Love for your family.

A lot of people have probably already seen this, but it's my father's birthday this weekend and it got me right to crying.



This reminded me of just how much I under-appreciate what my parent's have done and still do for me.

F**k... You happy!?!?! You got me... Damn... (I'm too easy...) ~annoyed~

Fine, fine... This was a rather moving piece.

It was a moving piece, but I couldn't really relate to it. Family isn't always so picturesque, and the things that they were depicting here seemed like a natural part of the growing process. Maybe he was being a little ungrateful, but around that age you begin to have your own independent experiences and move away from your family unit both physically and emotionally. It doesn't mean that you don't love them, but only that you're blossoming as an individual. That is what parents should strive for when raising their children - that one day they'll be able to move away on their own, and have their own families. However, the thing that was correct in the video is that when bad times strike and you're unable to do things on your own, you can always go back to your family. However, that isn't an ideal situation. I know personally now that I live away from home that once you leave the family house... it really never feels like "home" to you again. You can't ever be fully assimilated back, even if the love you have for each other is still strong. It is weird to think that the house that I use to go back to every day is hardly one that I feel comfortable sleeping in anymore.

Lawl, he couldn't walk.

Family... Ah... About that... My Father never really was involved and when he was it was always hockey or video games... He never would have done anything like that... My step-father was a drug addict who regularly uund to kill me (and was easily capable of doing so)... That video reminds me of what I missed out on. It makes me think that things could've been like that and that I could have had a good father. I didn't and I think that made me stronger, but perhaps that's just the rationality I use to not dwell on it.

I'm sorry to hear that, genuinely. I had a couple of friends that had absent fathers, and one that had his father incarcerated for domestic violence - he was also abusive of his wife. Some of them, and sadly not all of them, had a couple of people to look up to, their mothers, sports coaches, teachers etc. While none of them are subtitutes for fathers, they were decent role models. It's a good thing that you feel a stronger person for having dealt with it; I certainly don't think you're rationalising, you probably had to mature quickly enough to be the main male figure in your own life, kudos.

What made me nature quickly was watching several instances if fairly extend violence from my Step-Father. I've seenhim duo... unspeakable things... I didn't find a proper male role model until I was in basic training for the Army, United States Army that is. Drill Sergeants have a wat of inspiring you,regardless of if you want it or not. I'm truly thankful for my entire cadre of Drill Sergeants, they taught me well.

ugh i hate my fucking family, my bro is a drug addict who left his kids and is going to die, my other bro is a complete ass with alot of bitterness, my dad doesn't have the balls to get on anyone's ass except mine, and my mother is just a very demotivating bitch to be around, and my family believes iam going to be a bum. It was never like this 10 years ago where i felt the love and respect everyone had for each other, but it's gone now and it never will be the same again again

So he becomes a decent father when his son becomes crippled, yeah dad of the year. Fuck that old man.

You see the part where he couldn't walk.

Funny shit that.

Not gonna lie, I was actually laughing at that.

It's like, lawl. A fall from there onto something hard like that would splatter the kid. He ain't just going to have a minor injury that keeps him from walking until he does therapy.

i hate my family....
father is angry
mother is jerk
sister is Bully
Cousin is Drunk
Uncle is Drama
more....

*sigh* i hate my life.

Why yes let's completely forget the fact that his son was a greedy inconsiderate prick. You honestly, Honestly? You're just an idiot

What made him greedy or inconsiderate? When he was eating and got chewed out? Or when he went to hangout with his friends?

That was just a fantastic reply, I'm done here until you show a bit of intelligence.

Still funny every time I see it.

Love, as in familial love, right? If that's so, then I could say that the saying "blood is thicker than water" runs deep in my family. Nothing is more important than family.