As the counter thread to my other parenting thread...

[Visitor Q]

... How old were you when you realised you could kick your dads arse.

Mine was when I got back from Africa, lean and confident. Age 22.

By that point he just seemed world weary and gaunt. He was a force 10 years ago, but now he's just sad and duck like.

Anyone else had that one moment where you suddenly twigged, 'ha, lets see you belittle me now fatboy'.

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[Germ]

I was 16,just came home on my first weekend pass.Not sure what I did (usually didn't take much to piss him off tbh) and he shouted and raised his hand.I stood there and said "go on then",nothing more.He never raised his hands to me ever again.I kinda had a bit of an advantage though.....I was about 4 or 5 inches taller than him and fit as a lop
He was still bad tempered and a bit of a verbal bully but I guess that was ok with me.

[Visitor Q]

Ok, to rephrase it in a less puerile way...

When did your father change from being the all powerful fixer of the world to a weak mere mortal...
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[Skudd]

i was about 16yr and just got done for speeding. he started one of his lectures about me being a criminal, I had to remind him of the days he used to boast about the Cortina doing 80mph on the motorway. He didn't like it and tried to shut me up in his usual way.............................. He never tried again.
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[trippz]

Just thought i would say, the one person your never not afraid of is your mam. If my mam raised her hand at me i would honestly shit my pants were as i would laugh at my dad
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[swampy]

Probably early twenties. I think we both realised that for the first time that intellectually I could more than hold my own, and knew more about some things than he did.... Was all amicable though, seemed like a natural 'growing up' progression as I recall.
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[J4mes]

Never really got to the point of knowing I could kick his arse, but I moved out at 17, went back at 18 for 2 years which were really quite difficult for us both. We didn't get on and always seemed to be at each others throats. But I moved out again at 20 and ever since then we have got on amazingly well.

My parents are both awesome though

[Sam_Y_93]

Mine and my dads relationship is too good to ever know, well its not perfect. He works nights so rarely see him, and when I do he can be a moody bugger because of the long shifts and all the overtime he does. But I have the up most respect for him, he has provided well for our family over the years putting up with an awful job.

Overall he's a great dad, not much more I could ask for in a father, I know he is always there and able to support no matter what. That stands for my mum too, I think I am very lucky with my up brining.

That probably should have gone into your other thread, ahh well
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[pepperami]

I suppose When I was in my late twenties, but I loved my Dad and even if I could I never ever would raise a hand to him.

My Dad WAS the font of all knowledge I needed to know right up till the day he passed away rip Dad
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[Redoko]

Yeah, I don't understand this need to kick your dads arse?

So what, you have biological factors on yourside, it'll never be a fair fight enough to justify to yourself you're 'better' than him?
I doubt your dad has ever gone, "I can kick the sh!t out of my son if I wanted to."


Shouldn't you be more concerned about why your relationship with him sucks in the first place?

But yeah, you know. Whatever man. You're the bigger man for being able to top him.
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[tatters]

Rate my chances around aged 16 by that time l was a good foot taller than him and around 5 stone heavier though never felt the need to kick arse, Think l,ve always had a more of a mates realtionship with him rather than father and son might be becasue he spent most of my childhood in the army or working abroad not doing the whole dad thing.
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[Chalky.]

My dad will always be my hero, you don't know what you have until it's gone.

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[Hetzer]

My 'father' wasn't around long enough for any of that stuff to happen. He bailed just after I was born, was shamed into coming back by his mother-in-law for a couple of years, beat the living crap out of me and my old dear for the duration, disappeared until I was eight, came back for another year, more violence, vanished again, took us out a few times when I was around fourteen, vanished again, then I stayed with him for a few weekends when I was sixteen/seventeen and didn't see anything of him other than a couple of two-hour visits until three years ago, when he once again proved his utter worthlessness as a man and a father.

Total cunt.
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[SlimRick]

I'm 38 and a big fucker, my dad's nearly 70 and skinny as a rake, but I don't ever want to think that I could kick his arse - top bloke and he'll always be the boss

[dodgydog]

16. Dad was a drinker and had a temper, he wasn't averse to getting the belt out to me frequently. I Just decided I didn't want him to hit me that day.
I left home the next morning.
We were ok after that, which I was thankful for, as despite everything he was a good bloke at heart and I loved him.


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[calyx]

When I was 16. I was playing football and rowing. So I was fit as fuck.
But even today (I am 32) he can beat the shit out of me if he feels like. I wouldn't stop him. He must have a good reason and he knows the best. He is my superhero
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[FBSF]

Physically? Don't know. Not something that has even entered my head.

And I wouldn't like to say mentally either, but probably my early twenties was when we became more equal in status, and as time has gone on I'm becoming more of the "go-to" in the family (am mid-thirties now).

But both my parents are still the boss, and whilst I may not agree with everything they say, I still have (and always will have) the utmost respect for both of them.

[dodgydog]

Have to say it was the other way round with my stepson, I officially adopted him when he was 7. I had never ever laid a hand on him despite all the trouble he caused. Then one day when he was about 20, he came home with his fat gobby cousin, I'd been on nights and had about 2 hours kip before they woke me up, yet again.
I asked them if they wanted to go to his fat gobby cousins house, instead of waking me up everyday. The two of them decided they were going to "sort me out" (their words).
Stepson hit the deck first, followed rapidly by his fat gobby cousin, who started blubbing, which was sad to see in a 23 year old so called "man".
Fat gobby cousin has never said a word to me since, and stepson decided to fuck of and live with some bird from Scotland who he met on holiday (which was paid for by his mum).
Sadly he'd forged my signature as guarantor on some loans, so I had debt collectors bothering me for three or four years. So he's due his second slap the next time I see him.

Dog
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[AndyB1989]

now whilst i get on well with my dad now when i was 13-16 everyone in the family could see he took everything out on me and not long after i turned 16 i had had enough of it if it wasnt being screamed at and told how i was unbeleivably selfish for leaving the butter out for example , it was watching him hand out money to my two other brothers who never worked and going mental at me if i asked to borrow a tenner even though i had had two paper rounds and a saturday job since i was 13.

well one day it came to blows started with him screaming at me for something stupid so i shouted back it escalated my mother started crying so we went out into the garage and he said something else and i just hit him he hit me back and we exchanged blows for an extended period of time the arguing stopped and he went back to actually treating me like his son not a lodger that had out stayed his welcome.

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