Studio718 said:Damn, I have to let the macho behavior go for a second and admit that tears actually welled into the corner of my eyes...just couldnt help my self.
Probably one of the most emotional episodes i've seen from any sitcom...Good acting too.
My story is somewhat different.
my parents broke up when I was 3 months old.
My grand parents raised me ever since.
I would see my mom and dad from time to time.
My father married another woman and had more kids
My Mother married my step father and had my sister and brother
mom moved to america with my stepdad and left my sister with my stepdad's parents. ( brother wasn't born yet )
I would see my dad from time to time and he'd always give me money and buy groceries...he never really was there for me, but I knew he loved me and he had a new family.
I always was happy to see him though.
I remember one summer he bought me these shoes I always wanted...man i was the happiest kid in Suriname...wore the hell out of them shoes...lol.
I grew up wishing my mom was there though, dont know why...I always missed her more than him.
I didnt really live with my mom untill I was 17, that's when she send for me and my sister to come and live with her and my stepdad in America.
It was very uncomfortable, I could not express my emotions to her. coul;d not hug her for no reason..shit really affected me.
I would see my cousins joke and have fun with their mother and wish I could.
I couldnt, it's like there was something misssing.
my grand parents did a great job raising me though, because up untill I was about 5 or 6 I thought they were my real parents ( I saw my mom and dad when they would visit, but I was too young to process everything and sort it out ) thought my uncles were my brothers and all..weird shit.
to this dad I call my grand parents, pa and ma ( mom and dad in dutch ) I call my mother mom, or ma and my father papa...even when they are in the same room ( i.e my mom and grand mother ) they know who I am speaking too.
because of this my greatest fear is losing my grandmother, since she's the only woman who really knows me.
My grandfather I love to death also, but he's an alcoholic and as a child I had to stand there and watch him beat my grandmother on many occasions.
shit's weird, but made me the man I am today and I always said I would never let my daughter or son grow up without bother parents and at the very least a father.
Real talk, fam'. Props due on keepin' your head up.