Do you want to beat your Dad up ? [Archive] - Two Plus Two Older Archives

CrashPat

08-19-2005, 05:31 AM

My dad passed a couple of years ago at 48 with 4 of my siblings living at home after a 9 month battle with cancer. No I do not want to beat him up. I would give up most of the things I enjoy in order to be able to get his wisdom on various things in my life.

The only correct answer for me is NO.

Matty

08-19-2005, 05:32 AM

why are there more people saying yes than have voted yes?

08-19-2005, 05:41 AM

I want to beat my dad up with a the end of a door knob handle.

SammyKid11

08-19-2005, 05:48 AM

There is a time when I would have answered yes to this. My dad's a local celebrity in Houston...and while I was in JH and HS he was a raging alcoholic who wasn't good for [censored]. Since I went off to college several years back, he got in recovery and now I wouldn't trade a single day with him.

Condolences to the guy who lost his Dad...while I'm hoping I outlive mine, I am dreading the day I have to deal with that pain.

BusterStacks

08-19-2005, 07:39 AM

my dad's life is his own punishment.

jakethebake

08-19-2005, 07:44 AM

I remember the exact moment i realized I wasn't scared of my father anymore. But I didn't want to beat him up then, and I was actually a little sad about it. I certainly don't now.

jakethebake

08-19-2005, 07:47 AM

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There is a time when I would have answered yes to this. My dad's a local celebrity in Houston...

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He's not Mattress Mac is he? /images/graemlins/grin.gif

I have no idea why he came to mind. I also considered listing all the local newsmen there that everyone knows were alcoholics but I don't really want to know. Glad he's clean now.

craig r

08-19-2005, 07:50 AM

Wow, my dad is an alcoholic also and lives in Houston. He isn't Mattress Mac though. But, speaking of the Mac man, he had to come to my shcool when I was a kid as part of his probation and tell us to keep the "monkey off my back". It worked wonders. 4 years later I was dropping acid left and right.

craig

LSUfan1

08-19-2005, 08:35 AM

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My dad passed a couple of years ago at 48 with 4 of my siblings living at home after a 9 month battle with cancer. No I do not want to beat him up. I would give up most of the things I enjoy in order to be able to get his wisdom on various things in my life.

The only correct answer for me is NO.

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One day, all of the under 25 crowd in here will grow up and realize that their parents knew a lot more than they thought. Once this happens the answers to this post will drastically change!

For those with abusive fathers....continue to feel the way you do!

zoomOut

08-19-2005, 08:42 AM

wtf??....

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I don't know where my Dad is but he has to be about 64 or so. I think I could take him. I'm positive I could.

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you are breaking my heart /images/graemlins/confused.gif

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I want to beat my dad up with a the end of a door knob handle.

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Is it just me or is this messed up? (if you're just kidding continue on)

vulturesrow

08-19-2005, 09:03 AM

No, I stopped caring that much a long time ago. I talk to my dad once every few months or so and I havent talked to my stepdad (who I always considered my "real father") in almost a year.

zoomOut

08-19-2005, 09:12 AM

why? Why don't you call your stepdad (is it just apathy or distance or what)?

I don't get parents that don't want to stay in touch with their kids. They have to have a self-centered brain-wiring thing going on there. Like a character flaw.

mslif

08-19-2005, 09:17 AM

My dad is an ex-Rugby player so my answer is no. He could beat the living crap out of me.

jakethebake

08-19-2005, 09:47 AM

Let's just make sure this thread is strictly about beating up Dad and leave Pops out of it. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

vulturesrow

08-19-2005, 10:03 AM

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why? Why don't you call your stepdad (is it just apathy or distance or what)?

I don't get parents that don't want to stay in touch with their kids. They have to have a self-centered brain-wiring thing going on there. Like a character flaw.

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Its a combination of distance and apathy. He moved back to his native country about a year ago and hasnt called or gotten in touch with me or my sister (who is child by birth). Basically its a recurring theme and I feel no desire or obligation to hunt him down. On the plus side, my experiences with crappy dads has definitely made work much harder at the whole Dad thing myself.

Rev. Good Will

08-19-2005, 10:09 AM

i've tried beating up my dad a few times before, its hard though...
http://www2.gascp.com/starwars/pic/MagnetsDarthVaderFullBody.jpg

the cheap [censored]-hole just force-chokes me

ThaSaltCracka

08-19-2005, 10:10 AM

No, I like my dad. Didn't use to though.

jakethebake

08-19-2005, 10:13 AM

You forgot to switch to your gimmick account. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

CCass

08-19-2005, 11:05 AM

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My dad passed a couple of years ago at 48 with 4 of my siblings living at home after a 9 month battle with cancer. No I do not want to beat him up. I would give up most of the things I enjoy in order to be able to get his wisdom on various things in my life.

