Father
I never really quite realised how much my father can do until this week. Yes, he is protective of me when it comes to humans with a Y chromosome but surprise! That’s not all he can do! My brother and I have always thought that our mother runs the show and most of the time, we’re right. Or so we thought. My father is so often pushed into the background by so many things. Maybe because our mother is a very dominating person, because he’s rarely at home, we’re not (meant to be) awake when he is home or just because he’s simply not a very communicative person when he’s just come home from a long day.
Dad got pulled into the spotlight this week when mum went to Hong Kong alone to visit her family. I totally expected my dad to be clueless, to not know how to use the washing machine and to have no organisational abilities whatsoever. I thought that I’d be running the house in my mother’s absence. But guess what? My dad does know how to use the washing machine! My dad has cooked for Michael and I every single night and does all the dishes that I let pile up in the sink for a couple of days. He didn’t even yell at me for not washing them for so long! Thinking about it now, it’s not just housework that my dad can do. Although he’s not a talkative guy and he has a tendency to grunt at people, he has his own way of showing affection and care. He genuinely worries for Michael and I, he just doesn’t express it in tears and words.
I underestimate my dad, I know I do but until my mother returns, I have another week to try and get to know him better. I’ve heard my mother tell me thousands of stories but I want to hear his versions. Maybe I really am just a daddy’s girl at heart.
# Amber, 1 year ago.
I’m definitely a daddy’s girl. We just understand each other in a way that I never can with my mother. My mother, however, definitely runs the Fuller show! ;)
# Malin, 1 year ago.
That is really sweet! I wonder how my father would manage it if my mother went away for a while.
# Kaylee, 1 year ago.
It’s always fun to see my dad manage when my mother isn’t around. I got surprised at how much he can actually do, too.
# Alex, 1 year ago.
Dads rule.
# Seth, 1 year ago.
My dad and I are really good friends, actually. He’s one of the few people who will let me yammer on endlessly about something I’m interested in and not act like I’m the most boring person in the world. We haven’t talked as much in recent years for a number of reasons (I moved out because I couldn’t get along with my psycho, basement dwelling 20something of a brother, he got remarried, and now, of course, college…), but as someone who doesn’t like a lot of people on principle, he’s damned tolerable.
# Eina, 1 year ago.
Awww, that’s sweet. Just goes to show you how much people you think you know so well can surprise you :D
# SnowSiren, 1 year ago.
Aww, my dad knows a lot of household works too. He’s even a better cook than my mother. :D That’s how the philosophy goes: You know, but you don’t really know . :)
# gunnar, 12 months ago.
when i was six-ish my mom had to go to a meeting at our school, pop stayed behind. when he started to fry some potatoes and sausage, i tugged on he’s pants and asked “can fathers cook?”… after taht i’ve maybe seen him cook four or five times, i don’t think he’s ever been in to the laundry room.
but yup, he can cook, and wash clothes, and vacuum and so forth. was just that mom say a stay-at-home and he a over-working helicopter mechanic, and now that he’s retired (due to injury) mom started to work instead, coming home to a well cooked dinner and a tidy house ;-) so things can turn out…