What did you learn from your father?

[Dave _from_Kiev]

While my father and I haven't spoken in 6 yrs I must say that a desire to learn and an un-paralled work ethic have been my greatest attribute in my 17 yr. career and although his teaching style was far from common I am greatful for his head start the hard way.


How about you?

[jclintsma]

How to be an ass, drink beer and pound my wife in the ass.

[Sct Ptersns Twn]

How to not get married. The fucko has been married 4 times. Kids with every one but the third, miscarriage, thank god!

Ha ha, me only once and to the same chick. Today is our 10th Anniversary!



Oh yea and he has little man syndrome.

[Dave _from_Kiev]

How to not get married. The fucko has been married 4 times. Kids with every one but the third, miscarriage, thank god!

Ha ha, me only once and to the same chick. Today is our 10th Anniversary!


congratulations...............?

[Sct Ptersns Twn]

congratulations...............?


Yea, thanks. I still have fun and I found the lil door that gives you a son ;).



I was dating for 10 years prior. So fuck it.

[Glenn Dandy]

Apparently...... " Im an idiot!"


My dad has made me a narcasistic,ass. That is afraid of failure. Yet I think im a know it all. Thanks pop.

[Valk]

How to be a complete fucking asshole.

[Sct Ptersns Twn]

How to be a complete fucking asshole.

That too, but I still have friends. Mine has none.

[Simby19]

My father hasn't let anyone in his life so we never had anything beyond a superficial relationship. Luckily he listens to O & A, so we talk about that sometimes. I'm the youngest of 3 so I have to realize if they can't get in, neither can I. What did I learn from that? Perhaps how not to live in order to have healthy relationships. I'm getting there slowly. Daddy issues, anyone?

[Arc Lite]

Quality work ethic, loyalty and family pride.

[DoughBoy]

I learned exactly what I don't want to be: A workaholic shitbag egomaniac.

[Angelfuck]

how not to be a good parent
how to be an alcoholic
how to be selfish
how to fuck up everything good in your life

I must say for all the time he didn't spend with us, I learned a lot from him

[THE FEZ MAN]

duty, honor and courage.

he died january 18, 2005, after a 3 year fight with bone cancer, now that he is gone, i miss him so much.





sorry, dont mean to bring down the "bash drunk dad" thread but i do miss him, we got along well (im the ass hole) he was good to my son, and was liked buy most every one that he met, over 300 people came to his remembrance party. he did not want a public funeral, but the old man liked a good party. he was buried with military honors at Indian town gap, his flag is on my mantle

[Philly loser]

Wow... this thread could expose some issues.

I learned how to walk it off.
I learned how to respect and be patient with elders.
I learned how to do an honest days work for a days wage.
I learned to tell my children that I love them everyday.

[click]

To keep in touch with friends or family because I don't want to die and no one finds me for several days. I 'm still pissed the military gave the flag to his sister who couldn't have cared less.

[Dopie Opie]

Love my dad. We get along alot better now that I moved out and have my own famliy. He worked real hard when we were little, and did not spend much time together. He did give me a couple of good tid bits about dealing with women when I got older.

1. Tell a beautiful woman she is smart
2. Tell a smart woman she is beautiful
3. With the exception of you mother, sisters and grandmother
all women are cunts, and you mother, sister and grandmother are
cunts to someone else.
4. Treat a pig like a queen and a queen like a pig

Sure these are canned little sayings but dad telling them to me
when i was 12 really was special

[Exanimate]

I learned what not to be from my dad. I spend as much time being a part of my kids life as I can. I treat my wife good, and I am pretty damn responsible. My dad always has been, and always will be an ass.

[City View]

How to work hard
How to bite your tongue when you should
How to speak your mind intelligently
Why not to smoke
How to curse

[Sct Ptersns Twn]

I learned what not to be from my dad. I spend as much time being a part of my kids life as I can. I treat my wife good, and I am pretty damn responsible. My dad always has been, and always will be an ass.

We could be brothers????

[THE FEZ MAN]

how to shoot a gun, and fold a flag

[Polack]

Mine taught me how to work hard and do the best job you can do even if you can get away with a shitty job. And probably the best is to always stand up for what you believe in. After he taught me this he had to teach me how to throw a good punch.

[roche]

How to properly hand him nails and not get hit or burned buy a cigarette.

