_stig 6,614]

mine set the bar high me and my brother spent our whole lifes trying to impress him by being good at sports and business -- it wasn't until much later in his life he told us he was proud of us..he had his first heart attack aged 48 and had 2 more and loads of big bypass opps it never stopped him from grafting --he retired when he was 67 and died of pneumonia aged 69 --- he told me and my brother on his death bed don't be like me and work yourselfs into the ground and do the things you want to do ,,its the old saying lifes to short ..

[pbrookes 450]

My dad was a sadistic bully and my mother stood by and watched. I left home at 15. Best move I ever made. He died about 12 year ago aged 54 and not spoke to or seen my mother since. Families who needs em!!

[budharley 945]

I have a good relationship with mine but it hasn't always been good , me and my dad are very much alike and from a young age I followed him everywhere . my dad taught me all about fieldsports took me nesting ,shooting,ferreting and the like and would listen to question after question from me . when I got to a teenager I became a arsehole a no it all with a gob and we had fight after fight . I got into shit time and time again with the law and got my girlfriend pregnant at 17, after my lad was born I did some serious growing up and me and my dad became close again I realised everthing he had said and tried to tell me was the truth and he was right . nobody in are family are interested in fieldsports just me and him and none of my boys seem to keen so I talk a lot with him about my hunting and stuff . im proud hes proud of me and I love him very much and when I lose him it will leave a big hole in my life .

[unlacedgecko 1,466]

Haven't spoken to mine since is was 16. 12 years later, there is no chance of it changing. Should I have the misfortune of dying before him, there will be a group of my mates whose job it is to kept the Kunt at least 500m away so he doesn't upset anyone...

[boyo 1,398]

didn't speak to my old man for 28 years and sad really cos he was mad in to the dogs same as me he, . missed his grandchildren growing up and representing their country at sport plus all the other things grandparents do with the grandkids and nothing to do with me he could have seen them anytime he wanted ..never really liked my old man even as a kid when I was brought up by my nan from 6 months old . I did make up with him when he was dying but even then it was pressure from his family and my sisters tha ti did make up my son and daughter are like my brother and sister I had them so young but nothing on this earth would ever break our relationship up ime proudest bloke on earth with them and what they have achieved in their lives and also with my 4 grandchildren

Edited September 15, 2013 by boyo