Which 5 people in your life had the biggest impact in making you the person you are today?
1. Mom
2. Grandpa (mom's dad)
3. Grandma (mom's mom)
4. Father (negative impact, but definitely played a role in who I am)
I'm having trouble deciding on my 5th.
Feel free to expand on why they made such a big impact.
1. My mentor in the Navy. He still influences me to this day, even after we both have retired
2. My high school choir director. I had never seen a teacher reach students the way he did. I92 may know him (his last teaching position before he died was at Jackson)
3 and 4. My brothers. I learned so much from watching them as I grew up. I learned how to succeed and fail through watching them.
5. My wife. She definitely straightened my ass up when we got married more that 20 years ago.
1. Dad
2. Mom
3. Grandpa (dad side)
4. First Boss
5. High school football coach
posted by brutus161.....
5. My wife. She definitely straightened my ass up when we got married more that 20 years ago.
Great to see that!
Without even trying, my wife (39 years) is/has been a positive and calming influence on all of us. Lol, we call her "Switzerland".
posted by brutus1611. My mentor in the Navy. He still influences me to this day, even after we both have retired
2. My high school choir director. I had never seen a teacher reach students the way he did. I92 may know him (his last teaching position before he died was at Jackson)
3 and 4. My brothers. I learned so much from watching them as I grew up. I learned how to succeed and fail through watching them.
5. My wife. She definitely straightened my ass up when we got married more that 20 years ago.
What was his name?
Jesus Christ
Dad
Mom
Paternal grandpa
Wife (negatively... but I have grown into who I am because of our divorce)
posted by ernest_t_bassJesus Christ
Dad
Mom
Paternal grandpa
Wife (negatively... but I have grown into who I am because of our divorce)
Didn’t realIze you got a divorce. sorry to hear that.
posted by kizer permanenteDidn’t realIze you got a divorce. sorry to hear that.
It's not final. But she will never come back.
posted by Ironman92What was his name?
Chris Bullion
posted by brutus161Chris Bullion
I remember the name but didn’t know him…I think he was here after my sister but before my daughter.
posted by Ironman92I remember the name but didn’t know him…I think he was here after my sister but before my daughter.
He died in 2010
posted by ernest_t_bassJesus Christ
Dad
Mom
Paternal grandpa
Wife (negatively... but I have grown into who I am because of our divorce)
You got divorced? Man's best friend indeed....
posted by SnotBubblesYou got divorced? Man's best friend indeed....
Yeah, thanks for being a friend through it all, jerk.
posted by ernest_t_bassYeah, thanks for being a friend through it all, jerk.
Pfft. Where were you when I got fat and needed a friend to help me not get fat?
1. Dad
2. Mom
3.Grandpa
4.Grandma
I hit the jackpot with parents and grandparents on my Mom's side. All four were very supportive of me growing up. My dad passed away when I was 22 so he never got to see the full man that I became but he laid a good foundation and I know he would be proud of how I turned out.
5. (Tie) - Mr.Jerry Hatcher & Mr. Paul Gallagher
Mr. Hatcher was my 9th grade basketball coach and Mr. Gallagher was my 9th grade principal and high school prinical my junior and senior year. My junior high school was shut down after our 8th grade year and we were sent to another school for our 9th grade year. They both did everything to make us feel welcome and shaped my thoughts on how to succeed and how to treat people.
posted by SnotBubblesPfft. Where were you when I got fat and needed a friend to help me not get fat?
Probably drinking like crazy and getting fat myself.
1. Mom
2. Dad
That about sums it up.
Wife
Mom
Dad
Maternal grandpa
HS cross/track coach and chem teacher
Random HS substitute teacher who told me that I was too smart for the career path I had planned
1. Dad
2. Grandma (Dad’s mom)
3. Grandma (Mom’s mom)
4. Grandpa (Mom’s dad) Negatively
5. Mom
Mom and Dad married at 15 and 17 and made it until I got through college. Dad worked insane hours as a grocery story manager and flat out never missed anything I did, never complained and just kept pushing forward. I strive to be him in so many ways.
My grandma was in same house as me from 0-3 and 20-23. She started me in church at age 4 and she worked everyday at a pharmacy until age 75. At age 7 she asked if I would sign a paper saying I’d never smoke…..at age 42 for me she pulled this paper out and showed me she kept it, and I’ve never taken a single puff of one and never will.
My mom’s mom raised 4 young daughters and her unkind husband left her when my mom was 12 (the oldest)….grandma worked in a factory and got cancer at age 60 and I took care of her in her final months of life. She held that entire side of the family together. Never a complaint ever and few people had more to complain about.
My mom’s dad…..stud athlete that turned down a Tigers contract in 1957 as he had twins on the way….had 2 other kids and was a semi pro golfer and held the most holes walked in a day record for over a decade. Left grandma and four daughters and messed up all4 daughters and I can easily argue every one of their daughter’s (8 women in total)….to this day I have a soft place in my heart for troubled women and girls that don’t have a father figure in their life.
My mom….she’s had a rough life as pregnant at 15, witnessed her youngest sister being murdered in Pickerington, twin sister tragically passed away 7 years ago and dad the abusive alcoholic. Mom has had to fight a lot of demons and a couple stints in the mental facility but she’s winning the game of life right now.
Note: Up until I began elementary school I had 5 grandmas, 4 grandpas and a step grandma….so most of my grandparents had a big part in me being who I am.
