I wanted to say this. I liked my mother (who died last year) way more than my father. To my father's credit he's not overtly abusive, but I certainly do not like him as a person, and if/when he dies, I am 99.99% sure I wouldn't even be a tenth as devastated as when my mother died.
Namyag t1_j9pcm6e wrote
Reply to comment by Icy-Piglet-8441 in LPT: Odds are you won't be the first person in your circle of friends to lose a parent to old age, but when you hear of the first one to go, heed the warning and make sure you're maximizing the time with those you love, because it's likely the bulk of the time you'll have with them is behind you. by JD2005
I wanted to say this. I liked my mother (who died last year) way more than my father. To my father's credit he's not overtly abusive, but I certainly do not like him as a person, and if/when he dies, I am 99.99% sure I wouldn't even be a tenth as devastated as when my mother died.