Stupid fathers

“Is there any reason for not calling your kid (OK, the kid is 36 years old) on Christmas? Especially if they call you and leave a message? I'm trying not to get involved but my friend's father is a jerk! He has not called on birthday's or Christmas's since I've known my friend. When confronted, he says he either wrote or called on the birthday (he doesn't remember) and that Christmas's are difficult, and so he doesn't call anyone anymore as he prefers to have no expectations. Then he says, 'but I'm always willing to go the extra mile.' I am ready to write this guy off as a jerk, but trying to maintain my cool and work with his lame excuses. Also, I may be overstepping my bounds saying anything at all, since it's not my Dad.

I am so glad I have a cool Dad who is not emotionally twerped!”

“breed stupid children...

well in most cases anyway

...just go to walmart for a real good case study and proof.”

“Not good.”

“lol...stikmon. Whenever AmyG and I are feeling bad about ourselves, we go there to watch the people. I always feel better after that.”

“OMG Dare that is skeery!

Biz: Something is definitely wrong with that father.... it could be a lot of things. I don't see the point in bashing him - unless you feel your friend is setting himself up for trouble. The guy definitely should not be counted on. That said, if your friend can get something out of the relationship, that's a good thing. After all, its the only dad he has.”

“I am 38 years old and my father has only called me five times in my life. Once to tell me my granfather died, once to get my address, once to say he was sorry I had to sell my house, once to see if my sister was coming to visit him and just recently to get my address again. He lives only two hours away from us four kids and has NEVER seen where any of his kids live. It is just a fact of our lives, and as we get older, the less it bothers us. We go to visit him once or twice a year. Guess it depends on the kid. Seems that us kids just got used to his lack of involvement in our lives. Now, our mother, on the other hand, thank God for Caller ID.”

“Go to a Wal-Mart in W.Va. if you want a real show. I'm not joking. Especially the one in Barberville.”

“I never got along with my dad, I guess I was always the black sheep of the family. Anyway, I don't think he ever has called me, not once. But when I left Germany after a short vacation I did see tears in his eyes. Some people just are not able to show emotions.
I can live with that.”

“"Now, our mother, on the other hand, thank God for Caller ID."

lol!!!”

“Didn't Plato say something about moderation... ?”

“My child arrived just the other day,
He came to the world in the usual way.
But there were planes to catch, and bills to pay.
He learned to walk while I was away.
And he was talking 'fore I knew it, and as he grew,
He'd say, "I'm gonna be like you, dad.
You know I'm gonna be like you."

And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon,
Little boy blue and the man in the moon.
"When you coming home, dad?"
"I don't know when, but we'll get together then.
You know we'll have a good time then."

My son turned ten just the other day.
He said, "Thanks for the ball, dad, come on let's play.
Can you teach me to throw?"
I said, "Not today, I got a lot to do."
He said, "That's ok."
And he walked away, but his smile never dimmmed,
Said, "I'm gonna be like him, yeah.
You know I'm gonna be like him."

And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon,
Little boy blue and the man in the moon.
"When you coming home, dad?"
"I don't know when, but we'll get together then.
You know we'll have a good time then."

Well, he came from college just the other day,
So much like a man I just had to say,
"Son, I'm proud of you. Can you sit for a while?"
He shook his head, and he said with a smile,
"What I'd really like, dad, is to borrow the car keys.
See you later. Can I have them please?"

And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon,
Little boy blue and the man in the moon.
"When you coming home, son?"
"I don't know when, but we'll get together then, dad.
You know we'll have a good time then."

I've long since retired and my son's moved away.
I called him up just the other day.
I said, "I'd like to see you if you don't mind."
He said, "I'd love to, dad, if I could find the time.
You see, my new job's a hassle, and the kid's got the flu,
But it's sure nice talking to you, dad.
It's been sure nice talking to you."
And as I hung up the phone, it occurred to me,
He'd grown up just like me.
My boy was just like me.

And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon,
Little boy blue and the man in the moon.
"When you coming home, son?"
"I don't know when, but we'll get together then, dad.
You know we'll have a good time then."”

“All fathers are stupid. Don't you watch tv?”

“All father's are crap. That is why so many women are screwed up.

It is the men's fault.”

“I'm one of the worst!

This weekend I will drag a bunch of boys(young men) out to West Virginia.

There I will drive them mercilessly through a muddy, rocky and rhododendron-choked hell!

Ho ho ha ha ha ! ! !”

“... then go to Walmart and 'blend in' <G>”

“Moderation, the noblest gift of Heaven.
Medea. 636.”

“Hey, West Virginia does not have a monopoly on mutants!”

“Prosecuter, that song is one of the reasons I quit my full-time job when my eldest daughter was 9 mos old. Now I work mornings and spend afternoons and evenings as the primary care giver to my kids. So, when they grow up and don't like me, it won't be because they don't know me :).”

“hyway, I was a full-time homemaker for five years.

I love the smell of baby $h!t in the morning!”

“smells like .... well, baby #&%!$”

“TT, How old were your kids while you were at home. My 7 yo has had a man as a primary care giver ever since the day she was born. You can tell it to :)

Being at home with the kids has its pay-offs. Read my Moonlit Beach Hike thread for one of them.”

“It was '92 to '97 for me and the boys where 1.5, 6 & 9.

I've seen your homepage.

The girls are adorable!

They look like best friends.”

