Ann Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Although yesterday was Father's Day, this is still a question that I want to ask. What important things did you learn from your Dad that have stayed with you throughout your life? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ann Posted June 22, 2009 Author Share Posted June 22, 2009 My Dad taught me many things. One was your word is your word. If you said you would do something, do it. You don't go back on your word. He also told me that if I needed someone to tell my problems or my secrets to, I could tell them to one of our dogs. He assured me that they would never tell anyone!! He was the kindest man I have ever known and only wish more of that rubbed off on me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatlemike Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 He told me "Son there are good women and bad women in this world. But some of the bad women are damn good". On the serious side tho it wasnt so much as what he said but how he lived. In his younger years he had a drinking problem and overcame it. I developed my own drinking problem which lasted for about 15 years. But using my Dad's example and alot of AA I was able to get my own life back in order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellen in PA Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 I learned a lot from my father but the thing I think of most often was his response when I whined about having to do the dishes or whatever, "I wish I lived when everyone had a maid!" -- he would answer, "Then you probably would have been a maid." I think that laid the foundation for my political philosophy more than any other single factor. Ellen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstdzy Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 My Mom and Dad divorced when I was a baby, so I was never around my Dad that much, maybe two weeks in the summer time, he was a drunk. But he start teaching me how to drive when I was about 14. One thing he told me that always stuck with never, ever break on a curve, accelerate in to it! Hey Mike I'm also a friend of Bill's! Dana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaminkw Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 How to speak articulately and be comfortable in any level of society. Judy in Key West Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 My father was a man of very few words. I learned from him by example - work hard and do your part. Be faithful and true to loved ones. And let nothing interfere with the love with the family. Kasey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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