The only correct answer for me is NO.

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One day, all of the under 25 crowd in here will grow up and realize that their parents knew a lot more than they thought. Once this happens the answers to this post will drastically change!

For those with abusive fathers....continue to feel the way you do!

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Well said. If I am lucky, I will turn out to be half the man my father is. There isn't a person in the world I respect more.

Safe to say I voted no.

ThisHo

08-19-2005, 11:46 AM

I got lucky and have a good one, so no.

ThisHo

zephed

08-19-2005, 06:32 PM

I don't want to beat up my step-dad ("real" dad) nor my father.

goofball

08-19-2005, 06:53 PM

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Well said. If I am lucky, I will turn out to be half the man my father is. There isn't a person in the world I respect more.

Safe to say I voted no.

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Agreed.

If someone who knows my dad professionally told me I was like him I would consider it the highest compliment.

M2d

08-19-2005, 07:03 PM

I wonder if Mat is going to chime in on this one.
and, no, I have absolutely no wish for harm to come to the greatest man I've ever known (my dad, not Mat's).

SammyKid11

08-19-2005, 07:07 PM

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There is a time when I would have answered yes to this. My dad's a local celebrity in Houston...

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He's not Mattress Mac is he? /images/graemlins/grin.gif

I have no idea why he came to mind. I also considered listing all the local newsmen there that everyone knows were alcoholics but I don't really want to know. Glad he's clean now.

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LOL - No, he's not Mac...though my dad and I actually know Jim (his first name) quite well...really nice guy. Anyway, not a newsman either -- I'm obviously not going to out my own father on a public forum, but that was an interesting guess.

imported_anacardo

08-19-2005, 07:11 PM

Been there, done that. /images/graemlins/frown.gif

We're cool again, now, but I sincerely doubt he'll ever get it together.

DavidC

08-19-2005, 07:20 PM

Wow... I'm surprised at the number of "no" votes, even though I voted no myself. I felt kinda cheated that you couldn't vote for beating up both your dad and your mom.

Something kinda funny, my dad was a farm boy, and has kept a lot of the muscle, and I'm his spoiled suburbanite son... so he could definitely smoke me.

And yeah, even a few years ago I'd have loved to give him a few shots, but I probably would've felt bad about it afterwards.

What's going on that is giving you this aggression, bud? And ooc, how old are you? (24 here.)

TheCroShow

08-19-2005, 07:21 PM

this thread should be worded "Do you want to beat up your Dad."

DavidC

08-19-2005, 07:27 PM

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I wonder if Mat is going to chime in on this one.

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Oh man, that would be SO sweet!

Hell, I'd like to hear it even if he said, "Well, not my dad, but Mason's been getting on my nerves lately..."

M2d

08-19-2005, 09:00 PM

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this thread should be worded "Do you want to beat up your Dad."

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true. he lives in hawaii and I'm in california, so I pretty much beat him up every day, since my alarm is set for 230 hawaii time.

Voltron87

08-19-2005, 09:05 PM

there have been some times, but ultimately no.

i definitely could though. my dad used to play rugby, but he was a small winger. my dad is 5 11 180 and im 6 4 210. i look much thinner than 210 though.

gorie

08-19-2005, 09:23 PM

no. both of my parents are awesome and i /images/graemlins/heart.gif them.

Turkish

08-19-2005, 09:23 PM

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my dad's life is his own punishment.

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Los Feliz Slim

08-19-2005, 09:44 PM

I think it's entirely possible that my 70 year old Dad could take me, and I am not a wuss. He's second generation American and still gets up at something like 5:00AM to go to his business, and I imagine he'll do it until the day he drops.

He's my hero and role model, and if I am half the man my father is I am lucky.

I tell him I love him every time we talk on the phone, partially because it's true and partially because it freaks him out and makes him go "Ummmmm.....OK.....yeah....." and it's hilarious.

08-19-2005, 09:54 PM

Wow, twice as many want to beat their mom up over their dad. That's interesting.

Willluck

08-19-2005, 10:04 PM

my dad is such a prick. I do want to beat him up, but I just don't know if I would if I had the chance. I think I could, and I want to but I just am too much of a pussy.

wonderwes

08-19-2005, 10:31 PM

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He's not Mattress Mac is he? /images/graemlins/grin.gif

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Mattress MAc is a Houston icon. Everyone know's him across town. He did a lot of drug traffic many years ago, but never really got caught, which helped make Gallery Furniture as big as it is today.

Moral of the story. Sell a lot of narcotics for a short period, and open a furniture store,

imported_CaseClosed326

08-19-2005, 10:36 PM

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my dad's life is his own punishment.

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I wanted to beat my dad up until I read this. This quote pretty much sums things up.