He taught me social skills and how to relate to people. Think he tried to teach mother too. She was and is a introvert; they are polar opposites. His thing was speak when you enter a room. He was raised by a civil activist so those habits flowed through him. He always said never walk around with your hands in your pocket. He said always get dressed like you have somewhere to be. Never just go out of your home thinking you are just going to the store. He said you will run into your worst enemy when you look your worst. Father was big on grammar. Possibly does not show in my writing, but when I am around my parents it is …show more content…
My parents were all I knew so when I went out on my own I used all the skills they once gave me. The downside of being shelter I must say would be social skills. Yes my father got me out of the home and I met people, but they defiantly where the people I would find in the real world. Dating caused a problem because it was new. I married the first person who said they loved me. BIG mistake yet I did not know any better. I married again later on and realized after eleven plus years this was also a mistake with two kids. Kids are outstanding the husband had to go. My father stepped in and said stop marrying people without a pass. Basically I married two people without fathers and when you do that it is bad. This is not all single parent men just the two I picked. They do not have any skills. They do not know the difference between flat head screwdriver and phillips. It was