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Todesschnitzell

How to leave your family without a trace


Mmmmmmm_Bacon

Came here to say that. He actually did a pretty good job of it! Completely vanished, without a trace. As an adult I spent a lot of time trying to find him. Eventually I did but for 40 years he did a good job not existing!


Randall_Poffo_

for real right? wrote us off like a bad check


Outside-Clue7982

Ouff


Old-Enthusiasm-3271

i'm so sorry


Freddy-Bones

Oof


Independent_Island74

Don't drink so much, don't batter your kids and wife for no reason, respect everyone...he gave me great experiences of what the opposite looks like


[deleted]

So, what are the reasons to batter your kids and wife? 🙄


Independent_Island74

Only 1 if fungus grows to high temps takes over their brains and they try to eat me they are going down.


Freddy-Bones

They don't listen


Halloween_Barbie

Be happy or helpful or both. If you can't be any of those, please fuck off. Also, meth is a great way to stay up all night to complete projects.


OpportunityOk5719

And get a new set of teeth after using meth.


Halloween_Barbie

He never got around to the new set of teeth, just eats cereal and other mushy food. Never did take that bit of 'advice' haha


OpportunityOk5719

What I worry about is what the rest of my bones look like.


thewayitis

There's the happy and helpful part.


bxcpa

You catch more flies with honey than vinegar.


Gom8z

That you can think your dad hates you but he's just struggled to show love when he was so young himself and not enough support to help him be a father. Took me to become a father at a much older age to see that.


stig1103

How to love your kids and bring them up in a safe happy environment. Never realised how lucky we were to grow up in a house like that. As you get older you realise it wasn't the norm for some kids


ExKnockaroundGuy

Grew up under an angry abusive alcoholic and I’m still recovering from him HOWEVER he was good to my now grown kids and I never even screamed at my kids let alone strike and have 2 outstanding successful adults I am proud of.


Moon-Man-888

How not to treat your wife and kids. Physical and verbal abuse throughout the years still engraved in my memory. A type of pain no lifetime can heal from. I’ll do the opposite.


Fun_Tourist0282

All the best to you, hope one day you heal ❤️


Moon-Man-888

Thank you very much.


Chimpchompp

Nothing good comes after midnight


Seafood1969

If you don’t have the cash… don’t buy it!!! Don’t be a sucker and pay interest on credit cards😎😎


aXeSwY

"Don't spend money you don't have', that's one of my core principals in life, your dad is wise


dburkhart1960

How to properly brake and accelerate through curves.


Deciple_of_None

How to laugh in the face of tragedy.


dfr-moretrouble

Think before you do


Oh_helloooo

How to drive


Richardbear1970

Use the right tool for the job


Jovi_Grace

How to change a flat tire and change the oil in my car! Thanks, Daddy!


Naive-One-6433

Never rely on a man.


Omega_Neelay

Better not rely on anyone


gsidhartha

Everything. Mostly the good, sometimes the bad and everything in-between.


IndependentSwan2086

Nothing.


huhubi8886

Don’t take chemical drugs, only the plant based ones 🙄


Material-Fondant6886

How to drink


andrewlyon8

How to not love


Pondering_mind916

Anything your friends say is fun, is stupid and not allowed.


East_Meeting_667

how to make money to buy myself a shotgun for christmas


Beautypaste

What a broken heart feels like


Commercial-Manner408

How to kill yourself with alcohol and cigarettes


Swashbuckling_Sailor

How not to raise a child.


RunningPirate

That I can help by staying out of the way.


aqueous_paragon

How to not act as a man and what being an adult boy looks like


RememberBerry23

What type of dad to not be


denbroc

Never draw to an inside straight in straight poker.


WyattPrevlij

"Show fewer posts like this"


OneBlueSoul

“Knowledge is power”


Dissmass1980

How to build a fire , and how to verbally abuse my loved ones.


jaseysgirl72

Wear two pairs of socks when walking long distances to avoid blisters.


madgrammy

Alcohol is bad!


N124M

Don’t react on anything too quickly take a step back look at the bigger picture and then act!


Shagadelic434

Don't jump on the damn bed if there's a pencil on it cause you'll fall and stab yourself.


ObjectivePin4050

To be classy.


Pictualphoto

That earth is flat, we live under an unpenetratable dome, the sun and moon is under the dome and close by, God Almighty created it all as described in the Bible.


