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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 05:06 PM Original message |
Poll question: What kind of relationship do you have with your father? |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. I haven't seen my father in over a decade, and it doesn't bother me in the slightest. n/t |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 05:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I haven't seen my dad since he died in 1980 at the ripe old age of |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 05:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Be glad you had one you wish were here |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 05:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. My father was never there, hit me regularly, was late to his own daughters funeral |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 05:29 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Since when did I "pass judgement" on you??????? |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 05:49 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. I owe you nothing. You suggest that I should be grateful to have a father that hit me. |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 05:51 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. You're wasting your keystrokes, ET |
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ET Awful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 05:51 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Thank you and right back at you |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 05:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. I don't think I will be glad |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 05:30 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. Was I talking to you? |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 05:32 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Ok then. |
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Clovis Sangrail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
3. my father and I weren't very close before my mother passed |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
4. Deadbeat |
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Fredda Weinberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
5. I honored him when he was alive, was there when his first aneurysm |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
7. Not close at all, which suits me just fine, thank you. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
8. I adored my father and he adored me |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
9. I left home at 15 to get away from my (step) father. |
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Tikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
10. I didn't assigned one...but, my father-in-law... |
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HockeyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
12. My Dad apologized to me on his death bed |
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jillan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
14. I had a wonderful father. |
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Mr. McD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
15. My father died when I was 4 |
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mohinoaklawnillinois (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
16. I adored my father and I miss him every day. |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
17. I miss my dad. |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-14-08 10:53 PM Response to Reply #17 |
71. That was really beautiful, Cerridwen... |
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Cerridwen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-14-08 11:52 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. Thank you, PassingFair. |
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Pathwalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
18. He's dead. Since 1976. |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
20. My father passed away 31 years ago. We had an almost love/hate |
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Dervill Crow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 11:56 PM Response to Reply #20 |
57. You described my relationship with my dad to a "T." |
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Bennyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
23. My father is a prick......... |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-14-08 02:15 AM Response to Reply #23 |
63. -------------> *hugs* |
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Bennyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-14-08 07:16 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. Thanks a lot.......Something my father nor my Mother have ever done...HUGS.... |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
24. He died when I was 9 |
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Semi_subversive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
25. My dad just turned 79 |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
26. My father is deceased |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
27. i miss my dad. we had a real good relationship. we fought and got along |
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GirlieQ (141 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
29. I always got the feeling that my Da is a good person |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
32. I hardly knew him. |
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GodlessBiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
33. My father is Archie Bunker. A cordial relationship is just fine. |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
34. No category for 'I don't know who my father is'? |
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samplegirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
35. My father was my best friend |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
36. My father passed in 2000. But we were best buds. I was Daddy's little |
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40ozDonkey (730 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
37. I moved to South Florida to be closer to my mom & dad, he'll be 78 in Oct. |
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blues90 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
38. I don't know what I really thought of my father |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
39. I followed my Dad around like a lost puppy as a kid, I was afraid of him as a teen... |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
40. You are missing a category |
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XOKCowboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
41. My dad was one of the finest men that ever walked this earth |
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MedleyMisty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
42. My father died when I had just turned seven |
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TXDemGal (600 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
43. My dad died 3 years ago this Sunday |
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femmocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
44. I really miss my dad.... |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
45. My Dad is 80 going on 16 |
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kdmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
46. I always had my father on a pedastal |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
47. My father abandoned me when I was seven years old...so it wasn't that important n/t |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
48. My father left when I was 18 mos old and never returned. |
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galledgoblin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
49. I get along well with my dad |
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BuelahWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
50. Never knew the man |
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pink-o (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
51. Wow--so many with bad paternal experiences! Sometimes I forget how lucky I am. |
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XOKCowboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-14-08 07:25 PM Response to Reply #51 |
67. Thank you. Excellent post |
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Maestro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
52. Unfortunately, I do not have a good one. |
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ccharles000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
53. May my dad burn in hell. |
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underseasurveyor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
54. my dad was killed when i was 13 months old |
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Feron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
55. I'm fortunate to have a fantastic dad. |
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Juche (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
56. cordial but I don't want any closeness |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-13-08 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
58. My Dad is the greatest person in the history of the world. |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-14-08 12:06 AM Response to Original message |
59. Well, after I slugged him in the jaw and broke his dentures ... not bad. |
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ObamaTime2008 (51 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-14-08 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
60. Horrible Father |
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davidpdx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-14-08 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
61. Much like Russert, my father died at a young age |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-14-08 01:48 AM Response to Original message |
62. We come from so many different kinds of families here. I am glad for those with good memories,but... |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-14-08 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
64. Reading over this thread I |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-14-08 07:53 PM Response to Reply #64 |
69. And I'm impressed with how well people with bad relationships turned out.. |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-14-08 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
66. I think we are as close as we can be. |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-14-08 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
68. My father's awesomeness is exceeded only by my mother's. |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-14-08 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
70. My dad's a DU'er! |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 12:01 AM Response to Original message |
73. he killed himself when he was 50 n/t |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 01:09 AM Response to Original message |
74. A difficult question for me. |
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MikeH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
75. I have very mixed memories and feelings about my dad |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
76. I'm joining a large group |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
77. I never lived with my Dad.. |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
78. my dad's an alcoholic.I'm an alcoholic |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-15-08 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
79. My dad is 88, almost 89 |
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