Re: starting farming

Posted by 2002sliverado on December 05, 2017 at 17:14:50 from (142.54.26.150):

In Reply to: starting farming posted by Farmall49 on December 04, 2017 at 21:49:04:

I have started responding to your post at least 3 times. I get "too deep," and then I delete what I typed in. I will try to be brief. My father and I couldn't get along for a long time, but I was close to my grandfather. We seemed to tolerate each other for too many years. Dad didn't get along with his father either, but was close to his grandfather. My oldest daughter and I struggled to have a relationship until about a year and a half ago. She could get along with my dad much better. I started making peace with my dad about 20 years ago, and things got progressively better about 15 years ago. I guess I could say my getting married, having children of my own, gaining some age and maturity, along with other life experiences helped me to be a better person. Dad started to mellow with the passing of time, not sweating trivial matters so much, and achieving some financial security after he had struggled for so long was good for him. Without realizing it, we managed to meet in the middle. Are we the "best of buds?" No. We get along quite well. We can have a few drinks together and talk about common interests, something we couldn't do for a long time as we had different interests we had passion about, but the farm is something he grew more passionate about in the last 20 years, and my interest in farming wasn't the a "do or die matter" for me. I still work off the farm and have too good of a career to give it up at this time. That off the farm work experience has made me a much better person than I think I would have been had I "gotten everything I wanted." I have better financial security, and I feel I am a much better and stronger manager. I no longer have the envy and jealousy of my peers, who were "handed the reins" of their father's farm, nor am I ashamed of myself or my "economic status" as I had struggled for those first years after finishing college. I feel very good about what I have accomplished and much of it completely on my own with nobody's help.

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