If your dad was alive today, what fun activity would you want to do with him?

There’s a lot of stuff I’d love to do with my Dad, but first would be just to talk to him. Maybe over a few beers. Mine passed away when I was 11, so I just remember him as a parent to a young child. I’d love to learn more about him and his personality. My mom has told me a lot, but it would be great to heard first hand.

Maybe someday :)

My dad’s still alive, but in another country. If I was there – or he here – we’d probably share a nice pot of coffee (he doesn’t drink anymore, so beers wouldn’t work) and talk about people and places back home, current events, etc.
My dad and I don’t have a great deal in common and we’re not all that close, but somehow we can talk for hours and hours about nothing and everything.

Before my dad passed he wrote his memoirs. I did not get to read it until after he died. I would like to ask him some questions about his story and maybe have him fill in a few more details. We could chat while play a round of golf since that was one of his favorite past times.

I would love to have the chance for a few hours more with my dad. When I was a kid, he would always drag us on long drives into the woods or to a historic site. When I became a teenager being locked into a family outing was my idea of torture, but it was mandatory. Now, I attribute much of my love of the outdoors and appreciation of nature to him. I’d like to tell him thanks for that and take a walk in the woods with him.

I recently went back to the town where he grew up and saw his childhood home. It was a magical day that sort of came about serendipitously. I would also like to talk to him and ask questions about some of the family history and things that were not clear to me as a child.

What an interesting and timely question for me. Monday was his birthday. Thanks.

I’ve always had a difficult time connecting with my dad. No real conflicts, just different planes of thinking. Two weeks ago, he called me up to ask if I wanted to go to one of our credit union’s quarterly meetings. He was doubly interested because it was in a recently (like three years recent) built hotel that he hadn’t seen the inside of before. Trying to improve my connection with him has been on my mind a lot over the last year or two, but I just couldn’t say yes to that one.

My dad’s still alive too. But I don’t see him often. Whenever I do, I just like to talk to him! He is really wise and gives the best advice. He can talk to a person for 5 min and give me a good reading on their character, since I trust people easily, I like taking advice from him and learning from his experience.

We’d still be going fishing.

Single malt Scotch.

We’d eat crab legs together. He loved them! He had never had them until one sunday at dinner, I ordered the “all you can eat special” and so did he. We kept them busy! That is one of many happy memories I have of spending time with him.

Whatever you and him like to do together