Who's your Daddy?

[Sir Toose]

Well, it's Father's day... tell us about him.

[susan]

it's like this:

he lives in florida, is over 70, still working part time and has been married to my mother for over 55 years....

[jrs]

I don't celebrate Father's Day anymore. :(

[susan]

I don't celebrate Father's Day anymore. :(

sorry to hear that....

[r3port3r66]

You're my daddy Thir Tooth, you're my daddy....wait not that kind of daddy...


My real father left my mother the second she told him she was pregnant. He re-surfaced the day I was born, in the hospital, to give my mother a silver medallion to give to me when I was old enough. Engraved on it is: "Forgive Me."

But despite that drama. I consider my step-dad to be my true father figure. He has taught me that people can change. And that whatever strict behavior that he demonstrated in my childhood, were in fact acts of love, not despise. He's one of my heroes!

[Aniko]

sorry to hear that....
Me too. Sorry to hear about that jrs. Do you feel like opening up and telling us a little about it?





My real father left my mother the second she told him she was pregnant. He re-surfaced the day I was born, in the hospital, to give my mother a silver medallion to give to me when I was old enough. Engraved on it is: "Forgive Me."

But despite that drama. I consider my step-dad to be my true father figure. He has taught me that people can change. And that whatever strict behavior that he demonstrated in my childhood, were in fact acts of love, not despise. He's one of my heroes!

That’s quite a story Tim. Was that the last your mom (or you) saw of your bio dad?

How old were you when your mom re-married? It’s great that your so close to your step-dad and really consider him your father. Does he and your mom live close to you? Are you going to take him out to dinner?

[Bones]

i never celabrated fathers day, i dont even remember him, ahwell

[Garrett]

The story of my dad might be considered dull by most and goes something like this: In school he was active in a lot of extracurricular activities and was mostly a pretty good kid (except for the incident with the corn syrup and a teacher's car). He was never one of the top students but he was never one of the bottom ones either. He was someone that you could talk to, but he never had any close friends.

After graduating from high school he considered going to college, but his dad sort of discouraged him from it. Ultimately, he decided to go straight to work. He started in a company called Vacuum Services (a company in the industrial services field, not the vacuum cleaners field). That company fell through and he was offered a job at a company called GAP (a company much like Vacuum Services). They were based in Pennsylvania and my dad was in West Virginia. My dad is played a big part in making them as big as they are today (you could probably consider them the leader in their field). Somewhere along he met my mom, I guess from the moment they met they knew they were right for eachother, so they married. They've been happily in love ever since... blah blah blah, he has two kids, me and my sister.

Currently, he has broken away from GAP (now called GAP Entech) and formed his own business with three long time friends and coworkers (one being his brother), called Summit Enviromental Services. Now GAP Entech is trying to screw him over because they're both in the same field. My dad is going to come out on top, though.

Basically, I love my dad, and I'm very proud of him because he's made it this far and he's stuck with it through thick and thin.

Yeah... that's about it.


Note: Sorry for boring you with this sloppily written blurb. It could have been summed up in about 3 or 4 sentences. But I like to brag about my dad because he's such a great guy. Though, I bet you're thinking it's because of my adolescent naivety. ;)

For anyone interested this is the company that my dad started for GAP and used to work for: http://gapentech.com/

[Yoda]

My old man was engaged to my mom shortly before his 17th birthday. If memory serves, they married a couple years later and had me a few years afterwards, in their early 20s. I'd thought this was common for quite awhile (having children at about that age, I mean), but found out that it wasn't when I noticed that all of my friends had parents who were anywhere from 5 to 10 years older.

There's a fair amount to tell about his childhood. All I'll say is that his father left his mother at one point, and his situation growing up was not ideal.

He had some tough jobs growing up, but eventually made his way to Arthur Andersen, where he was an accountant. Shortly after his divorce from my mother, he received a grant, and started the Allegheny Institute for Public Policy, a local think tank. It became the fastest growing free-market think tank in history, if memory serves, and led the opposition to a regional push to create two new sports stadiums with taxpayer money. Despite being incredibly outspent (by something like a 300-to-1 margin), the "No" vote won. The stadiums were built anyway, by other means, but the accomplishment was enough to put him on the map, locally.

Several years ago, he was offered a position with WPTT 1360, a local AM radio station. Since then, he's been on for about 3 hours a day each morning (7 AM to 10 AM EST). You can listen online at http://www.1360wptt.com. He also writes several columns available online, generally on economic issues. These columns were eventually molded into a book called The Bush Boom (http://www.bushboom.com), which is available on Amazon and focuses primarily on the effects of Bush's economic policies.

All through this, he's also hosted a local television show called "Focus on the Issues." He has seven children, and I'm very proud of him. He works a lot, but most of it's from home, and he always tries to make a point to answer any questions I might have, either about life, politics, or anything else.

[jrs]

Well, it's Father's day... tell us about him.


Father's Day isn't until Sunday, June 20th.


Sorry to hear about that jrs. Do you feel like opening up and telling us a little about it?

My father passed away 11 years ago. Once he died, the celebratinng dissolved.