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Kmjm
Member
05-19-2002
| Monday, July 23, 2007 - 10:35 pm
Dick has no off switch, he doesn't know how or when to stop.
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Skydiver6
Member
07-21-2006
| Monday, July 23, 2007 - 10:35 pm
As someone who had a huge fight with her 16 year old daughter this week I am feeling for Dick. My daughter's perception of reality were quite a ways off from what really was! I'm sure Dick has screwed up royally sometimes and Dani has the right to feel as she does and I feel for both of them. As my brilliant sister always says, "Feelings are never right or wrong, they just are." I also agree that Dick is being too relentless and that national TV is not the place for this - yet I feel that with DR. Phil etc. too.
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Jen
Member
07-27-2003
| Monday, July 23, 2007 - 10:36 pm
He is too needy. And it's all about him. I agree he's trying. I see that. but come on. Let her deal with it. On and on!
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Mamabatsy
Member
08-05-2005
| Monday, July 23, 2007 - 10:36 pm
They really need a professional who can interpret what they mean rather than guessing what the other means. He wants to be a friend and she wants a father and neither of them knows how to tell the other what they want or need.
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Needmylifeback
Member
08-14-2000
| Monday, July 23, 2007 - 10:37 pm
I wish I hadn't changed feeds .. I feel both their pain as a parent and as a daughter who's mom cut us off of the rest of the extended family when I was younger over something she perceived wrong .. (which we will never know what happened) - I guess I needed a good cry too.
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Christiii
Member
07-07-2005
| Monday, July 23, 2007 - 10:37 pm
I think Dani is also resentful that he hasnt helped her financially much. She said she had to quit college because she cant afford it, and wors at Hooters. Im sure she wishes dad would quit partying and bragging, and help her out. Its what dads are supposed to do
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Kalekona
Member
06-12-2005
| Monday, July 23, 2007 - 10:38 pm
Both Vincent and his mother said he always tried to be a good father. That was more than my mother did,I understand abandonment issues. But he is trying, he is excepting his responsibility for his failings.. my mom hasn't done that to this day.
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Lurknomore
Member
07-07-2001
| Monday, July 23, 2007 - 10:38 pm
wow I actually am missing something I want to see! What started this chat? And Christiii did you read his son's thread and the explaination of why he gave them up? He tried to do the single parent thing with 2 kids barely more than toddler's w/no help. He DID try, really hard. I don't think many guys would try to be a single Dad to 2 tiny kids alone. If you missed it you should read what he said that I won't be disrespectful enough to post here, but it really changed my mind about Dick early on.
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Christiii
Member
07-07-2005
| Monday, July 23, 2007 - 10:38 pm
well, the good news is, he can take her to the Spice Girls now for the reunion tour!!
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Kiari43
Member
08-25-2005
| Monday, July 23, 2007 - 10:39 pm
For christmas sake! What more does she want from him!
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Earthmother
Member
07-14-2002
| Monday, July 23, 2007 - 10:39 pm
What deep stuff is she talking about? Does she want a father or does she want a friend. Parents and children say things to each other that they regret, but it's when they are angry and you know they don't mean it. I see that Danielle isn't willing to tell him what she wants. She has some ridiculous idea that because you are the parent (20 isn't a baby) that you somehow have to be the one who knows instinctively what the other one is thinking and that is not how it works. She has said more than once her dad will protect her, so she knows he loves her, she is being stubborn and not willing to work on anything that doesn't absolve her of any of what's gone wrong. She is crying and he is trying to be comforting (that's what parents do) but Danielle doesn't seem to feel anything while her father is crying. Parents make mistakes, god knows I have.
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Jen
Member
07-27-2003
| Monday, July 23, 2007 - 10:39 pm
All. About. Him.
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Christiii
Member
07-07-2005
| Monday, July 23, 2007 - 10:39 pm
oh Im sure Lurk, but Im sure its still feels like abadonment to a little girl, you know??
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Kiari43
Member
08-25-2005
| Monday, July 23, 2007 - 10:40 pm
LMAO Christiii
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S009
Member
07-18-2007
| Monday, July 23, 2007 - 10:40 pm
Well, it will seem one-sided when a certain someone just sits there and pouts...
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Kalekona
Member
06-12-2005
| Monday, July 23, 2007 - 10:41 pm
Wow Christii that is what fathers are suppose to do? mine never did, i don't even get birthday cards from him but i would never treat him like this. Because i understand circumstances kept him out of my life not because he didn't want to be a part of it. Yes I think Dick needs to just let her sit and calm down but i understand he needs to say everything in case he never gets another chance.
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Tera
Member
08-10-2000
| Monday, July 23, 2007 - 10:41 pm
Her body language is saying it is all about her.
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Jucylucy
Member
08-23-2005
| Monday, July 23, 2007 - 10:41 pm
My heart is breaking for them both.
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Kmjm
Member
05-19-2002
| Monday, July 23, 2007 - 10:41 pm
Wow, he's really guilting her out. Dick it's not going to help, give it up. He's pressuring her to give him what he needs.
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Needmylifeback
Member
08-14-2000
| Monday, July 23, 2007 - 10:41 pm
She isn't listening right now .. he's pouring out and she's not listening...
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Flamingo
Member
08-19-2003
| Monday, July 23, 2007 - 10:42 pm
this may be the first conversation (one sided maybe) that they've had in years where she didn't run away. I don't blame him for not leaving the room.
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Christiii
Member
07-07-2005
| Monday, July 23, 2007 - 10:42 pm
well dick, stop oogling jessica. so not cool with your daughter , who is her friend, in the house, yuck! creeps me out
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Kiari43
Member
08-25-2005
| Monday, July 23, 2007 - 10:42 pm
He is not selfish, he is begging her for forgiveness and she won't even speak. She is being selfish.
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Kmjm
Member
05-19-2002
| Monday, July 23, 2007 - 10:43 pm
He's not begging for forgiveness, he's begging for her to make him feel better,
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Hypermom
Member
08-13-2001
| Monday, July 23, 2007 - 10:43 pm
YES A HUG!!!
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