[Closed] Tomorrow is Father's Day. Going to be a little difficult

Sounds like your dad was a good one.

I'm with you, flashinthepan. I lost my father two years ago, and I think of him constantly.

At least I am blessed with a brood of my own. Although I have to say that I probably won't get anything for Father's Day tomorrow! 😕

I lost my Dad a few years ago now. Gutted he's gone but incredibly thankful that I had a Dad like him.

I'll make time tomorrow for some quiet reflection.

But he wouldn't want me dwelling for too long so I'll treat tomorrow as a chance to reflect on the happy memories.

I also lost my father last year. He did anything he could to help me.

I'm going to take some flowers to his grave tomorrow morning.

Lost two dads myself. My thoughts are with you guys.

I lost my dad last year also. TBH, we didn't see eye to eye, he essentially ignored me for four decades. He finally passed away after a year in hospital and a couple of years in a nursing home, mad as a box of frogs with necrotic lumps amputated all down to vascular dementia from smoking since he was about 12. His passing was a relief to all, probably not least to himself. We treat dogs better than that.

For those of you with good relationships with your fathers, cherish it. And quit smoking.

For those of you with good relationships with your fathers, cherish it.

Good advice.

Mine died when I was 14. I often wonder what it would be like if he were still around.

I also lost my Dad last year , not looking forward to tomorrow as i spent the last 30 years working with him, think of him every day.

Lost my dad 19 years ago (mum this year 🙁 )

I now feel slightly alone in the world but so glad they taught me so much to be self reliant.

Happy Fathers Day to all you dads

my dad's in italy on holiday with my mam at the moment. he just finished a course of chemo a couple of weeks ago after having his bowel removed last year. he's played golf at least once a week since recovering from the surgery though. he's 76, and ace.
this is my first one as a dad, i'll be spending it in the lancashire sunshine watching bike racing at the horwich festival of racing with my little lad, and shall raise a (non-alcoholic) beer to all those great dads who have left you guys.

@flashinthepan; that will be bitter-sweet if that's an appropriate way to describe it.
Ask yourself - what would he want/expect you to do; quiet reflection on you & him then enjoy your day with yours.
My dad is long dead and i still miss him every day.
I have 3 children - all adults; one living in the us, other two in lincoln so seeing them on sunday.
'Dad, we can go out or we can cook for you.'
'OK, you guys cook and we'll go out for a drink before/after'.
Their collective cooking skills are.....funcional and basic; should be enjoyable.
To all Dads - have a great day.

For those of you with good relationships with your fathers, cherish it.

Cracking advice.

I'll be seeing my dad tomorrow, and I know how lucky I am to have him.
He's looking after our little boy tonight (2 year old) who talks every day about his "gaga"

My dad is genuinely one of my best friends.

I lost my dad last year also. TBH, we didn't see eye to eye.

For those of you with good relationships with your fathers, cherish it.

This. It'd be my Dads birthday on the 20th, he died last month the issues between us remained unresolved and unspoken.

Love my Dad to bits. He's a star. My brother is working in London today so can't be here but I'm doing fathers day. However I've hurt my back, so v sweetly my parents are coming over to see me and we'll have cake in the garden.

For those of you with good relationships with your fathers, cherish it.

Been making sure I do this the last few years, this is the second year in a row that a friend has passed away close to father's day leaving a family behind prematurely. My dad has just turned 78 so making sure I get some quality time with him at every opportunity.

My dad died on the 16th 7 years ago. Still got the Fathers day card that I had bought him before he died.

I had to work today, it was brilliant seeing everyone out with their dads, but bloody hell do I miss mine.

11 years since I found him, I miss him everyday. Today more so.

Treasure every moment people.

My dad died on the 16th 7 years ago. Still got the Fathers day card that I had bought him before he died.

🙁 I hope today has not been too bad.

Grief's a funny old thing. My Dad died over 8 years ago, and 99% of the time I'm fine. And from out of nowhere, a little thing will trigger an enormous sense of "I miss him like mad". Something like asking advice about DIY, or about wiring up a light switch!

Todays been fine thanks GlennQuagmire, my old man use to say I lack an empathy/sympathy gene 🙂

Know what you mean though in that you do something or say something and that will make you think of them.

Todays been fine thanks GlennQuagmire

Glad to hear that, Kuco.

Been okay for me too, happy memories only today 🙂

Not sure when father's day became a thing in the UK. Certainly didn't exist whilst I was growing up, hence I never thing of my dad around it (5yrs now). I'll certainly raise a glass of his favourite whiskey come his birthday, but today I'll just miss him exactly the same as I miss him every day.

For those of you with good relationships with your fathers, cherish it

I wont even know when mine dies assuming he has not already

Lost my dad many years ago, but still quietly remember him. We never had the best relationship, but smoking took away any chance of it growing. Have two lads who may or may not remember the day

We had a 90th birthday party for my Dad yesterday. A fantastic family BBQ with 22 of us there. Both he and Mom, 92, are fit as fiddles.

I told him I loved him and was proud of him. Mom too. Nearly lost a contact lens doing it but glad I'm not going to be one of those who say they never got round to it.

Never really had a relationship with my father, he was around for the first decade of my life, but was always at work or drunk, strangely i don't know if he is alive or dead, a lady who apparently been seeing in recent years wrote to say he had died recently, then two months after my sister got a call from the Sally Army saying he was trying to make amends and had been in touch with them to mediate!

But, i am very lucky in that i have a brilliant father in law, he has really been there to land me a hand with house/car or to just have a beer, it was weird after after 28 years of being part of a very dis-functional family to meet my wife and be part of a family where they all see each other daily, just pop round to each others homes and get together for meals all the time and all get together to help each other where it be clearly fallen trees on their farm or when people are ill, was a shock to see how a proper family acts at first

My father died when I was six and I'm now 20 years older than him. We never celebrated it, of course. My mother died exactly a year ago, but did leave me with a great stepfather. They were married for 13 days. I sent him a card saying the probationary period was over, and he'd made the grade 🙂

My father's day treat was a road race in 28C heat,