Yeah we get along great. Maybe its a British thing?

@Amisja Come to think of it I don't think it's a British thing I think I've said some words to my daughter after her happy birthdays also,but I also still have the Nestle quik bunny spoon that she gave me when she was four (I use it everyday) ?

@oldFloyd awwww

Awww I am sorry. My Dad is well off but he worked hard. I don't want anything, just want to see him enjoy his life

@Amisja My dad was a brick mason, I am one of six kids. Brick masons don't work much in the winter in Nebraska. And then he remarried 6 months after my mom died, the step witch and he were miserable together for almost 30 years. It was just a messed up situation. I think I have come through it reasonably well. I did make sure my kids weren't affected, so it is just one of those things that makes you stronger. I'm glad your dad is doing well and you have a good relationship.

@HippieChick58 You can borrow him if you like? He's a grumpy assed git (as we say) but generous and can be fun.

@HippieChick58
Always a fav by the former poet laureate
This Be The Verse
BY PHILIP LARKIN
They fuck you up, your mum and dad.
They may not mean to, but they do.
They fill you with the faults they had
And add some extra, just for you.

But they were fucked up in their turn
By fools in old-style hats and coats,
Who half the time were soppy-stern
And half at one another’s throats.

Man hands on misery to man.
It deepens like a coastal shelf.
Get out as early as you can,
And don’t have any kids yourself.

@Amisja OMG, that is so true. My dad was a product of his upbringing, and my great great grandfather was an abusive SOB. When my kids were little we were a military family, and they never spent much time with my dad and his wife. They were NEVER alone with Dad and step witch. So that dysfunction did not get passed down to my kids. One of my sisters and I have worked hard to overcome the legacy and we've done good. The rest of them we don't deal with much.

@HippieChick58 My love to you. We can't undo the past..we can only love going forward.

@Amisja That is so true. I intended to raise my son the way I wasn't but somehow I just turned out to be a watered down version of my father.I hope to make some amends with my grandson.

@Moravian Hugs xx

@Amisja And hugs to you too xx. Your dad sounds great. Look after him.

@OwlInASack I read it to my daughter, it had the opposite effect...she said, "Just because it sats 'fuck' doesn't make you cool you know"

'Piss off' and 'bugger off'

@Amisja He British swore. British profanity sounds more cute than vulgar, at least to our ears.

@OwlInASack Whoa! Tone down that rage before someone gets hurt.

@OwlInASack Ooooh. I’m American and I know them’s fighting words, lol.
I loved the character in Trainspotting who called everybody a cunt. That was hilarious. Then I visited Scotland and heard the cursing firsthand; I enjoyed it...Americans are very puritanical with cursing, especially the ‘c-word’.

Woah...harsh. My Dad and I have a jokey relationship. He knows I wished him happy Birthday. I sent him a card and a bottle of lovely single malt. He knows I love him. I was just illustrating the type of relationship I have with my Dad. As for his money, my sis and I have repeatedly said...leave nothing. Have fun and spend the lot. You misread this...