Any Fathers out there?

[Guest ReturnOfS]

Think of this post as an off shoot from Beefeaters post.

 

I'm curious. SInce today is Father's Day. Are there any Father's here?

 

Lets make it interesting an include pets :-)

 

I myself have neither unfortunately.

[KY_TOP]

I'm a father of 2, a boy and a girl, both in their early 20's. Great kids and very proud of them. Also, just found out my son and his wife have a baby on the way. Gosh that makes me feel old.

[OneFinger]

I have a little boy that will be three years old in October. He's the 4th one I've adopted in the past 20 years. I've found that having a little kid around keeps me young and gets me out of the house.

 

Now, on the human side of things, I have a great-nephew that's almost 6 months old. Talk about making me feel old!!

 

On a sadder note, I have two friends that have been together about 15 years. One has 5 kids (all adult and in the area) and the other has 2 adult kids (they live back East). But neither of them are ever contacted by their kids on Father's Day. Both go out of their way to maintain contact with their kids and grandkids. Unfortunately, it appears to be a one-way relationship where they're always giving and never being remembered or appreciated.

[Guest LG320126]

>I'm a father of 2, a boy and a girl, both in their early

>20's. Great kids and very proud of them. Also, just found out

>my son and his wife have a baby on the way. Gosh that makes me

>feel old.

 

 

KY - we're on the same wave length. I too have a son and a daughter although mine are early 30's and my son's wife is recently pregnant and expecting also. They took me out for dinner today so I had the good fortune of spending some time with him. My daughter has recently moved to the west coast so I won't get to see her today but I do hope to get a phone call saying hi. Happy Father's Day to all fathers! :-)

[Guest zipperzone]

>On a sadder note, I have two friends that have been together

>about 15 years. One has 5 kids (all adult and in the area) and

>the other has 2 adult kids (they live back East). But neither

>of them are ever contacted by their kids on Father's Day. Both

>go out of their way to maintain contact with their kids and

>grandkids. Unfortunately, it appears to be a one-way

>relationship where they're always giving and never being

>remembered or appreciated.

 

I don't see what the big deal is. If you have a good father, you love him and think of him every day. If he is a shit (as mine was) one tends to forget about him and push him out of your mind when ever a memory is dredged up.

 

I think declaring a particular day as "Father's Day" is nothing more than a Madison Avenue invention to appease their clients such as Hallmark, Polo, and various long distance telephone suppliers - and let's not forget the scent purveyors or those who make all the hidious ties!

 

Call me jaded!

[Guest ReturnOfS]

I had a close relative who just celebrated his very first Father's Day. I'm proud of him. :-)

[Guest rohale]

I was very fortunate enough to be able to spend time with my dad on Father's Day. We live in different countries and I only get to see him maybe once or twice a year at best. It's always nice to spend time with him and the rest of my family in Europe and particularily the UK.

 

My last trip was slightly different as I had my little 5 yr old buddy from Texas accompany me. When I was first approched by his mom just over two months ago to consider taking him with me. I really didn't take the thought too seriously. The nice thing his mom and I are quite close and she knows me pretty well and has faith. It took me wihtin minutes to change my mind. All she wanted was for her son to have a good time abroad. Prior to the trip, he was asking me all sorts of questions and he was in total heaven just thinking about the trip.

 

When we finally left for our ten hour flight, he was mesmerised. When we were finally arriving in London, he was so anxious for the plane to land at Gatwick Airport. He was the perfect gentleman on the trip and he just couldn't stop smiling all the way through. The nice aspect is that he got to meet my family and friends. Especially on Father's Day, he got to spend some quality time with my dad and that was very important to me.

 

In retrospect my little pal had the time of his life and now wants to do travel again next year on Father's Day. It'll definltely happen if he's interested in a year from now. I was thinking, I hope I live long enough to see him get married and maybe have children of his own day. Then maybe Father's Day might mean something to him in the future.

 

Rohale