The "Dragonite Dad" meme made me sad... how is your relationship with your father?

[megapenguinx]

I have a lovely relationship with my father and yes that that meme is quite sad.

Same on both counts.

The Pokeparents meme is quite weird.

 

[Ironsouled]

Disgusting meme.
Anyroad... No serious issues with my father. Sure, he's so much of an introvert he doesn't notice if a bomb goes off, but I'm eccentric enough that my mother is convinced I will never be a 'functional member of society' despite living on my own and having a steady job... We all have our quirks.
We talk whenever he can be bothered to and I'm not busy, and I wait until my mother is on a trip or something before visiting the house.
So, dad? Sure I have a solid relationship with him.

 

[Klumpfot]

I've never met him since before my first birthday. I guess I'm an embarrassment to him or something.

 

[rutger5000]

Sorta mixed my father is a good guy and all and I respect him for his knowledge, but kinda blame him for at time crappy home-situation. Also felt that at times he just needed to grow some balls. I don't see my father as a tutor, example, role model, or person to confide in. It sounds kinda crappy but it's not really that bad. Never really had issues with the guy, but I was an issuesless child, learned by watching my sisters that conflict wasn't rewarded by mother, so why bother?

 

[Sandytimeman]

This reminds me of that one video where the dad is freaking out because his son stole money and he thinks its to buy pokemon cards, but it turns out he just wants to buy an hour of his dads time.

Annnywho, me and my dad have a great relationship and hopefully when I graduate from college I'll stop being the black sheep of the family.

 

[rutger5000]

I've never met him since before my first birthday. I guess I'm an embarrassment to him or something.

Nah he is an embarrassment to you.

 

[superbatranger]

I haven't spoken a single word to my dad in almost 7 years. How do you think our relationship is?

 

[rutger5000]

Sorta mixed my father is a good guy and all and I respect him for his knowledge, but kinda blame him for at time crappy home-situation. Also felt that at times he just needed to grow some balls. I don't see my father as a tutor, example, role model, or person to confide in. It sounds kinda crappy but it's not really that bad. Never really had issues with the guy, but I was an issuesless child, learned by watching my sisters that conflict wasn't rewarded by mother, so why bother?
We do invest in each other though, but a relation is shallow. I know him, but he doesn't know me that well, kinda because I changed a lot since going to college and I don't always care to show the person I've become.

 

[Klumpfot]

I've never met him since before my first birthday. I guess I'm an embarrassment to him or something.

Nah he is an embarrassment to you.

Hah, thanks, I think! Maybe. A lot of people seem to want to tread very lightly around me being a literal bastard child (my father, who is a medical doctor, met my mother when she was studying to be a nurse), but it's kinda hard to miss someone you haven't met, and have no real concept of.

 

[Chappy]

Complicated, he tries to do right by me but there is a large dent/hole in the door next to my room from my younger years from a kick of rage and when he gets annoyed saying things like 'I'm going to end up hitting you one day' that keeps me wary of him.

He is neither evil or a saint.

 

[Yarpie]

Dad and I have a very good but quite complicated relation. Without going into too much detail, we did not always see eye to eye and it was very clear that I was not the son he had hoped for. It got better over the years though, and now we are on a more equal playing field and for the first time I feel like I have his respect, and I have come to respect him more as well.

Our past is not pretty, but in this day and age we get along very well, both as father and son and as friends. Not to sound like an absolute dick, but I gotta say I'm very glad things turned out the way they did, because at one stage they were going somewhere really horrible.

 

[Simriel]

I'd like to punch out anyone who disrespects they're parents for no reason. I don't have parents anymore, and knowing that this happens all the time pisses me off.

Is 'Running off with another woman when I was two, cheating on my mom repeatedly before that with said woman on others and generally treating me like a stereotypical 'Bastard Child'' a good enough reason?

 

[rutger5000]

I've never met him since before my first birthday. I guess I'm an embarrassment to him or something.

Nah he is an embarrassment to you.

Hah, thanks, I think! Maybe. A lot of people seem to want to tread very lightly around me being a literal bastard child (my father, who is a medical doctor, met my mother when she was studying to be a nurse), but it's kinda hard to miss someone you haven't met, and have no real concept of.

I get that you don't miss him, just wanted to point out that you shouldn't feel embarrassed about the guy not acting like a father. That is to his disgrace not yours.

 

[Dfskelleton]

That is a sad meme, and I get along great with my dad. We often talk, watch movies, go eat, etc.

 

[rutger5000]

I've lost respect for him a few years ago, after I learned that he started smoking again. As a matter of fact, I was probably the first one to find out, but I wasn't sure so I didn't say anything.

He doesn't know that I know, and I try not to let it bother me as much.

Honestly, I don't really care one way or another. We don't talk all the time, in part because I never talk to anybody in the first place. So it's kind of a whatever. At least he's not an asshole like some people's dad's I've seen.

You lost respect for him because he... smokes?

Usually people get ancy about their parents when they find out they are racist, or cheating, or stealing money in a corporate scheme.

But you don't like him because he is smoking again?

Yes, I lost respect because he started smoking again. He stopped acting years ago (where he picked it up) and stopped smoking before my brother and I were born. He is an intelligent person who is a respected electrical engineer at the company where he works. He is a voice of reason most of the time, and the same person who tells me to not do drugs and stuff like that.

I think hypocrisy is plenty of reason to lose respect for somebody. And yes, it is a bit of a sensitive issue. Sorry if I come off as argumentative.

No it is not a good reason to lose respect for a person, definitely not a father. Not smoking is hard! especially when you have a stressful job or work in an environment where other people smoke. That you lost respect for him for such a little thing means that you never really had respect for him in the first place.
I'm not that much better of a son then you, but you are on of the guys that deserves to be punched by the guy who actually had a loosy father.

 

[Not-here-anymore]

I don't see my Dad often enough... But we both get along great; well enough to appreciate the fact that we don't see each other often enough, and just enjoy spending time together as a result. Combination of me being at uni most of the time and him still being half the country away when I'm back home...
I would never dream of telling him I couldn't make one of our infrequent meetings if there was any way I could avoid missing them.

 

[Wadders]

I love my Dad, hes a good laugh, we have common interests and he cooks like a boss, and I love going to see football matches with him

Sure he annoys me now and again, but so do most people. So yeah, I'd like to to say me and my old man get along just fine, and are fond of one onother.