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パパは大手の運送会社で働いています。仕事は忙しく、たびたび出張します。平日は、いつも夜8時ごろ帰ってきます。だからパパと夕食をいっしょにとることはほとんどありません。週末以外は、いっしょにいる時間がほとんどありません。パパが夕食をとっているときや、朝、家を出るまでの時間に、何気ない会話を交わす程度です。世間では週末に家でごろごろしてばかりいて家族の不評をかっているお父さんも多いようですが、わたしのパパは活動的です。陶芸が好きで、もう20年も続けています。
実は、以前はパパのことがあまり好きではありませんでした。たぶん、パパのことをあまり理解していなかったせいでしょう。今よりもずっと仕事が忙しかったので、話をする機会がほとんどなかったのです。パパがもっている優しさがわかってから、パパのことが大好きになりました。必要以上にわたしに干渉しないところもいいです。
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My father works at a big transport company. He has a very busy schedule and is often away from home. On weekdays, he usually gets home around eight at night. So the rest of us usually eat supper first. Other than brief exchanges in passing while he is eating his late supper or before he goes off to work in the morning, we don't have much chance to talk except on the weekends. I hear from my friends that a lot of fathers spend their weekends just lounging around at home, but mine is not that type. He is very active. He has a hobby of making pottery and has kept it up for over twenty years.
There was a time, I have to admit, when I did not like my father very much. That's probably because I didn't know him very well. He was always busy and we barely had time to talk. When I finally understood his gentle side, I came to love him very much. He doesn't interfere in my affairs more than necessary. That's another thing that is good about him!
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