My old man's a dustman !

[thenry]

He wears a dustman's hat, he wears cor blimey trousers but that's mainly because he lives in a nursing home now ! Did / do you like your old man and if so why ? Or not !

[ll_billym]

Yeah he's okay I suppose but he's a Chinese delivery driver not a dustman, his car smells of prawn crackers.

[thenry]

Yeah, I know what you mean, my old dad occasionally smells of prawn !

[Prudie]

If you mean father then not particularly. He left us when I was 11 and fell in love with a whole new family.

[thenry]

That sounds bad Pru. Do you hate him or sort of like him ?

[sherrardk]

I wouldn't piss on my biological father if he was on fire - don't know if he is even alive.

[Prudie]

No I don't hate him, I can sort of understand. Mind you I was a bit peed off when he died unexpectedly and I had to have equal share of his comfortable estate with his 3 stepchildren!!

[thenry]

Goddam ! you had to divide by four. What a p**ser !

[askyourgran]

I loved my dad, I wish he was still here.

[Prudie]

You may be jesting but yes it was a major bummer.
Poor sherr, no love lost there then.

[Sipowicz]

Goddam? Wasn't he in Lord of the rings?

[thenry]

hey Sherra ! sounds like you had a bad time time going on there ! ?

[sherrardk]

Over it now (used to be really bad about it!). Seriously, it's ok now but my mother would insist after the divorce that I 'was just like him', blah, blah. Then she would try and make me see him, even tried to make me invite him to my wedding. I did hear that he was really ill but don't know if he is dead or not. I used to dread going back to my home town in case I bumped into him (police inspector, well 'thought of'). I was a basket case about it but it's cool now (last saw him at my twin sister's wedding (she wasn't 'like him') 21 years ago but didn't speak to him or acknowledge him.

[carrot99]

My old man was a docker until the docks closed and then he worked for the Post Office. He lived in a council flat until July this year when he and mum, both 85, moved in with me.... and to think I left home at 19 to get away from them. My dad has always been a lovely bloke - always worked, hardly drank, never went out without my mum and always took me to the park to feed the birds on Sunday when I was a kid (and he worked five and a half days). Couldn't fault him - now my mum....

[lady-janine]

never knew mine and have only ever seen 1 photo of him. as far as i know he didn't really care about me but then neither did my mother- not really.

[marval]

I loved my Dad, sadly he is no longer with us.

[Ann]

My Dad sadly died suddenly when he was 57 in 1977, it was a great shock to us all and my Mum who is now nearly 89 has never wanted anyone else.

[maggiebee]

My dad died, aged 95, in 2001 and I still miss him very much.

[NOX]

No he beat me and harmed me and generally was anything but a good father, but he died before I was old enough to be able to stand up to him and thus I never got an explanation,and in trying to reason it all out I find myself sometimes pitying him, and then I find myself thinking of the odd few wonderful times with him, so my relationship with my father is somewhat complex and varies day to day.

[shaneystar2]

My Dad was at sea for most of life .In the MN in the war .He died in 1973 aged 69 and I loved him dearly and still miss him .He was a lovely man.

[nungate]

My dear old Dad died when I was 23, I still miss him more than 30 years later. I will confess that I was "Daddy's" girl, and he understood me more than my Mum ever did. My greatest wish would be that he was still here so he could have known his 2 grandsons, granddaughter and 3 great granddaughters, I know he would have adored them, especially the girls who would all have been able to twist him around their little fingers (my daughter especially) and he'd have run himself ragged playing footie with the 2 boys. He died too soon for me.