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ReluctanceTango

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7. How nice for you that such a thing could be a joke

Reply to MLAA (Original post)

Sun Jun 19, 2022, 11:19 PM

Jun 2022

After being absent from my life for eight years, my idiot father spent the two hours he deigned to give me again calling me by a variation of my name, not my actual one. He wasn't doing it to tease me. He had forgotten my actual name.

Since I don't give out my name online, imagine having the name Mary and your father calling you Maria the entire time. That sort of screw up.

And he was the one who named me!

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I'll never hear this from my dad again. [View all] MLAA Jun 2022 OP

That is so sweet Beatlelvr Jun 2022 #1

His other line that you could count on was, when asked how he was doing, was MLAA Jun 2022 #4

My dad was great. He had 5 daughters. On Valentine's Day, he would Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #2

I love it! MLAA Jun 2022 #3

My then 93 year old dad gave the best hugs. LakeArenal Jun 2022 #5

Ahhh, that is very special. Nobody like dad if you are fortunate to have a good one. ❤️ MLAA Jun 2022 #6

How nice for you that such a thing could be a joke ReluctanceTango Jun 2022 #7

Sounds like a real piece of work. Hope you called him George when his name was actually Fred 😬 MLAA Jun 2022 #8

What a wonderful Dad. LoisB Jun 2022 #9

He was always cheerful even till the end. MLAA Jun 2022 #10

.. Demovictory9 Jun 2022 #11