Happy Father's day you useless bum

That's how it should be. I love my Dad too, but it took a lot of effort to forgive and forget. Some people can't do it and I understand. I realized that if I held onto the anger that it would eat me up inside and that would be my down fall.

You have excellent character

My old man made childhood terrible for my siblings and I. After many years of hatred, addictions and many personal mistakes, as a husband and father I've learned from his mistakes and mine and have the best relationship with him now than I ever have. I stopped blaming others for my problems and don't vote liberal anymore. Lol. Good for you for turning out right

That's an interesting story. Glad to hear that your life turned out OK after all that though. And hey, not voting liberal is half the process, right? XP