your dad

[brand blue heavies]

I remember when I was a kid, me n my Dad had a great relationship. We were always laughing and playing footy together and sumo wrestling too haha! He'd always take me to City in the late 80's and through the 90's.

Something changed though, I think he stopped liking me at some point. Now we hardly talk. I went to Blackburn away with him (Džeko late winner last year), we left at about 3pm for a night kick off as I said we could have a meal and something to eat at a pub. We got home at about 11:30pm and throughout all them hours we barely had one or two conversations, just awkward silence.

The relationship we have is really weird now.

Have you asked him why? Talk to him and tell him how you feel things are and how your his son and if you can help you will? Maybe he`s depressed or maybe he`s lonely or who knows but maybe talking to him might help?

 

[Lavinda Past]

My dad died 24 years ago and I still miss him and think of him every day. I wish I'd spent more time with him.

He's the only real hero I've ever had.

I just hope that there is an afterlife and that he saw City win the league again. He would have loved to see us get one over the rags like we did.

 

[Why Always Ste]

My Dad's still alive, I think?

Haven't had a proper relationship with him since I was 12, so in the past 15yrs it's been awkward, add to that he pissed off to Spain a decade ago.

He's a selfish guy, but he got me into watching Football so he can have some credit.

My Mother is great, has helped me a lot, sometimes her help has backfired and she was too lenient at times.

Many men who are not biologically linked with me have had more of an impact on my life, such as my decisions, personality, outlook etc etc...

 

[Bibinho]

my grandad is the cloest thing iv had to a dad all my life and i worry about losing him from time to time, my dad was/is a total prick and tbh i couldnt give 2 monkeys if he died now, tbh i dont even know if he is alive or not, and that doesnt bother me one bit and he never cared for me or my sister

im 21 now and have a step dad whos been in my life for about 12 years or so and i call him dad as the guy will go above and beyond to help me with whatever i need or if im in trouble and i cant imagine now not having him in my life. he takes me to city game, down pub, in town with his dad and brother and they all treat me asif i have been in the family all my life.

 

[intheknow!]

My relationship with my Dad is non existent and even though he lived with us for 14 years, was non existent then, LOL!

All I have is bad memories. He himself had a childhood were he was beaten and treated badly by his step father. But he was very aggressive to my mum, me and my sister all our lives. He would often hit my mum and regularly smacked us as children but he was also cruel. According to my family when I was a little girl I used to say to people, 'I hate my dad', out of the blue!! This when I was only about 4 years old. Eventually when I was 14, we had a massive row one night and he dragged me upstairs by my hair and punched me in the face and that was the final straw for my mum, she kicked him out. A couple of weeks later my sister and I came home to found the house completely empty, nothing at all in it. Whilst we were at school and my mum at work he had come back and took absolutely everything we had and we've never seen or heard from him since!!

Sometimes if we speak about him, I'll have a dream that my mum takes him back and in my dream I'm begging her not too. It's strange. Even though I don't miss him I do feel jealous when I see friends and their relationships with their dads.

 

[Crouchinho]

I've seen loads take their parents money and never speak to them again. It really does shock me, even when their parents were nice to them.

I love my parents but we're not the closest of families, none of this hug each other and kiss bollocks. As long as we all know each other is ok that's fine, but I'd never screw them over financially or any other shape or form

 

[brand blue heavies]

My relationship with my Dad is non existent and even though he lived with us for 14 years, was non existent then, LOL!

All I have is bad memories. He himself had a childhood were he was beaten and treated badly by his step father. But he was very aggressive to my mum, me and my sister all our lives. He would often hit my mum and regularly smacked us as children but he was also cruel. According to my family when I was a little girl I used to say to people, 'I hate my dad', out of the blue!! This when I was only about 4 years old. Eventually when I was 14, we had a massive row one night and he dragged me upstairs by my hair and punched me in the face and that was the final straw for my mum, she kicked him out. A couple of weeks later my sister and I came home to found the house completely empty, nothing at all in it. Whilst we were at school and my mum at work he had come back and took absolutely everything we had and we've never seen or heard from him since!!

Sometimes if we speak about him, I'll have a dream that my mum takes him back and in my dream I'm begging her not too. It's strange. Even though I don't miss him I do feel jealous when I see friends and their relationships with their dads.

This is a terrible story but probably a lot more common than you think. Regardless of what goes on with your partner your children shouldn`t suffer and this country would be a better place if more parents thought that way.