[Angelfuck]

oh, he taught me how to throw a knife, Im sure that'll come in handy :rolleyes:

[Polack]

Oh yeah and he taught me how to scare the hell out of your kids so bad that they have nightmares clear into their twenties.

[THE FEZ MAN]

Oh yeah and he taught me how to scare the hell out of your kids so bad that they have nightmares clear into their twenties.


"the only thing to fear in the dark is me! now go to sleap!"

used on me, passed on to my boy....... :rolleyes:

[Angelfuck]

"the only thing to fear in the dark is me! now go to sleap!"

used on me, passed on to my boy....... :rolleyes:

that's a good one, Im still scared of the dark :icon_redf

[MAV]

i thought my name was "dammit wayne" till i was about 10

[Deadbent]

Honor, loyalty, and the importance of truth.
How to pound shots at a bar, take lifes shots and dish em out harder.
How to be responsible enough to fix the things you fuck up in life.
How to hunt, fish, plant, train your dog, smoke, ride a harley, use a computer, play a video game, the strength of ones word, and I can list it on and on, I was fortunate enough to be very observant in the time I had with him.

As fathers day is comin up soon, eh?
Miss Dad, he's stilllll the bessssst.

[DoucheMeister]

How to be a good husband and father. Guess something wore off, going to have our 24th anniversary this summer.

Unfortunatly, be passed when I was only 23, do he never did get to see his grandchildren. We keep a picture of him on their desks, and tell them about him alot, so at least they know him a bit.

It's a bitch, though. He would have been a great grandfather.

[Beeman99]

time to be serious


my dad taught me everything I know, I look up to him more than anyone, and he's the one person I truly trust and admire.

[Sam_Adams]

I learned semantics to where you don't "technically" have to lie.

How to fly fish, how to tie flies, how to hunt, how to fire guns, how to ride ATVs, how to drive, how to talk to girls...oh wait, those are things that I taught myself while dad was working 100 hours a week. I think it would have been cooler if he didn't work all of the time and spent time at home while i was growing up.

He meant well though and was just trying to provide a good life. I realized more of that after getting older but I still wouldn't have cared about having less shit when I was small in exchange for having a dad around.

[Myhairygrundle]

how to shoot a gun, and fold a flag

Same here. I saw that, and all of a sudden it made me kind of emotional. I will add...

how to curse when you are working on a car
how to throw a punch, and take one
how to sight in a rifle


Here is my theroy on parents:

You grow up to be the same or opposite of what you parents were.

If your dad was a drunk, you will be a drunk or never touch the stuff.
If your dad smacked you around, you will do the same, or never lay a hand on your kids.

You get the idea. My Grandfather was a good man, but never spent any time with my dad, so my dad made sure that he threw the ball with me, took me fishing, etc.

Fuck...now I'm getting emotional!

My dad did the best he could with what he knew...I'll do the same. I will make my own mistakes, just like he did.

[commish13]

Nothing yet, because I'm a stupid kid who doesn't listen. One of these days I'm sure all of the good examples he's set will get into my head.

[blazin]

I think my dad provided me the base for my technical mind

instead of toys and a baseball glove for christmas, I got 60-in-1 electronic kits and stuff like that.

My dad never pays anybody to fix stuff. He was the mechanic, plumber, electrician, etc. I'm the same way.

He taught me everything I know about cars - how to fix them, how to work on them. We both have hot rods and constantly talk shit to each other about who would win in a race. I would, of course.

[thegreatgazoo]

My dad passed away in 1999 after 17 years of battling ALS. My only regret is that he got sick just as I got old enough to really appreciate him.

He was always quiet, went to work and came home. Never really spent alot of time with me but I guess I just assumed that was normal. He constantly let my mother runs things. Everytime I would asked him something he would tell me go ask your mother. Until I got married I never really understood why he did that. Now after 18 years of marriage, I realize that my father was a genius.

Got tired of battling my wife and son over stupid stuff, now my life is much simplier. I spend as much time with my son as he lets me (he's 16) and simply yes my wife to death unless it's something really important. I've found out that appx 95% of the stuff people fight over is not worth it. I now realize my Dad was trying to teach me the most important thing he could. It just took me all these years to realize it.


Miss ya Dad.

