For me, one small thing to many but big for me was him helping me get over my squeemish approach to handling raw chicken due to a nasty food poisoning incident. He knew for ages I was iffy about handling raw chicken, any other meat i was great with but chicken I wasn’t keen on. His signature dish involves the whole bird and breaking it down, getting in with dry rubs and veg etc. I wasnt keen but he reassured me and walked me through breaking down the bird. We shared a few beers and sat out in the garden at the height of summer. I was 19 at the time, I’m now 32 and have had no issue with handling chicken since. Thank you dad
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My father was a perfect picture of everything NOT to do as a man, a husband, and a father. Thanks for everything, you worthless waste of oxygen.
Not much, but if I had to pick, my work ethic.
My dad was always the type that would work extended hours and NEVER called off no matter how he was feeling. It’s basically the only trait I got from him, and not the worst thing to pass to me, either. 🤷🤷
Banging my mom.
I’m a musician because my dad encouraged me to take music lessons and drove me to piano lessons until I was old enough to walk. He also gave me my first guitar when I took up that instrument (an old guitar he used to bring on family camping trips when I was a kid) and paid for me to take lessons through college.
From that, I’ve made lifelong friends, I’ve been able to travel to perform, and I also learned strong time management skills from practicing that helped me succeed in school and as an adult
Showing me how to not be a father. Abandoned at 2 and was never closer than 1500 miles from him again. Saw how he treated me and then how the lives of my other half brothers and sisters turned out. They are good people but he put them through hell to get there. I appreciate having been able to witness what a poor father looks like at a distance.
Got me into sports.
I am still nowhere as strong as he was in his late 40s / early 50s but thats a good goal to have
We don’t run about being thankful, he knows he’s my role model in most stuff.
My dad was very mechanically inclined so I carry this on from him.
Also he taught me some business tactics I use to this day.
Further he also taught me to do what I needed to do and not worry about what others thought. I also use that regularly.
My dad did not really understand the things that I was interested in career-wise but I took the above and mated it with my desires and it’s worked really well.
Teaching me good management of my finances.
When I got my first job flipping burgers at McD’s at 15, he made me open an IRA and put 10% of each paycheck into it. When I moved back home for a couple years after college, he made me pay rent so that I wasn’t blowing all of my money (then after I moved out into an apartment, gave the money back to me so I could buy furniture for it)
Despite stealing my scooter as a kid, at least he had good taste in hot sauce.
My dad taught me to do just a little extra because it makes the world a better place. If I’m snow blowing my driveway I’ll hit the sidewalks and my neighbor’s aprons if they need done. If I’m walking my dog I bring a separate bag and grab trash I see along the way. It makes the street a little nicer – if EVERYONE did that instead of having a “not my problem” attitude we’d all be better off.
Beating me into making me smart.
Asian power.
Making me not trust the image that people portray.
He was a cheater, woman-beater, child-beater, psychologically abusive, alcoholic, belligerent racist and went behind bars for some pretty serious crimes.
He was also one of the most loved person at his church. That divergence between people’s public facade and who they truly are stuck with me from a very young age.
Honestly disappearing when he had reason to believe I wasn’t his kid. There is evidence he is right, but he also knew that proving it after so long wouldn’t get him off the hook for child support (which all else aside, he literally never missed a single payment)
I don’t know the truth. I don’t really care. My mom had just as much reason to lie about it as he did.
But he showed me that you get to choose your family. As a kid I was hurt and disappointed but as I got older, I grew to appreciate his view.
I’ve remembered that when I’ve had to cut people out of my life. When what I thought they were to me has been shown to be false, I’ve learned to let them go.
My dad was a vet. When I did an internship at his medical department (in one of the hospitals of my city), I realized that he passed on to me his passion for medicine and dedication to helping others (both animals or humans). Now I am almost done with medical school. I am very happy
Teaching me the meaning of giving your word to someone. Word is bond son!
I didn’t have a dad. My mom did both.
She’s going dementia right now and I’m struggling with what to do.
She did it all. Baseball, Fight Club, kittens, wisdom.
I’m in the end game now and it hurts. Give your loved one a hug.
My dad taught me so much when I was young that it actually helped me excel in my careers.