JD I can relate on a couple levels, not all but some. I don't have a great relationship with my dad, never have. My Ma couldn't take his drinking and left him when I was a few years old. My grandparents helped her raise me and my brother, and we learned a lot of values from them. They farmed until they died in the early 2000s. My dad is around, but still drinks like a fish. He will try to take credit for this or that, but I soon shut that down. He never did anything mentionable for anyone in our family. Going on, my wife and I are expecting our 4th and FINAL child. I try and make sure I help her with as much a I can, I do what needs done and then some. We both work full time jobs she is a Dietary manager at the hospital and I run the semi for the local JD dealership, as well as helping a neighbor part time on the farm. There are weeks I don't see the wife and kids much, it bothers me but I would have to take a big pay cut if I looked for a different job. And we cant afford that. But when this baby comes in Sept, I plan on taking a couple weeks off to help the wife with everything. There are times when I get to the end of my rope with the kids, the wife, the job, and life in general. But I guess that's where I differ from my dad, I just suck up and get thru it. He couldn't. I don't want my kids to go thru what my and my brother did. There are too many broken families these days, I don't want that for my family. My wife had the same childhood as I did, and she used to get scared when we had the smallest argument that I was going to leave. Why? Because her dad left her mom. Stuff like that affects people for their entire life. Im done ranting now, I enjoy your posts JD. . .they hit home and make a guy think.
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