Posted: 6/21/2020 1:33:09 PM EDT
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Thank all of you that stepped up to the plate when DNA donor was not there. Be it abandoned or passed away, just because you don't share your DNA, you are still a DAD Happy Father's day 
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Quoted: The DNA donor in my case wants nothing to do with his daughter. He always ducked the responsibility. When I was interviewed for a regional service manager, I asked the guy I was replacing, "What is the one drawback of this job you don't like?" He said to me "When you are in a hotel room 1,000 miles away and you talk to your son on the phone and he says 'DAD! I JUST HIT MY FIRST HOME RUN!'" I withdrew my application the next day. |
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At 53 years old, I became the guardian of my wife’s uncle’s 40 year old son, Pete. He had meningitis at 1 years old and has mental and physical handicaps- mentally he is about like a 12 year old. Wife and I never had kids ( she is animal person not people person) and I am his main caregiver and “parent”. He can do basic stuff like showing , dressing, making bed.. It’s not easy but it’s getting better, lol. It was like learning a new language. My wife still try’s to put him in “normal” box, but I have learned to speak Pete-ish! Is this how I thought our “older” years would be? No but some times you just step up. |
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Quoted: My daughter sent me this key chain for fathers day and the sign for my birthday which is also today.  https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/78788/20200621_113118-1470860.jpg https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/78788/20200621_113107-1470861.jpg Happy birthday and father's day both then  
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Quoted: My daughter sent me this key chain for fathers day and the sign for my birthday which is also today. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/78788/20200621_113118-1470860.jpg https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/78788/20200621_113107-1470861.jpg That dog tag got me right in the feels. |
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Stepson here. Apart from him making me a grandfather a little too early, I can't complain. He's a Div II football player, always carried above a 3.7 average, works every day to support his family, and probably already has a coaching job lined up at his alma mater. His biological father has never supported him, especially when he doesn't do what his biological father wants. He spent a decade trying to turn him against his mother and it only made him see what a huge jerk he was. |
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Quoted: I NEVER EVER understood that. I didn't take travelling jobs because I wanted to be there for my kids. How fathers can turn their backs on their own children is beyond me. Quoted: Quoted: The DNA donor in my case wants nothing to do with his daughter. He always ducked the responsibility. She's 31 now. I raised her since she was 4. |
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Quoted: God bless you and your family, Sir. (are you trying to make it dusty in here?  )Not intentionally. I texted dad earlier wishing him a happy fathers day. I got a video reply a bit ago from him. He is in Puerto Rico visiting my brothers in laws. He wished me a happy fathers day. I wouldn't be half the man I am today without his influence. I met my biological father on two occasions and he was a real POS. I learned recently that he has passed away and didn't shed a tear. I will be devastated when dad passes. 
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When I met my wife, she already had my first daughter a year prior. I just didn't know it. The "sperm donor" never took part in her life. When he joined the Marine corps, he had to admit he had a child before he got married to his current wife. THE MARINES MADE HIM pay child support. Part of his pay went to my daughter. He never did take an active role. His wife did though. He moved out of state and never called, never wrote. I think she started calling me dad when she was 2. He also quit the Marines less than a year after he joined so that was the end of any financial contributions he made to her. And that was OK because my wife and I made enough money that we did not need it. Last year we heard through the grapevine that he had passed away. I actually felt bad for him. He didn't get to see what a great woman his daughter grew up to be. She is now 28, and married. I got to walk her down the aisle and dance the father/daughter dance with her. My bride and I had two more kids after and I look at them all the same. No difference. She is my kid and no arguing about it. Same sense of humor too!
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Quoted: She's 31 now. I raised her since she was 4. Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: The DNA donor in my case wants nothing to do with his daughter. He always ducked the responsibility. She's 31 now. I raised her since she was 4. Mine is 31. Raised her since 3. Hearing from her today was all I needed. |
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Attached File Pop and I 49 years ago. We had lunch yesterday and he's doing fine for 81. I managed not to drool all over him this time, and he was kind enough not to drool on me. He's old and tiny but still sharp as a tack. Edit: I'm also the 'Papa' of two adopted children, my oldest two. They are from Mrs. IHJ's first marriage, and I adopted them shortly after we got married. |
