My Dad is a unique and amazing person. When you first meet him he seem shy, and reserved. To a certain point he is this way, he has always been content to spend time at home with his family. Once you get to know him, and once he warms up to you- he is the funniest man alive. He has a very sarcastic sense of humor- which is where I get mine from. He is also the king of puns- but not the bad puns that make you go ugh- the good ones. He is a big teaser too. Again- I get that from my Dad. You learn really quickly not to sit by dad unless you want him poking and teasing you.
Some of my favorite memories of my dad are
1- Sitting in the front room reading the Newspaper with him.
2- Playing Games with him- he cheats. But he is very sly at it so it is hard to catch him cheating. He does not call it cheating, it is "bending the circumstance to his benefit"
3- When we watch a movie (usually for the one millionth time) or when we get home for the night- he will ask "Who won?" He particularly like this question when we come home from an activity where there is not particular competition- like a play.
I have almost come to expect this questions as I walk in the door (if he is not asleep on the couch)
4- When were were little, if we fell and hurt ourselves on something like a table or the desk, or the ground, if we went crying to our dad, he would ask us (after making sure that we were not truly hurt) if we apologized to the desk for hurting it. Now, as a little girl, this was a little infuriating since I was the one hurt not the desk. But he would make us go over and say sorry to the desk. By the end of the ordeal, we were giggling and had completely forgotten about being hurt.
5- If we asked to go somewhere, or if we had started a question with "Can I" my dad always said "I am sure you can, I have seen you do it before" So you quickly learned to phrase your words carefully with Dad- It is May I not Can I.
6- When we call our house- or even sometimes when our friends called the house- if our Dad answered the phone, it turned into a long process of trying to get to talk to who we wanted too. We would call and ask for mom, he would say he did not know who we were. You would identify yourself, then he would pretend like he did not know you- so then you had to identify yourself in with your FULL name. Then he would continue this for a long time, with various acts, If you asked for mom, he would say his mom was not there.... and so much more. Again- very frustrating, but typical dad.
Through all of his teasing though- I always knew that he was there for me when I needed him. He is an amazing man. I LOVE YOU DAD!
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