Papa.
My dad is one of a kind. He is 74 years old, has been married 4 times (that we know of) and has lived in 3 different countries.

He's been married to my mum (who is 47) for what is coming up to 24 years. He has owned various businessnes, unsuccesfully (never had any money) and was brought up by rich parents in war time Amsterdam. He has told me some scary stories about those times.

He is getting older and more rickety everytime I see him, but he would never admit it. He still has his temper tantrums and shouts abuse at everyone when he doesn't get his own way. Ever since I can remember he pretends to faint when he is losing an argument.

When I was little I always had people asking me whether he was my grandad which I found funny.(I'm 21 - my little brother is 14 so he still gets asked quite frequently.)

We don't get on, but he's still my dad so I try and make it over to Holland when I can. I now know how to deal with his craziness (diagnosed and undiagnosed) and I reckon he's slowly becoming more openminded in his old age. Still, am not looking forward to the drama Christmas always brings but I don't know how long he's still got with us so better make the most of it.
(Lalalalou, Wed 1 Dec 2010, 16:15, Reply)