reading this thread, I'm quite glad to be childless. i don't think I would ever have inspired this degree of affection.

my father was rather distant. he didn't mean to be - but its as if he'd known we were polar opposites. We led different sorts of lives and we couldn't relate to each other, and knew there wasn't much point trying.

I have inherited most of his bad points. can't have a disagreement without having an argument. judgemental. bad with relationships.

Few of his good points - not bravery, not athleticism, not hardworking, not much common sense.....

perhaps a little of his musicality.