The recent long weekend afforded me the opportunity to really read and think about things. I had a father who was alpha sometimes...and very beta at others. My mother's happiness was the driving force of his life.

Don't get me wrong. He did whatever the fuck he wanted but he would "pretend to be sick " to do it.

Kind of an NPD beta...

Made me think how bad a model he was. I don't know if it would be worse to just had my mother. I see a lot of men here lamenting about absent fathers.

What do you say boys? Which scenario produces a worse outcome?