What is a father to you?

Question

What makes a great father? Who is your father/father-figure? (Tell me about you and your father/father-figure.) Your best memory of him? Father/Son (Daughter) Traditions?

*The most valuable lesson he taught you??

Answer 1

My father is wonderful. He is always there when I need him. My dad is a huge part of my life I call him for everything. That doesn't mean he wants to listen to my problems but he does because he loves me and cares about me. My dad calls me at least 3 times per week and always tells me when he is leaving town for the weekend. He has never missed one of my children's birthdays or mine or my husbands. Never missed a holiday. My father always tells me he loves me and I'm almost thirty.

Answer 2

My father was 42 years old when I was born. My mother and he decided that they wanted a child even if there 5 other children were grown. They explained to me later that they were just in love. I simply adored my dad and then I became a teenager and reliaized he wasnt young or hip like all my friends dads. I never thought he understood about my opions and veiws because he was older. He was so funny! But most of all looking back, I see how much love and compasion he had. The way he loved my mother and showed it in the most unquie ways whould amaze me. One Christmas Mom informed him that she wanted a fur coat from a high priced department store . We all knew that the law was stated and she whould be wearing it by Christmas afternoon. The box was under the tree and it was a dead give away. No surpize there. We had seen the thing in the window for months! Christmas morning we had a blast and dad asked mom to wait until my grandparents got there to open some presents.(the coat was one of them) When my mothers parents arrived it was time to reveal the last of the gifts. My mom and her mother were sitting beside each other when Daddy reached behind the couch and gave mimi a box that was exactly like moms. That was her surprize. She knew she got the coat but didnt know that dad got her mother one to match. I've always cherished that because he not only loved my mother but loved what she held close to her heart. As I got older I realized that daddy was right most of the time. I apolized for the things i tryed to keep from him when he really knew all along but let me have my own room to grow. I lost him 11 years ago but somehow I feel like I will always have him with me. God could have given me anybody for a father and I got him. How very blessed I was!!! I live each day as if he were here so that I act the way he whould want me too.

Answer 3

My father became the one person I could count on no matter what I needed as I grew up. NO, he did not hand over money and stuff, but would give his time, his attention and his energy to helping me find a solution. I could call him at 3am and say I needed him to pick me up because my tire was flat and he was there at 3:10! He listened. He had values and instilled them in me. He gave whatever he had to friends and family.

Having his family around him was his greatest joy. We could argue and yell and laugh or just be quiet and watch a movie- which he would fall asleep during- and it didn't matter. It was together.
He would invite us over for dinner and I would somehow be the one to arrive early, clean his house up and cook the food- that was our tradition and our family joke. And while it could be aggravating, it is a funny memory now! What I wouldn't give to be washing his dishes or vacuuming his rugs while he played with my kids right now.
He died at age 57 from heart failure 11 years ago. Yes, if you couldn't tell, I miss him still. And always will- until we meet up again in the hereafter. I hope he found someone else to do the dishes! LOL

Answer 4

A father to me is a sperm donor, I have no idea what makes a great father I wish mine wasn't such an @ss. My best memory of him was when he refrained from hanging up on me when I told him I was sorry that my mother left him 19 years before but he needed to grow up and get over it and stop referring to all women as B!tches, because he had three daughters that were women and that he had been calling them that name indirectly for almost 20 years.
The fact that he actually thought about it for a minute would have to be my best memory of him, because he's been nothing but a negative influence in my life ever since, and the years that I haven't spoken to him 7 years in all have been my most productive and happy years in my life.

Answer 5

by you you can make him a great father by your morals and behaviors ....if you respect him or not .by respecting you can see him the best father and the greatest man in the whole world.there is a proverb says every girl a proud of her father.don't forget it depends on you by "how do you treat him".about my father ...his the best and warmest father i have ever seen and heard.you should remember that being a father is not easy .its a big responsibility ,no one can carry it only him .im sure if we were him we will give up.we love each other for better or worse.the best memory is from the first day when i borned i saw him and i still growing up while is he with me.the most valuable lesson he taught me is respect and protect my self.the most important is "forgiveness"

Answer 6

A great father shows love unconditionally. He lives his life as an example of strength, moral values, and hard work. You shine brighter under his care and reach for your dreams with his support. His hands are rough with work and yet soft enough to wipe away tears. He is always there. My stepfather is my dad and he is all of that and more.
My best memory was when we found out that my sister had been in a very serious car crash and that she would lose her leg and may not survive. He was so strong and weak at the same time. At that moment he was human and it made me love him even more.

Answer 7

i think a great father is someone you can look up and say with proud that is my father!!!!!!!!!!! We went through a very difficult time this past six months, i almost lost my dad because he were very ill and the doctors told us that they can not do anything for him anymore! But now i can say my dad is getting stronger every day but it takes time. Me and my dad have a very good relationship but we also fight allot. When my dad was in the hospital i missed his screaming and ordering around allot. He taught me allot and i am now who i am because of him. Love your father with your whole heart while it last and think before you get angry at him!!!!

Answer 8

my father is not the best in the world, not even close. i think a father should be there for you, love you no matter what,teach you things,tell you things about life, help you when you need it, be dependable, loving ,caring,generous, cuddly, just plain awesome, my father was-not really any of these, but my step father is all of these, step - parents can be sometimes better than biological parents, so give them a break if you have any

Answer 9

Unconditional love & support! One who is there for you thick & thin! I also think fathers should be more "hands on" with their children, they remember things like that! Play w/ them, read to them, go to the park w/ them, go to parent-teacher conferences, etc....Also be a good role model for them. I found out a couple weeks after my "dad" passed away that I was adopted (my sister was my birthmom & my grandma adopted me & married my dad. I don't know who my birth dad is) & I would have never guessed by the way he treated me & my other sisters that I was any different at all.

Answer 10

My father is the most gentle person i know..He has a way of saying things to people that doesn't offend them. During my teen years, my mom doesn't approve of my BF, he explained to me that moms are like hens, you try to snatch away one chick or if the hen feels that the chick is in danger she will defend it and fight you with her claws.. and my father is right.. this father's day i would like to sing a song for him and i hope you can help me too..