The Official TFK Father's Issues Thread. I don't know how they do it

Bandage · January 15, 2016, 3:06pm

Thanks, bro. I skidded down the Haddington Road rink a couple of hours ago.

Fran · January 15, 2016, 3:08pm

I spotted you mate, I didn’t want to compound your embarrassment by engaging with you however. You seemed a bit perplexed by the underfoot conditions.

Fagan_ODowd · January 15, 2016, 3:10pm

Had he the brown shoes on again?

Fran · January 15, 2016, 3:24pm

I don’t recall, possibly runners. He was definitely under dressed for the weather that was in it

Rintintin · January 15, 2016, 3:36pm

As always . Levels of aloofness from a father increase with each child. While my 5th was being born I waswas drinking a brandy and smoking a cigar in the Ardhu getting updates via text.

Julio_Geordio · January 15, 2016, 3:38pm

Nice post award. What a start to the weekend

ironmoth · January 15, 2016, 4:11pm

And then you went and gave me a nice post award over on the Galway thread. What a great guy.

Julio_Geordio · January 15, 2016, 4:13pm

I saw you hanging on 9 mate and I said wouldn’t it be great to share the love

TreatyStones · January 15, 2016, 4:52pm

ironmoth:

Meant to post this last night, but got side-tracked…

On my commute home yesterday evening, I witnessed a full-on domestic in plain view of the passing public. She called him a “junkie’s bastard”, which had the desired effect (if her intent was to provoke a reaction). All the while, a little kid - about 5 or 6 - stood by. The most heartbreaking part of this was that the kid wasn’t reacting at all. Not crying. Not shouting. Nothing. Just stood and stared, as if this is second-nature to him.

I got home and my two young lads (nearly 2 and nearly 5) were playing a makey-upey football game in the corridor before dinner. From what I could gather, the aim was for the one with the ball to make it past the other fella and throw / kick the ball off the back wall. At times, the game broke down into wrestling with the odd bit of shouting, but they were mostly laughing their little heads off. Mrs. Moth had a nice moment in the middle of all the pre-dinner / pre-bedtime madness, peering around the corner at our boys. I had a flashback to when I was a kid and doing the same with my brother.

Yesterday really brought home that my role as a dad includes giving my kids room to be naive - to have fun - to be a kid. There’s enough “things that are wrong” in the world - your childhood shouldn’t be one of them.

Have a great weekend TFK dads.

@KinvarasPassion - I know you’ll do the forum proud

Nice Post Fishing

Fagan_ODowd · January 15, 2016, 4:56pm

TreatyStones:

ironmoth:

Meant to post this last night, but got side-tracked…

On my commute home yesterday evening, I witnessed a full-on domestic in plain view of the passing public. She called him a “junkie’s bastard”, which had the desired effect (if her intent was to provoke a reaction). All the while, a little kid - about 5 or 6 - stood by. The most heartbreaking part of this was that the kid wasn’t reacting at all. Not crying. Not shouting. Nothing. Just stood and stared, as if this is second-nature to him.

I got home and my two young lads (nearly 2 and nearly 5) were playing a makey-upey football game in the corridor before dinner. From what I could gather, the aim was for the one with the ball to make it past the other fella and throw / kick the ball off the back wall. At times, the game broke down into wrestling with the odd bit of shouting, but they were mostly laughing their little heads off. Mrs. Moth had a nice moment in the middle of all the pre-dinner / pre-bedtime madness, peering around the corner at our boys. I had a flashback to when I was a kid and doing the same with my brother.

Yesterday really brought home that my role as a dad includes giving my kids room to be naive - to have fun - to be a kid. There’s enough “things that are wrong” in the world - your childhood shouldn’t be one of them.

Have a great weekend TFK dads.

@KinvarasPassion - I know you’ll do the forum proud

Nice Post Fishing

Agreed. Very cynical likebait. I’m giving you a like for spotting that.

Mac · January 15, 2016, 5:04pm

The level that lads will stoop to here to get a nice post is getting disgusting

TreatyStones · January 15, 2016, 5:09pm

Ya he really tried to hit all the bases, a dig at junkies, a poor hopeless child, his own playful children,a nice moment with the wife and a dash of nostalgia. Then signs off with a “Have a great weekend TFK dads.” thinking it would be the icing on the cake.

He was probably thinking to himself as he wrote it," I wonder what’s the next rating after Nice Post"

anon7035031 · January 15, 2016, 5:16pm

A cynic would say he’s making a dash for the center of the lickarse chart.

Fagan_ODowd · January 15, 2016, 5:24pm

Sickening shit really.

Brimmer_Bradley · January 15, 2016, 5:24pm

Yeah. The that chart.
Reminds me of the Boney M song.
There’s a brown nose in the ring. La la la lah, and it looks like @ironmoth

Gman · January 15, 2016, 5:30pm

shocking carry on, using a post fishing for likes to fish for your own likes. It’s like inception.

Bandage · January 15, 2016, 5:45pm

+1. That was absolutely blatant.

ironmoth · January 15, 2016, 6:13pm

Come on ye cunts - I’m 3 likes away from 2 nice post awards on a Friday evening.

myboyblue · January 15, 2016, 6:23pm

I’m giving that a like, Meself and the brothers played that game the whole time. Good memories.

HBV · January 15, 2016, 6:44pm

Iv just vomitted.