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liberalmuse

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24. Beautiful.

Thu Feb 27, 2014, 05:22 PM

Feb 2014

Your post and the OP's post really resonate to those of us who's father's "took off" without explanation, and left us kids devastated. Oddly, this is the first day in my rather long life that I'd realized that I've also never signed a Father's Day card. My daughter refuses to call her dad, "dad". She explained to him why she calls him by his first name, and yet he doesn't understand. Her view is that it feels weird, since he wasn't there for her growing up, and that I was both her mom and dad. So I get the cards and flowers and kudos on both Father's and Mother's Day. I was raised traditionally, where men are given a pass on this stuff, so my inclination was to encourage her to send him a card on Father's Day, but when she explained why she refused to do so, I had to respect that.

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"I've never signed a Father's Day card, either," Obama replied. [View all] Drunken Irishman Feb 2014 OP

Thank you DI! sheshe2 Feb 2014 #1

Wow. That hit me rather suddenly and unexpectedly. I sure as heck didn't tblue37 Feb 2014 #2

I felt the same. pacalo Feb 2014 #6

me too hibbing Feb 2014 #18

Same here. nt City Lights Feb 2014 #27

I don't normally recommend your typical political "human interest" sorst of stories-- eridani Feb 2014 #3

I've never signed one either. My Dad took off when I was 2. TeamPooka Feb 2014 #4

+1. pacalo Feb 2014 #7

Beautiful. liberalmuse Feb 2014 #24

Right on, me too. Inkfreak Feb 2014 #26

Sweet. vanlassie Feb 2014 #5

Even though I was raised in a big family with my dad and mother madokie Feb 2014 #8

Lovely JustAnotherGen Feb 2014 #9

Kick & Rec nt lillypaddle Feb 2014 #10

Took me a second.....very telling uponit7771 Feb 2014 #11

Could Obama be considered the first president of the new matriarchy? My Good Babushka Feb 2014 #12

Nice. Wilms Feb 2014 #13

I love it! Because... Cracklin Charlie Feb 2014 #14

So touching mcar Feb 2014 #15

I remember when he first met with them at Hyde Park Academy last year frazzled Feb 2014 #16

That's a great photo. bigwillq Feb 2014 #17

Happy Fathers day! Sunlei Feb 2014 #19

And yet he becomes a father figure to all those young men. calimary Feb 2014 #20

I like what you said. stillcool Feb 2014 #21

Wow- Excellent post! hibbing Feb 2014 #22

My granddaughter was adopted from Ethiopia into a white bread family catrose Feb 2014 #25

No kidding. The latest belch from paula deen is certainly proof enough of that! calimary Feb 2014 #29

I have goosebumps all over Z_California Feb 2014 #23

Tears!!!! I am such a boohoo baby Heather MC Feb 2014 #28