French Fries or Freedom Fries?

I was really close to my mother never so much with my father but I think that is a very standard dynamic in a father-son relationship on account of the father wanting the best for you. We've had ups and downs and I don't have any tolerance left for his short fuse which actually seems to have worked well for both of us. Great guy with some flaws like anybody else.

I'm going to say sixty, yes sixty. Sometimes I seriously forget my own age and have to do the maths.

Mum was a cook for the majority of my life. Dad is still working for the same company he started working for as an apprentice. Been there for over forty years now just changing jobs within the organisation.

Love the way I was raised, for the most part. Great childhood.

I'd say they taught me values through life experiences rather than instilling them verbally but a lot of my morals probably come from them to an extent...I guess, maybe.

Maybe those that other may see as negative, not I.

Life without mum is hard, I think about her most days and on the days I don't I feel like a cunt when I consider it. I think about dads mortality sometimes but it is pointless to dwell upon. Makes me want to spend more time with him and ask him stuff I regret never finding out about mum. I seen how he handled his parents death and I see a lot of similarities in myself.

Dad will bail me out financially when shit hits the fan if he can afford to do so at the time, always has but it is a very rare circumstance nowadays. He saved me a few times over the years though when I seriously needed it and I'm very grateful.

I was disciplined but never abused and only when it was warranted.

Can't ever remember having a fight with mum over anything that wasn't trivial. Had my fair share of big disagreements with dad in adulthood.