That Forgotten Man!

[raagadevan]

Well narrated, Shakthi Thank you for sharing your thoughts.

[Shakthiprabha]

rd, tm, crazy I am equally happy sharing my thoughts here.
Tm, do share about ur dad.

[NM]

Nov - thanks for sharing with us - i am really touched and for a son to remember his father after all these years even tho he has known him for only 10 years of his life, your Dad must have been an amazing man!
I am sure his belssings are always with you.

Shakti - daughters have a way with fathers, don't they :P
my father's weakness is me and my husband's weakness is Ananthiy

[Punnaimaran]

Dear Nov,
Forgotten man ??? Everyone seems to remember him and his sacrifices clearly, including you who had known him only for a brief period in your life. Good that you have made many people (yours truly one among them) realise/remember the sacrifices of their fathers.

Looking back, I too am proud of my father.

[Sarna]

Tears are flowing in my eyes after reading about sp akka's father SHE IS REALLY BLESSED
but this thread is not for me

[Ramona]

Tears are flowing in my eyes ......but this thread is not for me

Why not Sarna? When I saw Nov's post and the thread, I thought it may have brought pain for some people since the experience is so different for each person. You seems to be one of them.

You can still share. The thread is not only for "good fathers". You can still have good wishes for a bad father.

Prahalad was a good son, yet look at what he went through with his father.

It's like mother's day. We assume all mothers are good, but there are cases to the contrary. I know people who have a hard time passing the day. These are not easy things to talk about with others because of the fear that they may not understand and it may fall back at you - manipulated and used or misused against you which could make it all worse.

[Ramona]

I know one hard working, good looking man with six beautiful daughters and one son, the youngest child. At about middle age, he wanted to fool around with other women, starting with his neighbor’s wife. He got the eldest daughter into an arrange marriage blindly, did not see if it was a good match etc., but was anxious to get her out of the house.

His extra-marital affairs did not stay with this one woman, but several others. His younger daughters were feeling so shamed. They were teased by young men who knew what the father was doing. This went on for many years. The marriage chances of the daughters became quite slim since shame was brought down upon them. One of them vouched that when he dies, she would not even attend his funeral. He died a pre-mature death after taking ill from grievance. One of the women, a very young one he invested in financially took off with a younger man and they built a house close by his.

Once he died and the daughters realize they would never see him again, all his dirty deeds and how much he upsetted their lives were forgotten.

[Appu s]

Shakthi akka,thanks for sharing

[ajaybaskar]

NOV Anna,

Just came across ur post on ur dad... Really touching.. He sure does watch you from heaven...

[NOV]