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Did you have a dad that could say "I love you" to you?

Did your dad say "I love you," when you were growing up?

To be honest, mine did, but he was so much like the examples in these songs [i]lyrics [/i]especially when I was in my teens and there were many many times when an "I love you" would have been the best thing he could have done for me.

🎵For the longest time, I guess I thought
He didn't give a damn
Hard to read, hard to please
Yeah, that was my old man 🎵

😂 😂 😂

🎵I try to make him proud of me
But my mistakes was all he'd see
It always seems so hard to please the rock🎵

So question did your dad say "I love you" or did he never utter those words or he did just not enough?
hami1091
41-45, F
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OrangeLettuce · 46-50, F
He was my best friend. His love carries me through in darkest times. He showed me that love was 'selfless '
I love u dad
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hami1091 · 41-45, F
@Purplecarrot: Beautiful. :)
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nonsensiclesnail · F
I had a dad who could say he loved me probably because he had one who never did. Same with my mom. My mom told me she loved me every single day. to the point that it was so ingenuine that it meant nothing to me. Same with my dad, though he saw me 4 or 5 times a year. He told me he loved me everytime. You know.. he had to travel a whole 3 miles to see me. over paved roads with a well running vehicle.
Now had they acted like they actually liked me, now that would ahve been something!
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hami1091 · 41-45, F
@Discombobulatedbunny: Sometimes actions certainly speak louder than words.
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nonsensiclesnail · F
@hami1091: Exactly. But in all reality, they had a hard time growing up. Probably a lot harder than I did. They tried to do what they thought they had needed growing up. They just forgot that treating me like I was a burden was pretty much like not loving me. My dad likes me ...but my mom? I'm not sure she knows I know. I think she thinks shes really good at hiding those thoughts.
At least they tried.
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AliceinWonderland · F
yeah he did. he had a dad that never said i love you to him, and he was determined not to be like that.
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hami1091 · 41-45, F
@AliceinWonderland: Mine had an abusive father growing up, and tried hard to not follow in his footsteps, physically he did a great job at not being like his own dad, verbally he got a little extreme at times, as for "I love you" it seemed easier when I was little for him to say as I got older he did, just much rarer but now that I am an adult he tells me almost daily lol :D
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AnonymousJSS · 22-25, F
Yes, he always did and has.
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hami1091 · 41-45, F
@AnonymousJSS: That's great!
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puck61
No. I know my real dad loved me in his own way, but I never really knew the guy, and my step dad flat out told me he would have a better quality life if I wasn't part of it, Hell I was only nine at the time too! Boo hoo hoo!
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hami1091 · 41-45, F
@puck61: That's sad I would have never married had my husband been indifferent to my child. My children come first.
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puck61
@hami1091: Luckily, the last time I saw my step dad, the meeting was friendly with no animosity. He collapsed and died suddenly while chopping firewood at 73 years of age.
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FreeSpirit1 · 51-55, F
My dad was as tough as nails but not with his little girl,He said it often
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hami1091 · 41-45, F
@ImAFreeSpirit: Wonderful!
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Eeyore122 · 36-40, F
Mine struggled with it. Last time I recall was when he dropped me , and to his displeasure, my sister off at my mom's for the night after his wedding to C. My sister had a fit in the car and one at the wedding, (due to the passages about what Love is.) , and he and my stepmom apparently got into a heated argument, as they stopped at his house first. 'Take Care!" is what he says instead.
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DragonFruit · 61-69, M
My father never said “I love you” to me…..but he never needed to because I knew. When I told him that I loved him, he replied “Yes, I know”, because that was how he was.
My mother was always the one to say it.
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hami1091 · 41-45, F
@Dragon56: It's great you knew he loved you without being told. :)
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Zekumeri
Dont think hes ever genuinely said those words since i was in early elementary school. 🤔
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hami1091 · 41-45, F
@Zekumeri: It was easier for mine to say when I was little.
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Meli4win · 31-35, F
Yes my dad did say that and more importend he show me that he love me.
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hami1091 · 41-45, F
@Meli4win: Actions speak much louder than words.
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Meli4win · 31-35, F
That is true. My dad is a hard working man who expect much from himself and also from us. But i can´t remeber that he ever say later or not yet when one of us need his help or an advice or just a cuddle.
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TheProphet · M
Mine did often.
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hami1091 · 41-45, F
@lastbabyboomer: That is wonderful I think it is hard for some to say.
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TheProphet · M
@hami1091: Yes it is.
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Nicolina15 · 26-30, F
Yes, I do
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hami1091 · 41-45, F
@Nicolina15: That's wonderful!
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Jeephikelove · 46-50, F
Nope 🙁
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hami1091 · 41-45, F
@jeephikelove: Sorry :(
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