father

[ZareenKhan]

Re: father

@X2

how do you guyz interact with your father?

email and phone every few days, Skype on weekends.
when he is here i hang with him in the evenings and have breakfast together.

He is a man of few words in general, very disciplined, organized person often mistaken for a military person. he is very soft spoken and very caring. while not open with his words, he is open with gestures which may be meaningless to people who don’t know him, but we know them all now.

aside from being not a very talkative person, he is not a phone person and neither am I. so phone conversations tend to be short but more frequent.every so often, but he just likes being around and thats his way, off and on I have caught him looking at me and smiling if I am disciplining the kids or working on something.

On the surface a very simple, but in reality a very complex man.

even when he is here, sometimes we just hang in the same room, reading or watching telly making small talk

what do you expect from him in your life?

guidance, support, and love
he is the only one who believed in me and my capabilities when no one else would.
paying for my uni in US when i was on the verge of flunking out and unsure of my career choices.
nuff said

if you are in trouble, do you always get solution from him.

for better or for worse i try not to burden them with my challenges and issues, usually they are informed after i have sorted the stuff or have solutions in front of me and i need to make decisions and want perspectives. we may not always agree but he has a very solid logical approach and can put my reasoning through its paces to make sure I am not drinking my own koolaid. I do however get his advise as often as possible. Much of my decision to not bother him or ammi with these things are because certain people around us seem to burden them with every little bakwaas that they should by now be able to handle on their own but don’t and burden others with the stress.

:k:

No wonder why you are one of the veryyyyyy few members at GS who make sense to me. With a father like this, it is quite difficult to go wrong :).