Posted by fallsfall on June 28, 2006, at 7:31:46
In reply to Re: Deep Inhale ? fallsfall, posted by annierose on June 27, 2006, at 19:14:57
My dad... He started a company (that eventually employed 6,000 or 9,000 ?? people) when I was in 6th grade.
He is a geek. With no social skills. He would come home always at the same time - he didn't stay late at work. 10 minutes later my mother put dinner on the table. We watched the news while we ate dinner. Then he sat in his chair and read his technical journals or took work out of his briefcase. You didn't make too much noise or disturb him. On weekends, when I was little he did some things around the house (yard work or building something with big scary power tools), and then took a nap in the afternoon when we had to be quiet. I couldn't ask him if I could go play with a friend, he had no idea. One day my mother was upset and crying in the bathroom. He had to feed his 3 small daughters lunch. He heated soup up on the stove. I was amazed. I didn't know he knew how to cook.
He is a deeply emotional man who rarely pokes his head out of science/mathematics/computers long enough to face the emotions.
He is now retired and very depressed. Without his work he has no identity.
I love him very much.
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