{"id":1862,"date":"2025-05-02T10:48:25","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T10:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/readmore.cx\/?p=1862"},"modified":"2025-05-02T10:48:25","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T10:48:25","slug":"i-never-liked-my-dad-because-he-fixed-motorcycles-instead-of-having-an-important-job-like-being-a-doctor-or-lawyer-like-my-friends-parents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/readmore.cx\/?p=1862","title":{"rendered":"I never liked my dad because he fixed motorcycles instead of having an important job like being a doctor or lawyer, like my friends\u2019 parents."},"content":{"rendered":"

I used to hate my father because he worked as a\u00a0\u00a0motorcycle<\/span><\/a>\u00a0mechanic, not as a doctor or lawyer like the parents of my friends. I felt so embarrassed whenever he showed up at my high school on his old Harley, wearing a leather vest with oil stains and his gray beard blowing in the wind.<\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t even call him \u201cDad\u201d around my friends \u2014 I called him \u201cFrank\u201d to keep my distance from him.<\/p>\n

The last time I saw him alive was at my college graduation. My friends\u2019 parents were dressed in fancy clothes, while Frank came wearing his best jeans and a button-up shirt that still showed his faded tattoos. When he tried to hug me after the ceremony, I pulled away and shook his hand instead.<\/p>\n

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