tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2439647783347819362.post4343969243013522482..comments2023-12-29T15:25:46.925-05:00Comments on "THE VIEW FROM OUTSIDE MY TINY WINDOW": Post No. 133: We Should All Sing for Our Fathers, At Least OnceInspector Clouseauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09373932797333038561noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2439647783347819362.post-48239567136510697492012-12-07T05:36:48.308-05:002012-12-07T05:36:48.308-05:00We just came across this again Independent Cuss, w...We just came across this again Independent Cuss, while reviewing some older posts retweeted by others on Twitter. We did not recall that you lost your Father that long ago, and while you were relatively young. We all have some degree of complexity. Based on what we know of you through your writings and our conversations, we think that you did just fine, and that your Father would be proud.InspectorClouseauhttp://www.theviewfromoutsidemytinywindow.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2439647783347819362.post-8505829897615946212011-05-21T02:47:48.222-04:002011-05-21T02:47:48.222-04:00Laughingman suggests that the friction between par...Laughingman suggests that the friction between parents and their offspring is somehow genetically driven, to encourage the offspring to leave the fold. Does he believe that infidelity, namely one spouse seeking sex outside of the marriage, is similarly based?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2439647783347819362.post-29817981423348381202011-05-21T02:47:47.941-04:002011-05-21T02:47:47.941-04:00While surfing through Twitter, someone tweeted a q...While surfing through Twitter, someone tweeted a quote attributable to Margaret Mead which we found interesting:<br><br>"Motherhood is a biological fact. Fatherhood is a social invention."Inspector Clouseauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09373932797333038561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2439647783347819362.post-76235821633134252742010-02-09T07:50:21.562-05:002010-02-09T07:50:21.562-05:00As we type this, the movie which prompted us to ge...As we type this, the movie which prompted us to generate this post is being shown on Turner Classic Movies.Inspector Clouseauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09373932797333038561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2439647783347819362.post-35827721555344483092009-09-06T21:43:44.577-04:002009-09-06T21:43:44.577-04:00Earlier today, NatGeo re-aired its program on Rums...Earlier today, NatGeo re-aired its program on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumspringer" rel="nofollow">Rumspringer</a> in the Amish community. During the period, teenagers are free to explore activities not otherwise tolerated within the church, and after the completion of the period, they must either commit to the church for life, or leave. Interesting concept.Inspector Clouseauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09373932797333038561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2439647783347819362.post-14505906582988123682009-09-06T14:22:29.517-04:002009-09-06T14:22:29.517-04:00Thanks much ConcordPastor for your comments. Visi...Thanks much ConcordPastor for your comments. Visit us often.Inspector Clouseauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09373932797333038561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2439647783347819362.post-49324521411830039342009-09-06T13:48:17.361-04:002009-09-06T13:48:17.361-04:00Inspector C: very interesting post... My father d...Inspector C: very interesting post... My father died at 62 (my age now) when I was 28. I understand very well that lengthy piece of personal history left blank, void by the absence of a parent. What might have been...Concord Pastorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18322127779647130869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2439647783347819362.post-63423707478798830192009-09-06T11:12:10.780-04:002009-09-06T11:12:10.780-04:00While surfing through Twitter, someone tweeted a q...While surfing through Twitter, someone tweeted a quote attributable to Margaret Mead which we found interesting:<br /><br />"Motherhood is a biological fact. Fatherhood is a social invention."Inspector Clouseauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09373932797333038561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2439647783347819362.post-21422519686400039742009-09-01T12:02:08.417-04:002009-09-01T12:02:08.417-04:00At this moment, Turner Classic Movies is airing a ...At this moment, Turner Classic Movies is airing a Vincente Minnelli film, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_and_Sympathy_%28film%29" rel="nofollow">Tea and Sympathy</a>, starring Deborah Kerr and John Kerr. In a conversation between the two main characters when they first meet, the younger, male student Tom relates that his Mother and Father are divorced, and that he has not seen his Mother since he was 5 years of age.<br /><br />The older woman responds that she is sorry, to which the student replies, "Don't be; they aren't."