Kinda serious topic; how well do you guys/gals get along with your dads?

[Meiousei]

Let's see...my dad was strict and hit me if I messed up an easy math problem when I was in school. Now, he's causing problems for my mom. So I'm kinda the type that tries to avoid her dad whenever possible.

[Xeroma]

My dad... I used to hate him, now it's more just I think we aren't compatible/I really wish he'd actually -think- more. He's kind of a typical american dad who likes beer and football, and is sort of both really smart and really, really dumb. I can get along with him casually enough. We somehow didn't want to kill each other by the end of our brief stint of living together in this apartment, so I guess we get along alright. I'm not sure I'll ever get over how bad he used to treat mom/how he acts like my mom is mentally retarded though ._. He's gotten better about the former at least.

[Luther Lansfeld]

My dad treating my mom like she's mentally retarded is one thing that drives me over the edge quickly. And it is done more often than I'd like to think.

[Excal]

My dad and I have an ok relationship.  But we don't talk often.  This isn't really from lack of effort on his end, and more because if you can get him started on a topic he likes, or something that he can turn into a topic that he likes, or even just something that he thinks he knows a lot about, then good luck getting him to ever shut up short of walking off mid sentence.

I know it's certainly helped me learn the skill of feigning interest, and doing my level best to learn how to figure things out without ever asking questions.

[BaconForTheSoul]

Always gotten along with my dad pretty well.  I was lucky (I think) enough to have the easy going parents, making my house the ones my friends would want to hang out at.  I do wish he'd have forced me to push myself more when I was a kid, but meh... nobody is perfect.  My parents also had no idea how stupid school was for me.

These days I bowl on a team in a Tuesday bowling league with my dad and we bowl on different teams in a Thursday league.  Relationships are strained a bit since he kicked my ass all 3 games last Thursday... but I'll get over it.  He's easy to talk to and his interests are mainly bowling/basketball/technology.  Soo... yeah works out well for a kid who ended up enjoying those 3 things.