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Cody9119111 t1_j2a60n9 wrote

Reply to comment by VividDimension5364 in My dad bought me this and I don't know what to say. by Hangged

Can confirm, mine just passed away at 67

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GimmickMusik1 t1_j2afcam wrote

Fuck, this just hit me. Hard for some reason. I need to make a phone call.

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ianbhenderson73 t1_j2ce80c wrote

I hope you made that phone call. If you did, I hope you and he spent hours talking on the phone about precisely nothing. I miss my dad and have had a lot of moments in the last 16 years where I’ve wanted to pick up the phone to tell him about shit that’s happening in my life or about new things his youngest grandchild is doing and I can’t.

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WOOFOVICH t1_j2al0r1 wrote

Yup, mine passed at 39 right before my 16th birthday

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kingler225 t1_j2alppu wrote

Can confirm too, mine died last summer. Same age. Was a though Christmas. Next year will be better.

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ianbhenderson73 t1_j2cdwqp wrote

Mine died 16 years ago. The first Christmas after he passed was hell. Dad not being around for Christmas wasn’t odd - he was in the merchant navy so it wasn’t unusual for him to be away for Christmas. But knowing that he wasn’t coming back was hell.

I want to tell you it gets better, and I can tell you that it does, but it takes a lot longer than it feels like it should.

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kram1973 t1_j2bjuki wrote

I’m sorry man, it hurts and sucks so much. My dad passed when I was 8yo, and he was only 46yo. This was a looong time ago so the pain has passed long ago, and it will for you too, it just takes time.

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Isamouseasitspins t1_j2bm0th wrote

I lost mine when I was 6. Watched Christmas Story Christmas and the end was a gutshot for me.

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