Drinking with the old man

My dad died a few years back and i really regret never going for a few pints and a really good chat with him.

The only time we did try i was a stupid know it all grungy teenager trying to rebel against everything. I was really self concious and embarrased about it all, worrying that "one of my mates might see my" or some junk like that.

If i have kids one day, as soon as i discover evidence that they drink (probably arround the age of 13 :D ) Im going to make sure we sit down and get nicely sozzled together.
 
used to go for a pint with my dad on a regular basis. Thoroughly enjoyed it, we used to go to 'his' local and he bought me my first pint of proper ale and i met all his workmates and the landlord etc. Now its our local and we go when we can. I stay sixteen miles away so its not as frequent as it once was and i have to say i miss the thursday night routine of him saying around about nine o clock... 'well boy, you still wanting that chat/walk/insert blatant excuse here'. Sometimes he might even be up front and say 'going for a quick pint' it was those nights we spent sampling most of the guest ales. Good times, i certainly class my dad as one of my best mates.
 
I don't see my dad as often as I'd like, but whenever we're up there we always take the opportunity to leave our other halves indoors with a bottle of wine and we nip across the road for a few beers and a good old natter about everything.

Neither of us find it very easy speaking from the heart so a drink or two makes it easier for us to come out and say what we're feeling.
 
I don't have a drink with my Dad at all.. mainly because it'll always end up in arguments one way or another. We're too much alike in certain aspects of our personalities, and the character traits that we both dislike in ourselves we see in each other, and get irritated by it :) Don't get me wrong, I do love him, but I'm sensible enough to know that life is a lot smoother without the arguments.
On the other hand I'll always happily sit down and talk with my mam over a nice cuppa tea or what have you.
 
I have no relationship with my dad sadly, havn't spoken to or seen him for 8years now. I don't care for him at all, and don't miss him. But i am insanely jealous of other peoples relationships with their dads, I really wish I had it. I feel a father figure is hugely important for a young man (or woman), thats not to say you can't get on just fine without it. :)
 
I enjoy going for a drink with my dad. It's not very often that i do go for a few beers with him, but when i do...it's enjoyable.
 
Nope dont drink with my dad even though he does drink but i dont. Main reason why i dont is because my dads a complete and utter ****** of the highest order tbh :).
 
I'm 33 and still live at home and TBH, my Dad has become my best mate. I got to a point where I hated boozing around town with my old mates, so now me and my dad will either go to the local or we'll go watch a "turn" or a band somewhere.

Also, when I do my Elvis Presley shows, Dad is my lighting man.
 
Just to add a view from the other side of the fence, as a Dad I consider having my two son's as mates one of the best parts of my life. Both my wife and I come from familiees that were not close - maybe it helped us build stonger bonds with the kids I don't know. I don't drink much but we share very similar interests in Games, music, movies and we hang together a fair bit.
 
I love to go for a pint with my old man, he is my dad, my best mate etc etc.

I even had my Dad as my best man at my wedding.

He is awesome !
 
I went on my first drinking session with my dad a few weeks back. Grandad had just died and we realised how little we do together, so what else can a father and son do but go on a pub crawl?
 
He's living somewhere in Ireland, have seen him once (1999) since I was aged 3.
Really must go and find him one day, we have a lot to talk about; perfect excuse for a pint.
 
I wish. I'm 33 now and still find it hard to have a relationship with him. I dunno why? I know he was quite a lad in his day. He left home when he was 15 and took the boat to Manchester and worked away. I would never have had the bottle to do that but then again it was an era when you could leave your push bike outside your gaff for weeks on end and it would stay there. Times are so different now.

My mum says he didn't either with his dad and it bothered him and that's why he finds it hard to communicate with me. I envy blokes that do. In saying that though, as much as we don't click, i really do admire him and if i was half the man he is i'll be doing really well....
 
My dad died when i was about 7. He was ill for most of my life aswell, so we never did anything together let alone have a drink. Wasn't able to even have a kick about with my dad :(

Sorry to put a downer on this thread :p
 
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