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writes:I used to play football, but I've given it up now. Yet everytime it came to the annual dinner, everyone would ask if my dad was coming. This didn't bother me to begin with but now I think my team mates actually preferred my dad compared to me. In all honesty he was a good football player, he was eventually captain and was selected for scotland Under-21 (on the subs bench) but I am without doubt the worst player as I'm too clumsy.It was embarrassing at the dinner because 6 of my team mates turned up for the the dinerand Iwas the only 1 who didn't get an award (there was 12 awards) hence the conclusion I'm crap.The thing that really annoys me - in fact it upsets me - is that my dad seemed to be having a great time and no one was really talking to me (I'm quite shy).I can tell that some people think that I'm only half the man my dad is and I'm starting to believe that is true not just in football but in every day life. I've even spoken to my dad about this but he's says people who think that are idiots. But I knowin my heart I'm inferior to him. How do I prove to people that I'm just as equal a person as everyone else including my dad?
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reader, anonymous, writes (31 July 2006): Just because football isn't your thing doesn't mean that you're completely inferior to your dad. You have to find your own niche in life, something you gain respect and awards for while your dad sits idolly by and watches you gain all the glory. Your dad is right in saything that people who think you're half the man he is are idiots. You aren't your dad. You are your own man. Your dad is not setting the standard that you need to measure up to. Find things that you are good at, and be proud to be doing those things and doing them well. Set your own standards for yourself and stop being so hard on yourself. There isn't some mold that every man should be like. You are more than that, you're an individual. I wish you the best of luck in everything that you do, and I hope everything works out okay. Stay cool!
~RJGirl
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