The Questions Fathers Never Answer

Our parents are growing older and we are growing busier. This is a tragedy unto itself. They are running out of time and we don't have enough time to give it to them. This is the time we feel we should be spending with them. Reminiscing about their life. Asking them how theirs was. Are they satisfied? Are they happy? I often wonder about asking my father what he thinks about his life now that he has lived so much of it. What would he have done differently? What advice would he give me? Generally, when you ask your father that, he tells you about his failures. He tells you not to repeat them. That's hindsight bias. I want to know the emotional side of the man. But fathers are a tough breed. They have spent so much of their life hiding emotions, negating them, mocking themselves for feeling them, that they would rather die than express it. I look at myself and realise the apple didn't fall far from the tree. I would rather die than be vulnerable in front of my kids, whenever I have…