He always feels grumpy first thing in the morning. I've just received a rental copy of The Simpsons: Around the World in 80 D'ohs from Amazon.co.uk and I went downstairs to tell him. He said he didn't care and he's going to sleep now. Good job I'll be with my mother for most of the day.

Sorry to hear that Stompgal. Some parents can forget they are parents sometimes, please don't take it heart.  ;)

I hope you have a good time with your mother.

ya...dads can be total grouches sometimes....my dad gets moody for no reason at times and starts barking this and that at eveyone.




Erin :)

He always feels grumpy first thing in the morning. I've just received a rental copy of The Simpsons: Around the World in 80 D'ohs from Amazon.co.uk and I went downstairs to tell him. He said he didn't care and he's going to sleep now. Good job I'll be with my mother for most of the day.


Sometimes people, including parents, get a bit cranky.  when kids are real young they try to mask it, now
your older he probably just figured it was ok to show the grumpy side.  Don't take it to heart.  He'll probably
feel bad about it, once he's had a nap.

He always feels grumpy first thing in the morning. I've just received a rental copy of The Simpsons: Around the World in 80 D'ohs from Amazon.co.uk and I went downstairs to tell him. He said he didn't care and he's going to sleep now. Good job I'll be with my mother for most of the day.
Not knowing your situation but from this one instance, you might want to give your old man a little leeway - lots of kids don't have Dads anymore and wish they did (some of 'em anyway).  In defense of Dads, they have a lot on their minds, in my case I'm mostly concerned with the safety of my 16 and 11 year olds and sometimes get a bit grouchy over it, especially when my 16 year old is in a trance on the cell phone while I'm trying to make a safety plan at, eg. the art fair last Saturday, and she's not listening and forging ahead into the crowd, while her 11 year old sister is trying to keep up with her and I'm trying not to lose the both of them in the jumble of humanity. Situation response, Dad gets TO'd.

I get really savage when I'm tired.  I'm sure he'll feel awful that he was cranky with you.  (I always do when I've been mean to my kids  :()

He always feels grumpy first thing in the morning... Of course if he was mean and made you sad, it's okay to feel that way, happens to us all to get our feelings hurt.  Especially hard when you are trying to be happy and someone brings you down.  Just try to get over it and get happy again, give Dad a hug :)

Same here.  I'm sooooo not a morning person and the kids know it ;)

Nobody in this house is either. That's why we try to avoid each other the first 15 minutes or so after we wake up.  :D

He always feels grumpy first thing in the morning. I've just received a rental copy of The Simpsons: Around the World in 80 D'ohs from Amazon.co.uk and I went downstairs to tell him. He said he didn't care and he's going to sleep now. Good job I'll be with my mother for most of the day.


Sorry you had to deal with that.  My father was always like that.  Most of the time I just didn't talk to him. :-\\

If your dad is approachable about these things, maybe you should talk to him when he's in a better mood and let him know how you felt when he said that to you.  He may not be aware of how his moods affect you.

As for your Simpsons video, its sounds really funny.  I hope you enjoy it. :)

My Father is the Archie Bunker of the household

My Father is the Archie Bunker of the household

are you the meathead?  ;D

are you the meathead?  ;D



What was Meathead's role in Archie Bunker?

What was Meathead's role in Archie Bunker?

he was the Pollock stepson married to Gloria, their daughter

he was the Pollock stepson married to Gloria, their daughter



I'm not married

he was the Pollock stepson married to Gloria, their daughter


Archie didn't like Mike awhole lot, some of the arguements where my favorite parts of the show!  ;D

Archie didn't like Mike awhole lot, some of the arguements where my favorite parts of the show!  ;D



My Father doesn't like me that much either but he calls me a yuckapuck,not a meathead. ;D

My Father doesn't like me that much either but he calls me a yuckapuck,not a meathead. ;D


what's a yuckapuck?

what's a yuckapuck?


It's yiddish.I forgot what it meant ;D

I have an amazing dad all in all. He's a teacher at Cathays High School in Cardiff and I text him if I cannot discuss the problem face to face. He also sends apologies and I also e-mail him.