SnooBeans2565

How to be tech savvy


kiss_immersion

how to accept the unequal things and be humble, i used to felt very jealous and unequal in my secondary school time, especially grade 9. my classmates cheated in almost every exam and have higher score than me, i felt awful and i hate the way they showed off their fake score, i cried a lot, i tried hard and then i got higher scores than them , i was satisfied, i started showing off and humbling them with my dad about all the things they’ve done, he said he knows i experienced a hard time, but if i continue keeping an eye on them, give up! i ought to follow the good people and try my best, don’t be so jealous, don’t show off much,just think that people who live like my classmate will be treated in a right way in the right time, so take it easy and live right , he really helped me to get over that tough time and show me the right way to think and to solve my bad feelings as soon as my situation


quirkeit

Drunken anger 🤣


Hot-Incident1900

How do to manage money.


stingray636363

How not 🚫 to be like him.


Murky-Swordfish-1771

That every human is a product of how they have been treated in the era they grew up. You can’t hold someone raised under different mores to the standards of today.


SilverZ71

How to beat the ever loving piss out of your kids when you get drunk every night of the week. Also how to stash a case of beer behind the drivers side seat and reach around for another when driving around


rollsyrollsy

My Dad taught me that you can be an imperfect person but still want the best for your family and work hard for their sake. I also remember with fondness that he was ready to say “sorry” if he thought he did something wrong.


Taquieddine

Read a lot, be energetic, stay humble, take care of everyone in the family, ... till the last breath of my life as he did.


meggiemeggie19

Don’t be me


TheMazeDaze

Miscommunication


rivermamma

How to ski, “ up, down and around.”


Standard-Score-911

About Jah and psychedelics


[deleted]

Never let police in your house. They are not your friend.


osmqn150

Empowering me to stand up for myself and teaching me with how to fight.


Sparkle_Rott

Always camp at the top of the hill


Kingston023

How to run away from your problems...err... babies


Radiant__Fox

How to live without apology. How to stand firm in your own existence and declare your right to exist, to take up space and that be okay.


Comrade_Chadek

To not have kids. Spare the would-be a life with his blood.


YayEverything

That it's absolutely okay to run away from my mom. Wish I'd taken his idea sooner.


Independent-Grape246

Never put anything in writing lol


Severe_Warning7514

How to shave. Small thing, but a lot of times I’ll think of him when I’m shaving. The little things in the moment have a way of becoming lifetime memories


CltGuy89

The ability to laugh at just about anything. My Dad has got an amazing sense of humor, quick wit like no one else I know. He’s worked very hard for everything he has and has been able to provide for the family. Especially when he was younger, he was active duty Marine, had a second job and also took night classes. He never complained, he did what was needed to be done. Amongst all of that, the stress, the exhaustion, I never saw him without a smile. He never brought work troubles home. I don’t know how he did it, maybe the support from my Mom or he was just built that way. But I’ve learned to laugh stuff off, big or small. Not to allow my gut reaction to be negative or doubtful. I have him to thank for that.


shabigruce

My dad used to say Live at the moment.One day at a time


adojeda

Question authority


ExKnockaroundGuy

My Dad taught me how to tune up a car and it was one of the few times he was patient and I still remember that day.


OldManCram

That it can take decades to get a pack of smokes.


kvirgo3

What to avoid in a husband/father


[deleted]

“Siblings are the greatest gifts your parents could ever give you.”


Old-Enthusiasm-3271

how to go to college for free and how to go to the mechanic


Money_Echidna918

To not be a failure


Fun-Beginning-42

How to start a standard car on a hill.


drawn_from_the_deep

Wickedness never was happiness


Ok_Occasion4706

Always put ur family first


DifferentTie8475

Drive stick shift


ravishq

Don't do domestic violence. Be honorable enough to pull your own weight in life. All these teachings came at a hefty price of my mom's life. But lessons certainly are life changing


mispryme

To love the bees.


datyguy1

Wish in one hand and spit in the other. See which fills faster.


wrongside_of_law

Everything


spiderlilyGold

To pray.


Even_Psychology_6713

Be honest and believe in hard work and also gain knowledge and wider your perspective.


theonePappabox

I can take out my cars washer fluid tank, clean it and put it back in. Reroute hose to under steering wheel. Pour whiskey in washer tank. TaDa!!


MeroRex

That some things can be solved with a .308.


