Father's Day

[twasadark]

I love my dad. I really do, despite the few (okay 58,000,905) issues I have had growing up. Now he's in his 70s and life is getting tough. I called him to wish him a happy Father's Day and this is what he said:

• I can't see
• I can't breathe
• I don't even get enjoyment out of TV anymore
• The world is going to hell
• I hate life and hope to die soon

Sigh. Someone kick my ass if I ever become that negative, okay?

Our daughter got my husband a beer holster for Father's Day. He's planning all the places he can use it (meetings of the homebrew club, parties, etc.).

Oh, family. You are a neverending source of trauma amusement.

Comments

[leavingslowly.livejournal.com]

That sounds so familiar - my grandpa repeated pretty much the exact same refrain starting in his late 70s! I do not think men handle old age well. He made it to 87 and was really annoyed at about it. A couple weeks before he died my mom and I went to visit him at his nursing home and his memory was going so he asked her why he was there and my mom said, "you have cancer." He goes, "really, is it going to kill me?" My mom tells him yes and he says, "excellent, finally!"

[twasadark.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that will probably be my dad, too. I can't believe he said, "excellent, finally!" That's morbidly amusing. Poor guy!

[leavingslowly.livejournal.com]

I know! My mom and I had to assure the nurse that this was normal behavior. This is a man who told me when I was 10 that the only reason we're born is to die, and who told a Baptist prayer group that he thought believing in God was like believing in Santa Claus!

[twasadark.livejournal.com]

OMG - what a character!