My dad is great and has been awesome about my wedding... he's paid for most of it, been supportive, taken as much interest in the details as a dad can but sometimes I'm not sure whether to laugh or cry.
We were talking about his speech and he told me he's going to adlib. I have experience of his adlibbed speeches and although he is a very good public speaker, he tends to go on for hours and always puts in some terribky embarrassing story from when I was a toddler than in hindsight he's happy to admit was completely inapproriate for the occasion. I told him I would rather he didn't adllib because of time as we have a lot of toasts and it's a formal occasion and he told me if he had to prepare he wasn't doing a speech.
Then yesterday I got an email saying, "do I really have to wear a tie?" My dad isn't a slob at all and he always dresses neatly but in the last few years since he no longer has to wear a tie to work he has developed an aversion to ties that borders on fanaticism. I replied back and said, "dad, it''s a wedding, you are part of the bridal party, everyone else will be wearing a tie. You can take it off after your toast." He hasn't replied, which is generally his way of sulking.
I think I'm going to have to have a word with my stepmom since she's good at bullying him into line. Ha ha! Mostly I just find it funny because he's becoming more "eccentric" with age.
Anyone else having dadzilla moments? Lol!
