Well I got a call from my 53 year old step son first thing in the morning. Nice! I have raised Tommy from the age of 6, and it’s been rocky at times but I always knew that he was troubled by me being with his Mom and me, and not with his nasty Dad. Never said a bad word about his Dad, generally tried to say positive things or nothing at all. Always remained positive and just treated him as much like he was mine from the start.
Well that started to pay off when got into his late teens and the payoffs got bigger the older Tommy got. He started to figure out that his Dad is a class “A” jerk and azz hole.
Well fast forward and Tommy attributes his morals and work ethics to me and looks to me as “Pop”. It’s quite a complement to say the least. So the patience with Tommy and the tolerance of his old man paid off big time. Really wanted to beat the crap out of his Dad and came close more then once. One of us would have been in the hospital and the other in jail. But I was “good” with Tommy and Karyn in mind.
I don’t even think of Tommy as anything but my son, and I believe he feels the same. He is pretty mush estranged from his Dad by choice.
Anyway he’s a great Dad and has a great couple of my Grandkids who have both graduated from WSU. Good guy.
Well my second Son sent me a text about midday and finally called after dinner. Of course first thing I had to point out that Tommy had called first thing in the morning. He’s a great Son as well and really a great Dad to his 3 littles, 8,9, and 11. He’s a far better Dad then I.
Very proud of them both.