Who here has grown up without a positive male figure in the home?

[Groanman]

I see what you did there.

 

[Soundbwoy]

i did but alway could rely on uncles and older cousins to school me

 

[Mr. Somebody]

im available as a mentor and brazillian jiujitsu teacher, friends.

 

[Illuminatos]

Yup, this one has Lebron James straight out of high school potential.

We just need somebody to plant the bait and for someone to take it.

Welp, this thread busted harder than Beasley. Looks like I won't be an NBA scout anytime soon.

 

[BrehWyatt]

I didn't have my dad from age 5-6 on. From that point, it was a couple boyfriends here or there, another marriage which ended horribly, etc.

Every time I see a dad with his kid, I think about how I didn't have a nikka there when it mattered, and it strengthens my resolve to be the father that mine never was.

 

[Poh SIti Dawn]

I didn't, but I'm content with being who I am so I try not to think "what if" and instead accept things for what they are.

 

[Dreamzeedream]

I dint, i struggled mentally and emotionally as far as becoming a man but it gave me the strength to be a better father then mine when that time comes. I always tell myself i dont want my son to go through what i've been through and i wanna raise him to be any and everything that me and my father wasnt.... but thats in the future.. i look at it like this... somebody gotta break the cycle breh... so why not it be me?

 

[Bay Area]

I grew up without a father. Life certainly was harder and I had to learn life lessons that my father should have taught me. I basically taught myself how to be a man but hey im 22, I have a job and ill have a degree soon. I give credit to my STRONG single black mother for raising me right and not lettin me become a stereotype. I agree with the person above me, im going to break the cycle and I will be the father figure that I never had to my kids.

 

[observe]

Lil daddies boys on the coli..,I was indie since a youth..never had a father figure..these are the types of threads that therapists ask..not real nikka shyt..

 

[Ricky Church]

both my parents raised me & my lil bro, I fukking Love my Mom & Dad