underpants Posted June 5, 2007 Posted June 5, 2007 Then I think I might be doomed. My Dad is a great man. My personal hero. He is far from perfect but has integrity for miles and I can honestly say ...he has never done any terrible thing, even in the face of sometimes what must have been excruciating agony. (having his wife/my mom of over 20 years leave him, having not one but two sons die, having his own Mom die, finding a way to be a stay at home Dad and raise 3 children on his own and still pay the bills, and those are what I can think of right now). I guess if you live long enough you get to experience it all. I only ever saw him drink once. He was depressed sitting in our yard looking out over ....a cemetary (yes, our backyard was adjacent to one, the same one my brothers are buried in). This was after my Mom left and I was too little to really know anything more then that my Dad was sad and drinking a weird soda. My damage may be that I had to choose between my parents, but I made the right choice. I loved, and still do love my Mom, but my Dad was the better choice. Although I was a kid, I knew leaving him too would probably just destroy him. I just guess, I was lucky. I was raised with no bad words, no drinking, no infidelities. Maybe some terrible food, unreasonable curfews, and the occasional embarrassing lesson of having to own up to a mistake here and there. A small price to pay, for the ultimate good it did me...(well, except for some of that food). My Dad has long ago since remarried and has been with his 2nd wife for longer then my Mom. He might be boring at times and his his 2nd wife I am sure has a laundry list of faults, but he is, at the end of the day.....a good man. I am proud of my Dad. Also, I am seriously afraid that they don't make men like that any more, and that is a shame.
quankanne Posted June 5, 2007 Posted June 5, 2007 nah ... having such a good example helps give you a better idea of the kind of man you want, and allows you to not "settle" for anyone else. You may have to kiss a lot of frogs to find your prince, but believe me, he's out there, so don't give up hope.
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