You dont miss your dad but you miss what could have been and when you see friends with great dads it hurts cos why couldn`t yours have been like that. I feel the same but ask why cancer took mine so early. I can only say that i can try make up for what i lost with my own kids and in some way if you have kids you can do the same.

 

[Crouchinho]

My relationship with my Dad is non existent and even though he lived with us for 14 years, was non existent then, LOL!

All I have is bad memories. He himself had a childhood were he was beaten and treated badly by his step father. But he was very aggressive to my mum, me and my sister all our lives. He would often hit my mum and regularly smacked us as children but he was also cruel. According to my family when I was a little girl I used to say to people, 'I hate my dad', out of the blue!! This when I was only about 4 years old. Eventually when I was 14, we had a massive row one night and he dragged me upstairs by my hair and punched me in the face and that was the final straw for my mum, she kicked him out. A couple of weeks later my sister and I came home to found the house completely empty, nothing at all in it. Whilst we were at school and my mum at work he had come back and took absolutely everything we had and we've never seen or heard from him since!!

Sometimes if we speak about him, I'll have a dream that my mum takes him back and in my dream I'm begging her not too. It's strange. Even though I don't miss him I do feel jealous when I see friends and their relationships with their dads.

This is a terrible story but probably a lot more common than you think. Regardless of what goes on with your partner your children shouldn`t suffer and this country would be a better place if more parents thought that way.

You dont miss your dad but you miss what could have been and when you see friends with great dads it hurts cos why couldn`t yours have been like that. I feel the same but ask why cancer took mine so early. I can only say that i can try make up for what i lost with my own kids and in some way if you have kids you can do the same.

Agree with a lot of that. I see so many parents argue and divorce that either the mother or father stops the children seeing the mum or dad. Just because they dislike each other they make the children suffer too, to get one over on their ex. It's horrible really.

I think a nuclear family is very important. We take on traits of our parents and guardians, so if we have kids we should carry that on, and anything we didn't like we should try to make an effort to make sure that doesn't happen to us.

It pisses me off when mothers or fathers piss off at birth. There is nothing better than reassurance, confidence, love from a parent. A Dad taking you to the footy or cheering you on in a 5 a side, to helping you drill a hole in the wall (prefably so you can see the busty neighbour next door)

 

[intheknow!]

My relationship with my Dad is non existent and even though he lived with us for 14 years, was non existent then, LOL!

All I have is bad memories. He himself had a childhood were he was beaten and treated badly by his step father. But he was very aggressive to my mum, me and my sister all our lives. He would often hit my mum and regularly smacked us as children but he was also cruel. According to my family when I was a little girl I used to say to people, 'I hate my dad', out of the blue!! This when I was only about 4 years old. Eventually when I was 14, we had a massive row one night and he dragged me upstairs by my hair and punched me in the face and that was the final straw for my mum, she kicked him out. A couple of weeks later my sister and I came home to found the house completely empty, nothing at all in it. Whilst we were at school and my mum at work he had come back and took absolutely everything we had and we've never seen or heard from him since!!

Sometimes if we speak about him, I'll have a dream that my mum takes him back and in my dream I'm begging her not too. It's strange. Even though I don't miss him I do feel jealous when I see friends and their relationships with their dads.

This is a terrible story but probably a lot more common than you think. Regardless of what goes on with your partner your children shouldn`t suffer and this country would be a better place if more parents thought that way.

You dont miss your dad but you miss what could have been and when you see friends with great dads it hurts cos why couldn`t yours have been like that. I feel the same but ask why cancer took mine so early. I can only say that i can try make up for what i lost with my own kids and in some way if you have kids you can do the same.

It is terrible but I don't know anything different so it feels normal to me. In fact now I'm older I have mixed feelings because I understand more about his upbringing. His mother had him when she was only 16 and unmarried, then the man she married, his step father, ended up an alcoholic and as I say used to beat him up and he had a terrible childhood. It's a cycle that continues. My fiance is a lot older than me and I don't mean it in a sick way, but I do think some of the things I look for in a boyfriend/husband, is what I never had from my dad.

So Dads...........be good to and look after your Daughters!! You're more important than you know or sometimes might feel.

 

[mackenzie]

Didn't meet my biological Father until I was about 25 as my parents split up when I was 3 months old.

My maternal Grandfather is the one who raised me and he was the one who did the 'Dad' bit. I know that when my biological Dad dies (he's 71 this year) I won't be half as upset as when my Grandad passed.

That's not to say we don't get along, more to do with shared history and love from the other person.