Did your Father have a profound influence on you, was he was a lunatic?...?

Answer 1

Profound influence, and to this day.
I love and cherish him and my mother both.
Lucky, I guess.

Answer 2

well, he is mentally ill and is currently living in a veterans hospital (he moved there after the group home) He's an alcoholic, compulsive gambler, with extreme OCD/hoarding problems, severe clinical depression with 'suicidal tendencies' and some other mental illness he would not tell my family about. He had a quadruple bypass a few years ago and is still an overweight heavy smoker who is now in a wheelchair. He declared bankruptcy in 1998 so I don't even get anything when he dies after he got away with not paying child support for 15 years. He was a cop, when he was able to hold down a job.

I inherited really awesome genes from him so I'd say he had a profound influence on my life even though I haven't seen him in over 20 years. I have a pretty good sense of humor about it when I take all my meds.

Answer 3

All parents have a profound influence on their children. Parents were children once too and they likely felt like you. Don't forget kids don't come with a manual either.

How you choose to live your life with the cards you've been dealt however is up to do. You can let the experience pull you down, or you can let it make you stronger and do better for yourself and your family some day.

The world isn't perfect and people aren't perfect and you should never assume the grass is greener on the other side. You will often find they have their own crosses to bear.

And Mare, I think parents make the mistake of just pointing out flaws at times and just assume you know that they are proud of you for all that you are successful at. That's one thing they do that is wrong, but just know they mean well by it. I know what you mean though, my dad was like that, but it's only because he wanted to push me to be better. Still that's not the way to go about it, but as I said, no one is perfect.

Answer 4

Yes, my dad had a profound influence on me. He was a highly intelligent man, certainly not a lunatic

Answer 5

My Father was the type of person that no matter what I did it was never good enough. I worked my butt off in my one of my college Psychology classes, I was failing at mid-tern I get a tutor counseled with the professor and worked my butt off and finally wound up with a B in the class. He saw what I had done and wanted to know why I hadn't gotten an A. That's the kind of influence he had on me. Nothing I did was ever good enough.

Answer 6

My father had a profound influence on my life. I live by the words he spoke and the wisdom he had. My brother and sister tell me that I am my father's daughter, it is a compliment.

Answer 7

Yes he did! He was the meanest, hands on disciplinary that I've ever come across. He had an extremely gruff voice and was a military man, then had a long career in Law enforcement, and taught me how people should and shouldn't be treated. As a child I was so scared of him I hated him...as a young man, I tolerated him, and now as an old man 50+, I understand and love him for what he taught me.

Answer 8

Not really. I had a really hurtful childhood - partially because Dad favored two of my brothers over the rest of us. It was really obvious. He still favors them and I'm 49.

As he's gotten older I don't think hes' all there. It's been hard for him. My mom died of a brain tumor when I was 5 weeks old. 'Mom" (step mom) died or breast cancer when I was 18. He's had a couple of other marriages that ended in divorce. He's now married to an illiterate, but sweet, lady but he's so mean she want to go back home to her Mama instead of taking care of him.

Lunatic, maybe but I feel sorry for him.

Answer 9

Actually, a somewhat influence because I never wanted to do any of the things that he did and be better. He is actually a sufferer from phycotic mental problems.. I hardly even talk to him to this day..

Answer 10

my dad still is a huge influence on me. and everyone is a lunatic to a point