Gipped.

Someone sent me a link to THIS. Please give it a read; I promise it's worth it and the rest of my post will make a tiny bit more sense if you do.

I read that and of course I cried a little, because I'm a softie and the story is just brilliant. But then it made me angry. It made me angry because I feel like I was cheated. Why didn't MY dad love being my dad? MY dad told me I was worthless (his favorite way to say it was "You're worthless as tits on a boar mule!") and stupid and commanded me to change the channel on the TV for him and then go away ("Go play in traffic!")

Why am I posting this? I'm posting this as a bit of a regret, a bit of a request. The regret comes because I've long ago decided that I don't want to have any children of my own, so I'm unable to attempt to right those wrongs. The request comes from me and goes to those of you who do have children; for fuck's sake, PLEASE love being their dad or their mom. Love that job like you love nothing else.