“"...They look like best friends.." You know, sometimes photos do lie... :)”

“Hyway, when the younger prosecutors ask me questions on how to advance their careers, I tell them the universal regret of retiring full time career prosecutors is looking back and not knowing their kids as they grew up. You can always convict felons in the future, but you cannot get back bygone opportunities to be with your children as they grow up.”

“Sooooo, they can fight like wildcats, huh?”

“Its amazing how one minute they are kicking or hitting each other, then the next they are the best of buds sitting together while the elder reads to the younger (which is all the more amazing because the younger can read just fine)

Prosecutor, you said it perfectly. Although, sometimes it is hard to see my peers advancing their careers while I remain stagnant, but then I do something special with my kids and it passes.”

“I have one son living with me full time and the other has been with me most of the time lately. I absolutely love it.

Right now, its stressing me out though. They have been fighting like cats and dogs... and one is always ready for school on time, and the other is always late... so every morning I'm faced with the choice of leaving the late one behind (and coming back to pick him up later) or making the other late for school through no fault of his own. Needless to say, there is a lot of tension between them and at least one of them is pissed off at me every morning.

I thought I was going to miss working with schizophrenics. I quit a job in a mental hospital to have more time with my kids and less commuting, and I have worked with severely mentally ill people for most of my adult life. As it turns out, I don't miss it... but then again, I have something close - I'm living with two teenagers.”

“pedxing, you just described my life. LOL My 2 girls are exact opposites, when one is ready the other isn't. One wants to go here, the other wants to go there.”

“so hyway, your kids are 7 and 8 y/o?”

“7 and 9 yo girls, and a 3 yo son. My son has Downs so I carry him on my back when we run off to the woods to play.”

“I have something close - I'm living with two teenagers."
pedxing
08:20:04 AM

I can identify. I have 4. 13m, 14f, 17m, 18m. Sheer lunacy,lol.”

“so I guess all this is normal, huh? I feel better now. Thought it's getting better when they get older. Boy was I wrong!

I would not want them any other way. Each kid has his own little personality. One brings home squirrl, turltes, snakes, lizards, frogs. The other one...well he is just my little smarty pants that talks about war, people not getting along, and all the other grown up stuff. He will be a doctor one day. (I hope)”

“Read the 'What would you do' (no punctuation) thread. I'm leaving work at noon to finish my son's flooring in his apartment.

I'm a little sick of people dumping on fathers. Yes there are lame ones, but we point them out and forget everyone else.”

“My point is that I think the thread would be better titled 'Stupid father' rather thnan 'Stupid fathers'.”

“Hey there wildman!

I seems as though the "real" dad's are coming out of the woodwork.

Ha ha, good luck with the "woodwork"!”

“Thanks, Tom.
I guess I'm just a little sensitive, but I don't think the thread would have had mother in the plural had it been the other way around.”

“Wow LeSubtil - I sure hope having a girl in the mix dilutes the effect... if I douybled the level of adolescent testosterone in my house... I'd be back at the Psych Hospital and I would not be drawing a paycheck.”

“Biz, you shameless troll. I love yo' ass!

I don't recall my father ever calling me...birthday, Christmas, whatever. My mom would initiate the calls and sometimes my dad would get on the phone for a few minutes. I probably ended up calling my parents more than they called me, but who's keeping score? That's not what it's about. Hey, your friend ought to pick up the phone and call his old man. It's too late for me.”

“So where are you going in WV this weekend? Who's going? Wolf Gap's parking lot was snowed under (inaccessible) and the trail to Big Schloss was 85% snow covered 2 weeks ago.”

“You're right kleetn, someone has to be the adult I guess.

Lol at pedxing and tilt!

Something good came out of this. I appreciate MY DAD more.”

“JO
Maybe Otter Creek(mouth) or Roaring Plains if not too much snow.

I suppose its WET Virginia about now.”

“I know what you mean, Gremlin. Fatherhood is defined in the media by the worst of us. But it seems to be that way for all groups of people, a minority of troublemakers gets more press than the multitude of good guys.”

“Daddy don't you run so fast
Daddy don't you run so fast
Daddy slow down some
Cause you're making me run
Daddy don't you run so fast...

-Wayne Newton



You sick dads, you!”

“Dad accused of using stun gun on baby
Associated Press

ALBANY, Ore. - An Albany father used a 100,000-volt stun gun on his 18-month-old son, police said Monday. Rian Whittman, 23, has been accused of assault and criminal mistreatment. Police said he used it "multiple times" over three weeks. A police spokesman said there were up to 10 instances.

Police said Whittman's wife, 21, who was not named, reported the abuse on Saturday.

The child was treated at a hospital, police said, and then taken into protective custody by the state Department of Human Services.

Capt. Eric Carter said the police haven't established a motive for the abuse, nor why it began about three weeks ago.

He said the device was not a Taser weapon, named for the manufacturer, but an older model that's applied directly to someone's skin.
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/weird_news/16630357.htm

$@%#^%! idiot”

“Maybe "Dad" would like to be on the receiving end of that device.”

“..a bunch of them.”

“PNWers... pffft. j/k.
There was a dad sentenced to 60 years yesterday(?) in GA(?) for petafilific pix of his daughter(s?) that he put up on the web. I get bad reception on AM, btw, hence my vaguisence.”

“the guy should have his nuts irradiated.”

“Never should have been allowed to breed in the first place. I know it tramples on the rights of everyone but examples like this makes me think one should have to pass a test to have children.”

“The mook should never be allowed to see or touch that kid again.”