[thelord68]

I've learned a lot from my father, I just wish I had applied some of it earlier in life:

- You can be tough but fair
- Loyalty
- If you're willing to take on a job, then you should be willing to do your best.
- There is no shame in working hard.
- You don't have to be a selfish, vindictive c**t to be successful.
- Everyone makes mistakes at some point in their lives. The key is to learn from them, whether your own or someone else's.
- Patience
- Don't waste energy worrying or being angry about the things others have done or events that have past if you can't do something about them now. Move on.


This is not to say he was perfect. There were definitely times when he was short-tempered with the family because of pressure at work. Or he would push a little too hard, whether is was sports or school. I remember being in an absolute panic the first time I got a B+ instead of an A in one class.

Was a he a workoholic? Yes, but it was to make sure that his family had everything he could provide - a good house, a good education, opportunities. And while it was rare for him to walk in the door before 7 or 8pm during the week, and he often spent additonal time on work he brought home with him, he made up for it on the weekends, vacations, sporting events, etc.

I see how people respect my father, whether they like him or not, though those that don't like him are few. I've lost count of the times that people have told me they wish their fathers were more like him.

[HerkyJerkyLiz]

how not to be a good parent
how to be an alcoholic
how to be selfish
how to fuck up everything good in your life

I must say for all the time he didn't spend with us, I learned a lot from him
wow, are we long lost sisters? this is dead on.

[PURELY ORGASMIC]

- To always be myself and always try to be the best that I can be. If that isn't enough for 'other's...then, that is their issue to go deal with!

- If someone hurts you once it is 'their' fault - If someone hurts you twice it is 'your own' fault. (I wasn't very good at this lesson, could never grasp just the 'two chance' bit...seems I'll just go on and on...)

- Forgiveness - probably the reason I can't grasp the 'two chance' thingymajig'. I'm way too forgiving!


Not a day goes by where I don't think of you, miss you and love you dad !

[ianbobo]

my father taught me
- to never bet on a black quarterback
- the patriots never let you go home early
that about covers it

[ShooterMcGavin]

Nothing. Absolutely nothing.

He's not a "man's man" type of father figure. There's no beer my parents' fridge, he is pussywhipped and takes all of my mother's shit without question, his wine of choice at restaurants is white zynfendel (sp?), and he doesn't know the first thing about fixing a car's engine.

[B54]

He's not a "man's man" type of father figure. There's no beer my parents' fridge, he is pussywhipped and takes all of my mother's shit without question, his wine of choice at restaurants is white zynfendel (sp?), and he doesn't know the first thing about fixing a car's engine.

Explains you perfectly.

[fuckwit]

he taught me what makes a man a man. his teaching method was a little indirect and the lesson unintended.

..that fuckin piece of shit

[WhiskeyWhispers]

Other than to leave your kids in the house when your wife is going psycho and save yourself........ not a goddam thing.

[Chin nuts]

My dad passed away two years ago at 76. Strongest, toughest, smartest man I've ever known. Although he was never around in my growing years we became extremely close when I was in my 20s. I miss him, and wish he was around to see my kids grow up but that's how life works sometimes. He did leave me with some classic tips :

1) About Pussy: "It'll stretch a mile before it tears an inch."

2)About Marriage: At his 50th wedding anniversary his toast went something like this: " I could've committed murder and would've been out of jail by now."

3)Sex after 60: " I might be too old to cut the mustard but not too old to lick the jar."

Love you dad.






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[wes mantooth]

My dad taught me the Art of the Bullshit. He was an insurance salesman that barely finished high school but retired as Vice-President of the company he started working for when he was 18. He taught me how to be charming in public and a complete and ruthless asshole in private. He taught hard life lessons. I love him but part of me hates him. I've spent most of my adult life trying to prove to myself that I'm not the idiot he repeatedly told me I was growing up. Even though I know that he respects me as an adult I still can't shake the feeling that I've got to prove his fucking ass wrong. I'm currently writing a book and even if it's a success it will never be enough. I'll probably die of a heart attack "proving myself" even if he goes before I do.

[tattered]

Nothing. Absolutely nothing.

He's not a "man's man" type of father figure. There's no beer my parents' fridge, he is pussywhipped and takes all of my mother's shit without question, his wine of choice at restaurants is white zynfendel (sp?), and he doesn't know the first thing about fixing a car's engine.

well when u have money u dont need to know most of that stuff....

