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Post #239867

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Yoda Is Your Father
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The Things We Hate And Love Thread .
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Date created
31-Aug-2006, 12:04 AM
I hate that everybody treats my Father-In-Law like he is some kind of hard-working hero when it is obvious he is a workaholic who does everything he can to avoid spending time with his family and facing up to his emotions.

So you like fishing? Good for you, but don't make out you are some kind of heroic hunter-gatherer and we should be grateful to you for 'putting food on the table'. In my opinion hanging out on a boat in the sunshine for 8 hours then coming home and handing your wife some fish so she can cook them does not earn you my respect. Maybe if you could break free of your small-town social conditioning and cook the fish yourself then go and do some laundry, then spend some time with your lonely wife instead of running off to help fix your brother's car or bail some hay or whatever other excuse you've found to escape from your life, maybe then I would respect you.

Yet I am the only one who sees this. To everyone else he's a good 'ol hardworking 'real man'.