Happy Father's Day

[angus]

Happy Father's Day to all the Dads.

[BigO]

Well thank you Angus, I would like to say the same to all the fathers out there who do what they do to help raise happy healthy kids, best wishes on a great day.

[CUSP82]

There is an old Japanese proverb that I can't say in Japanese. It says "A man is a father to all children!" While we as fathers celebrate this day we only can celebrate because we have those little bastards, I mean kids. Enjoy yours but remember as well those that don't have a dad or those who's dads don't act like one. Be a father to all and maybe we'll have a better world.

[higherone]

Happy Father's Day to all the PE GYM'ers out there!

[angus]

There is an old Japanese proverb that I can't say in Japanese. It says "A man is a father to all children!" While we as fathers celebrate this day we only can celebrate because we have those little bastards, I mean kids. Enjoy yours but remember as well those that don't have a dad or those who's dads don't act like one. Be a father to all and maybe we'll have a better world.

I have many memorable moments while being a dad that would fill a book, but the one that usually comes to mind was when our son was about three years old. He caught a particularly nasty case of the flu. My wife, of course, wouldn't allow him to be out of her loving arms...until he began to gag and dry heave. Once he started barking in technicolor, she started to gag and heave also. It was like a presureized barf monster with two heads pointing in opposite directions. While running for the bathroom, she practically threw him into my arms as she slid on her knees up against the toilet. Of course I was right behind her doing my best to 'Hop-Scotch' puddles of her breakfast, looking for a safe place to allow our son to join her. As I sat on the edge of the bathtub holding him over my shoulder while he splattered the wall behind me, I couldn't help but sigh with deep satisfaction knowing this is part of being a good husband and father...I just didn't know how I was going to talk my wife into cleaning the vomit off my back.

[MrBigDick]

That is some story Angus. I have a similar one. My oldest daughter was maybe 18 mos?? 2 years old at the absolutel oldest. She was wearing those training panties they used to make (maybe they still do, I've been out of the baby gear market for a long time now). Anyway, she absolutely DESTROYED one pair with the messiest #2 I've ever seen...........it was coming out every crack, went up her back...........it was disgusting. There was absolutely no way trying to simply clean her up was going to work, she needed to be stripped down and thrown in the tub and given a bath to get her cleaned up. My then wife was sick in bed with the flu or a major headache or whatever it was she had. Anyway, I took the bull by the horns, got her in the tub, got her all cleaned up and put her in her pj's. So, after I did that, she ran through the house, happy as a clam, all cleaned up, pulled herself up onto the couch and watched tv. I then had the fun, arduous task of cleaning out her crap soaked underwear. It was then that I knew that I must love that child of mine because there were about 1,000,000 other things I would rather have been doing but I did what I needed to do as a father and as a husband..........pick up the slack and take care of my daughter.

And I always knew the day would come when she would dare go there and tell me I didn't love her and I knew I would use that defining moment from early on in my parenthood to remind her of exactly how much I do love her. And she did ultimately go there and yes, I did throw that little tid bit out there. I've yet to hear her accuse me of not loving her again :-)

[angus]

Well done MBD, anin't no shame in the Daddy game!
My son will 23 in Aug and he's tried a few times to convince me and his mom that we never loved him. He doesn't seem (want), to remember that his every breathing moment was sustained by our blood, sweat & tears. I have a few other memorable moments (on video), that I will show his kids when time allows....Muahahahaha!!!!! I'm a wicked Dad.

[DarkSide]

From one Daddy to another... Happy Fathers Day, Gentlemen.

You never really know what you are getting into being a Dad, but you know that whatever it is... You wouldn't want to miss it for the World.

Regards,

[angus]

Say that!

[going411by7]

That is some story Angus. I have a similar one. My oldest daughter was maybe 18 mos?? 2 years old at the absolutel oldest. She was wearing those training panties they used to make (maybe they still do, I've been out of the baby gear market for a long time now). Anyway, she absolutely DESTROYED one pair with the messiest #2 I've ever seen...........it was coming out every crack, went up her back...........it was disgusting. There was absolutely no way trying to simply clean her up was going to work, she needed to be stripped down and thrown in the tub and given a bath to get her cleaned up. My then wife was sick in bed with the flu or a major headache or whatever it was she had. Anyway, I took the bull by the horns, got her in the tub, got her all cleaned up and put her in her pj's. So, after I did that, she ran through the house, happy as a clam, all cleaned up, pulled herself up onto the couch and watched tv. I then had the fun, arduous task of cleaning out her crap soaked underwear. It was then that I knew that I must love that child of mine because there were about 1,000,000 other things I would rather have been doing but I did what I needed to do as a father and as a husband..........pick up the slack and take care of my daughter.

And I always knew the day would come when she would dare go there and tell me I didn't love her and I knew I would use that defining moment from early on in my parenthood to remind her of exactly how much I do love her. And she did ultimately go there and yes, I did throw that little tid bit out there. I've yet to hear her accuse me of not loving her again :-)

I still remember my own Dad cleaning up the puke and poop of his first grand daughter--all over the kitchen floor. There
he was retching and gagging as he cleaned it up. This is, for sure, fatherly love in action.