He certainly tries his best to make good memories with grandkids & to show his love through, sometimes poorly thought out, actions. His heart is in the right place & he has been incredibly helpful often.

I am so grateful that he gave us such an amazing example of putting family first & that things can always be replaced. He gave up almost his entire inheritance when a couple of my uncles needed extra funds to help with recovery & medical bills for my cousins. There was zero fighting among my father's siblings outside of who could give their portions of inheritance away fastest to help family. All middle class, but all class acts as a family. I hear about how inheritance has torn apart friends familial relationships & it is just such a foreign concept to me.

My parents did well.

edit - LOL anon gender roles can be confusing without faces. My wife makes me sew because I only had brothers & my mother was determined to teach me life skills to pass on to my future daughters (cooking, sewing, art basics, etc...) I still laugh when someone realizes that I am the one who helps sew costumes instead of my wife. She couldn't make a bobbin thread correctly if he life depended on it. Her mother on the other hand does great upholstery work LOL

He certainly tries his best to make good memories with grandkids & to show his love through, sometimes poorly thought out, actions. His heart is in the right place & he has been incredibly helpful often.

I am so grateful that he gave us such an amazing example of putting family first & that things can always be replaced. He gave up almost his entire inheritance when a couple of my uncles needed extra funds to help with recovery & medical bills for my cousins. There was zero fighting among my father's siblings outside of who could give their portions of inheritance away fastest to help family. All middle class, but all class acts as a family. I hear about how inheritance has torn apart friends familial relationships & it is just such a foreign concept to me.

My parents did well.