[Angelfuck]

shooter, your dad probably talk you the most important thing, how to stay calm and laidback. I bet his blood pressure is perfect. Although white zinfindel is a little fruity (only wine I drink) but then again drinking wine is faggy anyway, but Ant would call it fancy

wow, are we long lost sisters? this is dead on.
hah, you never know.. I have a brother I didnt even know about until I was 11. and my dad was around when I was little, hardly, but he was around you'd think we'd at least know of another sibling. I think he was 21 and apparently not talking to our dad at that time, it only took me 2 more missed bdays to figure out why

[Holeshot]

Dont treat your kids like shit.

[nator76]

(first post in almost a year)

what i learned: how not to smoke, not paint cars, and not be an alcoholic or else you will die of lung cancer at the age of 53.

also learned how not to be a pussy, how to be a dick, and build everything with your own two hands. learned how to argue at a very young age with an adult when they are drunk. cook a mean filet.

[BroGonzo]

From my dad, I learned how to work hard, how to be an honorable man, and how to put family first. My dad rules, and I hope I can be like him someday.

[Sam_Adams]

From my dad, I learned how to work hard, how to be an honorable man, and how to put family first. My dad rules, and I hope I can be like him someday.

I learned that form my grandfather

[BaLZaC~308]

the importance of knowing how to eat pussy well

[robertkeys]

fuck it we all die, live the life you dream eat well make great love take trips somewhere you never been and read read read.

[tstlkevanilla]

How to do laundry.
If you knew my dad, you'd find the humor in that.... he was a jack of all trades, master of none. RIP.

[Carolina Kike]

I learned how to be a person. There's not a day that goes by that I don't think about what he taught me. Lost him when he had a fatal heart attack on an Air France flight in May of 2004. Worked his way through Yale undergrad and Harvard Business School.

The Boston Globe wrote this article about him when he died, and it was not a paid notice:
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/obituaries/articles/2004/05/14/edward_smick_62_globe_trotter_and_aviation_consult ant/

[Rich W.]

He taught me never to go above 96th street on the "A" train...

[jshep]

I learned family first work hard put in as many hours as it takes to get the job done. Respect my country and its veterans. Thankful for every day. Treat your wife with respect. How to be a good man. Work on cars how to drag race. University of Texas. Baseball. Help people when you can. Oh and porn. Thankful everyday he is still here.

[FAngel]

This is an interesting question-- there's two authoritative figures in my life, "Dad" and "my father."

"Dad" is actually my stepfather who has been married to my mother for almost 20 years, and he never once viewed me as something other than his own. He's worked his ass off since I knew him to make sure I was well off financially, and I feel I owe it to him to be successful in life. He's the only male friend I regularly hang around with, and one of the best times we had was a trip to Vegas this past December. I'm lucky to have him around.

My father, the biological one, blew his head off when I was six years old. I don't want to get into my opinion on the matter since I know there's a member here who recently lost his father to the same thing, so I'm just going to reiterate that my Dad is a hell of a guy, and in the very unlikely possibility of me getting married, he would be my best man.

[Rip Kuntz]

to always blink twice for yes?

[ern]

My biological father? Nothing he split when I was 3 or 4.

My stepdad - not to cry when being beaten (or you get more beating), How to fight a southpaw, blood is thicker than water, noone likes a snitch, and some nice phrases I find myself now using on my kid, Oh yeah, and if he said shut up and go to sleep or your gonna wish you had, he meant that shit.

Hey thanks for the flash back

[CringeRadioWanted]

shockingly enough, I learned how to work hard. I was the laziest motherfucker EVER as a kid, even into my early 20s....somewhere, when I had to provide for myself or drown, the years of watching and listening to him work and sacrifice kicked in, and I became a workaholic, and have become successful because of that. He can still run me into the ground, and he's a cancer survivor with one lung, and that's a fact. He's an amazing man in that regard.

Downside was that he had to spend so much time out providing for us ungrateful little bastards that he missed a lot of the big stuff before he got sick. Baseball games, that sort of thing. Made me determined not to miss that stuff. He's never been easy to talk to, so I also want to make sure my kids can come to me if they need to. We spent most of our lives talking to mom and filtering the big stuff through her to dad. I don't want my future kids to have to do that. It's hard.