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<blockquote data-quote="Mikey" data-source="post: 89858" data-attributes="member: 3579"><p><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I understand your not wanting to have to leave the house and follow the long line of men who did that to their families.</p><p></p><p>But, I gotta tell ya. If you did, you would be the first one who actually had a reason to. </div></div></p><p></p><p>BBK, since I'm so gabby tonight, I'll give you a twofer with a second reply.</p><p></p><p>I'm not just trying to break the chain of philandering and absentee men in my family tree. There's also something else: I often don't know what to do, or make the wrong choice. Somtimes, even when I <strong>do</strong> know what to do I don't have the gonadal fortitude to follow through. But one thing I DO know; right or wrong, if I'm <strong>not here</strong>, it doesn't matter whether I make the right, wrong, or no choice. </p><p></p><p>I may not be a pillar of strength, but I'll be here through it all, for what it's worth. I'm hoping that I'm only the start. I looked at my family when I was a kid, and decided that I would do better. How well I've managed to meet that goal is debatable, but I hope that I've done better than my dad and my grand-pappy's. With any luck and a lot of prayer, my sons will want better for their families than they got from me. Even McWeedy, bless his poor THC-infested soul, can use me as a bad example (if nothing else) when he finally has little ones of his own.</p><p></p><p>Call it stubborn, or "Itralian" (as Beretta would say), whatever. I may not be doing well, but I'm doing better than my old man did. I'll have to be satisfied with that, and hope that my kids surpass me when they are grown.</p><p></p><p>Okay, whimsical idealization time is over now. Back to reality. :hammer:</p><p></p><p>Mikey</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mikey, post: 89858, member: 3579"] <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I understand your not wanting to have to leave the house and follow the long line of men who did that to their families. But, I gotta tell ya. If you did, you would be the first one who actually had a reason to. </div></div> BBK, since I'm so gabby tonight, I'll give you a twofer with a second reply. I'm not just trying to break the chain of philandering and absentee men in my family tree. There's also something else: I often don't know what to do, or make the wrong choice. Somtimes, even when I [b]do[/b] know what to do I don't have the gonadal fortitude to follow through. But one thing I DO know; right or wrong, if I'm [b]not here[/b], it doesn't matter whether I make the right, wrong, or no choice. I may not be a pillar of strength, but I'll be here through it all, for what it's worth. I'm hoping that I'm only the start. I looked at my family when I was a kid, and decided that I would do better. How well I've managed to meet that goal is debatable, but I hope that I've done better than my dad and my grand-pappy's. With any luck and a lot of prayer, my sons will want better for their families than they got from me. Even McWeedy, bless his poor THC-infested soul, can use me as a bad example (if nothing else) when he finally has little ones of his own. Call it stubborn, or "Itralian" (as Beretta would say), whatever. I may not be doing well, but I'm doing better than my old man did. I'll have to be satisfied with that, and hope that my kids surpass me when they are grown. Okay, whimsical idealization time is over now. Back to reality. [img]:hammer:[/img] Mikey [/QUOTE]
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