<br /><br />He then goes on to explain that he was brought into the world to keep them together. Since they are divorced, he notes, "It's a terrible thing to know that you flopped at your first job in life."Inspector Clouseauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09373932797333038561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2439647783347819362.post-28162497987642257192009-09-01T11:05:23.343-04:002009-09-01T11:05:23.343-04:00Thanks much Anonymous/Blondetwit for your comment....Thanks much Anonymous/Blondetwit for your comment. Now that you have discovered us, we hope that you become a regular reader.<br /><br />Your comment highlighted the fact that there is no neat, simple, formula to exploring the relationship between fathers and their offspring. Of course, much of the same analysis also applies to mothers.<br /><br />In our next post, we hope to explore ways in which conflict between fathers and their children might be minimized, by recognition of the reasons for their different world-views.Inspector Clouseauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09373932797333038561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2439647783347819362.post-79536791990082744572009-09-01T10:16:53.515-04:002009-09-01T10:16:53.515-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Inspector Clouseauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09373932797333038561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2439647783347819362.post-80568300409307831422009-08-31T23:50:30.277-04:002009-08-31T23:50:30.277-04:00Complex multi-faceted relationships as one, seemin...Complex multi-faceted relationships as one, seemingly identical to another, will never be the same as the other.<br />In today's world, where our parents are living longer and exposing their children to the world of extended care, etc., that's no consolation to those who've lost parents too soon. <br />Whether good or bad or somewhere in between, I hope everyone makes the efforts, whether believed to be their responsibility or not to do so, to re-evaluate those relationships and assign them their proper places in our lives and hearts. It's not about them. It's about you.<br />@BlondetwitAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2439647783347819362.post-6925776827109908832009-08-31T16:05:02.070-04:002009-08-31T16:05:02.070-04:00I've been a long time follower of your blog. ...I've been a long time follower of your blog. Some months ago, in your post entitled, <a href="http://tinyurl.com/dhy9ku" rel="nofollow">27 Situations Where People We Respect Claim that Lying is Appropriate</a>, you raised the issue of whether caretakers or children of senior citizens suffering from some type of mental decline should be lied to. Over the past few months, have you changed your view on this subject? At the time of the original article, you suggested that lying to children and senior citizens was inappropriate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2439647783347819362.post-61716901276754335252009-08-31T15:27:55.382-04:002009-08-31T15:27:55.382-04:00Inspector,
Thank you for your thoughtful treatise...Inspector,<br /><br />Thank you for your thoughtful treatise on fatherhood.<br /><br />I have suffered that "gaping hole" for forty-five years as I lost my Dad in 1964 when I was just a lad. The long-term nature of the absence of that paternal influence does not make it any easier to bear.<br /><br />Jeff DreibusIndependent Cusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01447969666875879925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2439647783347819362.post-33748260163781423362009-08-31T14:29:13.320-04:002009-08-31T14:29:13.320-04:00Laughingman suggests that the friction between par...Laughingman suggests that the friction between parents and their offspring is somehow genetically driven, to encourage the offspring to leave the fold. Does he believe that infidelity, namely one spouse seeking sex outside of the marriage, is similarly based?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2439647783347819362.post-41871826671623341052009-08-31T13:33:03.307-04:002009-08-31T13:33:03.307-04:00Thank you Douglas, and we appreciate your continui...Thank you Douglas, and we appreciate your continuing visits, even though we can not visit the blogs of our long time readers with the frequency we once did.<br /><br />It becomes more complex with each passing year of the relationship.Inspector Clouseauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09373932797333038561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2439647783347819362.post-75243770022384364762009-08-30T19:01:27.984-04:002009-08-30T19:01:27.984-04:00Well written piece. It explores the complexities o...Well written piece. It explores the complexities of the father-son relationship, raising questions without implying an empirical set of answers. My relationship with my father was, while always strained and full of discomfort, was a strong influence on my life and my own fatherhood.Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09752593286034877538noreply@blogger.com