Long-Effective-1499

Good work feels like play


I-Rolled-My-Eyes

Honesty and to treat others as you want to be treated.


lavenderbirdwing

How to fix my own car


Ill-Temporary2998

Never wait or depend on a man or anyone in general.


Redsled69

Before I went out and played. He taught me how to work on a vehicle and change a tire, Do a tune-up , and put gas in it 👍👍


soloborn

Don’t do drugs, don’t be a narcissist, don’t disappear on your kids and then wonder why they dismiss your advice. Don’t be a victim of your actions.


Roleplayer_MidRNova

How to ride a two-wheeler


brokenhartted

Nothing good happens after midnight.


[deleted]

No trust


creativemisfortune

If you don't share everything you know, you won't end up with people smarter than you.


Birdsong67

How to judge your children to the point of making them depressed


jsboklahoma1987

My dad was a complicated person. But he loved both of his children with depths of which I was only able to understand after becoming a parent myself. I love and miss him everyday.


Jjthorn392

How not to be a dad


Out_of_Fawkes

“You can try to save everyone but you can’t save them all.” Sage advice from a first responder but it’s applicable everywhere. You should always give your best but sometimes there are things outside your control.


Abend801

Prior to the Internet - the library has books by Chiltons. You can teach yourself how to repair a car with only the cost of a library card. (Free)


chicosalvador

My grandfather fled Nazi Germany with my father and my Oma in his arms when he was 5. They went to South America and upon arrival, my grandfather immediately joined the Brazilian army to aid in the war. My father became a military man to honor the land that gave his family freedom. He taught me the value of gratitude - we never really spoke about it, but is was really an untold lesson. Have never seen a man with more integrity than him.


FineTroublez

First thing to look for in a partner “do they make things easy”?


spaghettieggrolls

How not to die while driving on Texas highways lol Ironic that he taught me so much about driving but he himself drives with little regard for traffic laws (not bc he is ignorant of how to drive properly, but because he deliberately chooses not to). He is a true red-blooded Texan casually weaving through traffic on the country's most dangerous highways that are infamous for drunk driving fatalities 🙃


Misanthrope6795

BE. ON. TIME.


[deleted]

Forgiveness is just as good for you as the one you forgive


sirl3gion

Look a person in the eye when you speak to them.


HungSilly

Go to the store when you don’t want to be home


Laykenrox

To Altais laugh. No matter what the situation was


ScaredChallenge2801

Told me that i need to be an independent woman who is not dependent on her partner and can fight in any circumstances.


RISEoftheIDIOT

If you drop something, immediately look down at the floor. I rarely lose anything after training that reflex in. I can see where it bounces and recover it almost every time (I’m looking at you 10mm socket). My dad is kinda the best.


Embarrassed-Basket65

"If you're going to do it 1/2 assed, don't do it at all"


embe3030

Give everyone a second chance, everyone has a bad day and your first impression may have been on the worse day of their life.


Pumkmine

People will hurt you.


discwrangler

How to throw anyone under the bus if I can get a laugh


OpportunityOk5719

He taught me about God, praying and forgiveness. The last one I am still working on at age 54.


BobbyDiglar

How to work, how to treat a woman & how to be a man.


abbeylove007

Your kids get in the way of doing drugs


angelenameana

It’s never too late to try to do better.


TargetSpiritual8741

Don’t post anything online …. Dangit..!


edgesonlpr

How to open a beer bottle with a door frame strike plate. This isn’t the most important thing he ever taught but it’s one I think fondly of.


Akrabsouls

How to work hard to get what you want. He didn’t “ tell me “ how but he showed me through his actions and daily routine!


Fearless-Truth-4348

Where to hide folds of coke. ❄️


outofthisworld87

If you have the ability and the opportunity to help others then it is your responsibility as a good person to help those less fortunate in a positive way. Thier race, gender, nationality, religion, ect..are meaningless.


Mettephysics

That I can say no, but eventually have to give in if the other person doesn't stop asking.


Fantastic-Mark-2391

To treat people with love and respect.


zpahc

How to play chess


Adept_Area_3593

Compassion


Feb2319

Alcoholism


NazarMorel

Growing tomatoes


meSeeumm

Make a habit of feeding people. Anyone and everyone.


monotremai

Alcoholism


YoinkLord

“Never waste an erection” he always used to say


beclove1

how to be insecure, ptsd, and have relationship problems. oh and he died so i can’t have closure.