I know how diicult it has been for you, you told me when I posted my own thread about my father when he was poorly..
Embrace that sadness, G, don't fight it, cry if you need to, miss him, love him, remember him and smile when you have the memories and cry when you want to and it hurts.
I know you do, this is very evident from what you have told me and what you have written here.
And no apology necessary, we don't need to excuse you at all, for sharing about your father, who you love very much?
Nope, I'll raise my glass with you, as you did foe my dad.
With him and then when and if they become a united front, they stand up for each other, shoulder to shoulder and tell the parents that they love each other and they would like them to be a part of that love and if they choose not to, then there is not much they can do.
Lying and leading a double life, he will fall apart...
All is good here and I am sitting by inside while the midday sun is out and thought I should check my emails and drop in and see how my lovely friends are...
I was raised by my father, his mother until she died being my matriachal influence.
I was singled out at school because I had no mother as such. In the end I was excluded from my high school and sent to boarding school.
Which were the best years of my life. With my own children, I have maintained that they have a relationship with their father and they are close to him. For them it has had greater benefit that they are with both of us. For me? I was better off with my father than I was with my mother.
He has been a great influence on my life, loving, hard, kind, tough. He had to do a job of two parents, like many lone parents do. He is the best, handsome, lovely and I inherited his fighting spirit, his smile, his eyes...
He raised me with a passion, a drive as for him he had to prove to the world that he could do it, it was rare for fathers to get full custody 30 years ago. Amazing, beautiful man, that I adore.
I know this was about a boy. But I wanted to tell you about a girl.
I don't think any gender of parent has an influence, as long as their is one person in a childs life that loves them and cares and helps them on their way...
RE: Attitude---Can we talk?
I love you too.You are, you make me laugh. Not an ounce of malice in you.