Dad Strength
My dads a bit of a handyman around the house and he has pretty much decorated, plummed, wired, etc... the whole house on his own. He's never been too athletic but he was always working, rarely complaining about being tired or whatever.

Now I moved house a few months ago and he looked a little jaded from shifting sofas and boxes into the van and I just figured he was just having an off day.

The other day he asked if he could borrow my garage for a while to store a few sofas, so i obliged. We were lifting a couple of leather 2-seaters(one at a time) and he was really struggling, I was genuinly gutted for him but kept insisting we do it in little stages.

Now I've known it for a while but never seen evidence first hand, Im stronger than my dad. I felt a little empty inside when this dawned on me

:-(
(Monkeystrumpet monkey. Monkey, MONKEY!!!, Tue 30 Nov 2010, 13:57, 3 replies)

Happens to us all methinks
I remember the day my brother realised he was bigger and stronger than my Dad. My Dad at 5ft6 shouted at my brother to go to his room, to which my brother at his full 6ft towered over him and firmly said "NO!".

He soon backed down :P
(Brighton RAWK at the tone, the time will be:, Tue 30 Nov 2010, 14:30, closed)

at 6ft 2 ive always been bigger than my dad.....
just always thought he was much stronger than me as a kid, and that view didnt change over the years

think im just sad that its the first visible sign hes feeling older
(Monkeystrumpet monkey. Monkey, MONKEY!!!, Tue 30 Nov 2010, 14:36, closed)

:(
(Brighton RAWK at the tone, the time will be:, Tue 30 Nov 2010, 14:42, closed)