Did you grow up with your father or was he an absentee dad?
925858
I lived without my Father for about 23 years, he has recently just come back into my life, a little to late but we're good mates now and we talk on the phone once or twice a month, he still lives in another country.
365924
My Dad.  He lives in Hong Kong.
627155
I lost my father when i was 12. He was an abusive alcoholic. and i seen him do to much as a child that i must say with him gone i don't feel like i have to look over my shoulder all the time. he was my father and i will always love him but if he didnt go he would have killed my family.
787651
Ask your dad what was the problem and why he didn't see you maybe this had a lot to do with your mum and her grievances.\nWhen a family break down it is very hard for either party to admit the wrong.\nDon't Fight.\nDon't Argue \nJust find out the reasons.
59161
yes in fact my mother while I grew up always told me she wished I wasn't born and that since I was that I should of been a boy. (THAT HURT!). I don't know allot about my father, but I wish I could of been with him from birth on and not my mother. I do love her for she is my mother but I know she loves my brother more than I and I know my dad loves me allot. I am 35 and this is a true story!
781362
No curses.  I hope that your father will be allowed the freedom to live his life the way HE wants to.  If I ever tried to dictate how my father lives his life, he would tell me to concern myself with my own life.  Perhaps you could try that.
414025
I had to leave my hometown because I never could have started my business and been successful there.  The market for what I wanted to do simply did not exist there.  I moved to Southern California from Ohio.  When I first moved out here, I phoned almost daily and visited several times a year.  I missed my Papa immensely and felt a huge hole in my heart without his presence in my daily life.  But, he always encouraged me, gave advice when asked and never made me regret moving so far from home.
90542
I remember being a teenager, and always running out the door going somewhere with my friends.  I loved my parents, but didn't spend much time with them.  They are gone now, and I wish I had spent more time with them when we were all young.
109821
well i've never met my biological father. Um my "mom" was never a real mom. i was raised by television shows. i was molested by my aunt. my mom beat me with extention cords, fists to the face etc. Um should i keep goin'?
451745
your father wasn't there for you as you grew up so you choose men that are not available, get counseling to help you choose the right guys
146246
What I loved most about my dad was that he worked his butt off, sometimes three jobs, to make sure we had enough.\n\nThat he hung in there even when all heck was breaking loose either in the world or in the family.\n\nThat he could be really, really funny at the most unexpected times.\n\nThat he bailed me out once when I really needed it (insane ex) and got me out of where I was and back home, no questions asked and he never said a word about it later  - even when pissed off at me.\n\nThat he was shy. I didn't realize until he passed away that his quietness had nothing to do with not caring, but that he was painfully shy and simply stayed silent a lot of the time.
362158
My dad used to all the time.\n\nWe're in Kentucky.
188481
my parents are divorced, and have been since i was 4 years old. i've had a great childhood and i thinnk that everyhting worked out for the better. not only were my parents happy, i lived in an environment without fighting/ marital problems. my parents have joint custody, so i've lived with my mom but can visit my dad on weekends or as i please (when he isn't working). in addition to my parents and siblings being happier, my parents have both remarried, which i think has ben a great experience and i greatly love both of my step-families.
622542
You know, when I was little, I was my daddy's girl...no one could tell me anything, that man was my sunshine.  But as I grew older, I became closer with my moms.  There really isn't an answer to that question...it's been that way since forever...tho, me being a single mother, my daughter is closer to me than her father...but can't stand to be without my dad....who the hell knows...let's just appreciate it for what it is.
645230
My dad died when I was four. I have always wanted to know him. It would be like finding out about myself. I would ask him if he missed me. I would want to know his philosophy of life. I would love to just to sit and talk with him for hours. I know my dad loved to eat, so we could go eat and shoot the breeze.\nI would introduce him to my husband. I'm also going to be a momma soon. I would want him to meet his grandchild.
821162
Mmmm...I married someone from another class and I come from a poor background.  She grew up in the city and I grew up in the country and city.  She grew up with money and I didn't.  She had two parents and I had one and grew up mostly on welfare and while my mother sold crafts, did farm work and worked as a waitress on a part-time basis.
931558
I have one here. My father had an affair with his secretary and even picked her up to and fro from work in his car..he even asked me to call her mum..i declined of course. But I still claimed that I have a very happy family in front of my classmates..especially when my mother is crying practically every night and on one saturday i remembered i heard the sound of glass smashing from the kitchen. When I came out,my father disappeared and my mother was lying on the floor with fresh blood oozing out from her hand...they divorced soon afterthat. My mother refused to give me to father and I was kept away from him since then. I had a dark period for 3 years and I became anti-social,until 2 years ago when suddenly I started to open up gradually...you know what? I once stayed indoors for a consecutive 2 months.