Happy Father's day, Rcade, and to all the dads in this community.
My dad was abandon and left a mother with 3 boys, who could only afford 2.
Dad was sent to his aunt's (who beat him) home to raise him .
He tried to escape, and return to his mom, by bicycling 40 miles to her place, only to be immediately taken back to the Aunt. Fast forward several years, and he was flying combat missions in WW2 at 19 years old.
He came home after the war with undiagnosed PTSD (couldn't control outbuursts of rage) and continued philandering till he and mom divorced. In the mean time, he and mom had 6 kids. He tried but pretty much failed as a father. I was about 5 or 6yrs when I realized he was pretty effed up, and I started making mental notes of how I would do things differently when I had kids. I never stopped actively trying to avoid the behavior he displayed as 'father'.
His later life was actually pretty OK. He remarried, and had a second chance to try
to do better as a 'family' man. luckily he was treated for depression in his senior years and his entire demeanor changed for the better.
In retrospect, he never really had a chance to be happy.
Most of us Boomers lived with damaged dads. They were so common, we didn't even know they were damaged. We just figured that most all dad's were kind of horsezarses.
I hope everybody enjoys the day. Respect and regards to all who carried the burdons of the father role. May your children love you all.
Imagine how bad things would be if Biden was a 34 time convicted felon with over 60 additional felony indictments and trials ahead.
Both parties are not the same.