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Trying to ask this delicately, and meaning no disrespect...damn, never mind. Let's move on.
very funny. I knew a girl that was molested and psychological abused by her father, he was in the home. So I guess that she's automatically successful since hers was 'in the home.'
If you don't consider me successful, oh well big deal. I'm a lot better off then that girl who's been to jail several times.
edit: I will bet $20.00 that whatever wordlife said it has to do with me, LMAO. Just can't help him/herself.
Last edited by Doll Eyes; 08-30-2012 at 09:21 PM..
I basically grew up without a father, why does a boy need a father to "set him straight" unless you mean beat the crap out of him every chance he gets drunk or whenever he is in the mood.
My mother had rules which if not followed resulted in things being taken away from me, nothing like spending a week or a month in the house during the summer to set a kid right(this was long before video games and computers).
If some the males I was exposed to(neighbors and friend's fathers) growing up were "Men" I think I will take a pass on being one of those.
I think a lot of this "women telling me what to do" stuff goes back to a little boy that didn't want to do what Mom said, "NO woman is going to tell ME what to do, I am the MAN".
I dont think children need fathers necessarily, but they definitely need good strong positive males who are close and influential in their lives. This may come in the form of an uncle, a brother, a cousin, or a step father. I think all else equal, 2 ideal parents will always beat 1 ideal single parent.
oh trackwatch, you're not supposed to give examples from your own life in this thread
Pretty bad when you are eight years old and you and your friends base how much of a man each father is compared to the other fathers based on how many beers they drink a day.
No offense, but you don't seem like the poster child for "fatherless but well adjusted".
There is no 'poster child' for having a father or not having one. I guess by your logic, every person with a father in the home is 'well adjusted, never had any problems, etc.' Of course not. I never said I was perfect, most of my issues have nothing to do with not having a father, you may think you know -- but you don't. You can't miss what you don't have. To assume a father is a necessary is just men over inflating their importance yet again.
Pretty bad when you are eight years old and you and your friends base how much of a man each father is compared to the other fathers based on how many beers they drink a day.
yes that is pretty sad, if an eight year old is doing that. It would probably have been better off for him to just leave in that case, instead of messing your life up.
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