# My Dad died
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dad-died/684210
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [March 21, 2014, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dad-died/684210 "2014-03-21T04:58:45Z")
**Posts on this page:** 19
**Page:** 2
### Author:  [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2014, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dad-died/684210/21 "2014-03-21T15:59:24Z")
**zoid** , I am so sorry for your loss, but that was an amazingly lovely tribute. Your dad sounds like a man I would’ve been honored to know because he understood that life was about making the world a better place. May you take comfort in all that he contributed and may he rest in peace while his legacy continues.
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### Author:  [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2014, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dad-died/684210/22 "2014-03-21T16:48:29Z")
My condolences, **zoid**. May you and your family find comfort and peace in this difficult time. He sounds like a wonderful man, and I would have loved to have eaten at his table.
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### Author:  [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2014, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dad-died/684210/23 "2014-03-21T17:07:32Z")
> [@zoid](#):
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> He was always there for me and now at almost 50 years old I know what it’s like to be truly alone. No one will ever be there again to fix it for me. It’s all on my shoulders now. I sink or swim, responsible for myself with no back up. I haven’t needed him in years and in fact I cared for him far more than he cared for me over the last 10 years, but knowing he was there and he was my Dad…
I felt exactly the same way when my father passed away. Best regards.
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### Author:  [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)
#### Post date: [March 21, 2014, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dad-died/684210/24 "2014-03-21T17:24:13Z")
zoid - my deepest condolences to you and your family - he sounds like a wonderful man.
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### Author:  [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2014, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dad-died/684210/25 "2014-03-22T02:43:04Z")
I can’t say more than what other posters have said in this thread, **zoid**. That was a lovely tribute to what sounds like a great man. My condolences.
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### Author:  [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2014, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dad-died/684210/26 "2014-03-22T02:55:16Z")
I’m sorry for your loss, **zoid**. I know what you mean about feeling alone–my dad passed away at 80 last Christmas Day, and I often get these random zaps (usually in the middle of the night) where I realize that I don’t have any parents anymore.
Your dad sounded like he was a great guy, and that was a lovely tribute.
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### Author:  [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2014, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dad-died/684210/27 "2014-03-22T03:17:17Z")
I am sorry for your loss, **zoid**. Your father sounds like a man well worth knowing.
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### Author:  [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2014, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dad-died/684210/28 "2014-03-22T03:51:30Z")
While I’m sorry for your loss, I’m also that you grew up knowing a great dad.
Thanks for sharing him with us, and please feel free to tell us more.
Take care of yourself and your family.
Godspeed to your father.
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### Author:  [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2014, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dad-died/684210/29 "2014-03-22T05:14:24Z")
Thank you all 🙂
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### Author:  [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2014, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dad-died/684210/30 "2014-03-22T11:31:55Z")
So sorry to hear this. Glad you had such a great father.
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### Author:  [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2014, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dad-died/684210/31 "2014-03-22T12:22:57Z")
I’m sorry for your loss and happy for the pleasant memories that you have.
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### Author:  [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2014, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dad-died/684210/32 "2014-03-22T13:15:46Z")
**zoid** –I lost my Dad, too.
☹
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### Author:  [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2014, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dad-died/684210/33 "2014-03-22T13:45:25Z")
He sounds like a really great guy. I’m very sorry for your loss…
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### Author:  [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2014, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dad-died/684210/34 "2014-03-22T16:06:31Z")
I am very sorry for your loss, but very grateful for the beauty of your tribute to your father.
> [@Bricker](#):
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> May his soul, and souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
Amen.
Regards,
Shodan
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### Author:  [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2014, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dad-died/684210/35 "2014-03-22T17:21:31Z")
Big hugs, my friend.
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### Author:  [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2014, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dad-died/684210/36 "2014-03-22T19:09:23Z")
I’m sorry for your loss, **zoid**. That was a lovely tribute you wrote and it sounds like your dad was a great man.
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### Author:  [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2014, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dad-died/684210/37 "2014-03-22T19:19:22Z")
I’m so sorry, Zoid. It’s rough to lose a Dad, but at least it sounds like he didn’t suffer.
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### Author:  [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fluffy_PickleSniffer)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2014, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dad-died/684210/38 "2014-03-22T23:49:51Z")
(((Zoid))) It sounds like you had a wonderful dad. I’m sorry for your loss, but I’m glad his end was peaceful.
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### Author:  [@chronometer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chronometer)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2014, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dad-died/684210/39 "2014-03-23T00:49:28Z")
He was a good man. All peace to you and your family.
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