I absolutely refused to learn how to fix HVAC units from my father, and I regret it a lot now.
My dad was an HVAC technician, and he was a good HVAC technician.
My dad was so passionate about HVAC units that he even started his HVAC company. Since I was the only child in the family, my dad dreamed that I would take over the HVAC company one day, and he tried to prepare me for that from the very beginning. As soon as I could hold a flashlight, my dad was trying to teach me how to fix HVAC units. As I grew older, he began trying to push me to learn how to fix HVAC units. Eventually, I realized that my dad was teaching me how to fix HVAC units because he expected me to become an HVAC technician and start my own HVAC company one day. Once I realized what was happening, I refused to learn how to fix HVAC units. I did not want to be an HVAC technician, and I definitely didn’t want to feel like my whole life was being controlled by my dad. While I couldn’t refuse to help my dad with the HVAC units, I could refuse to remember how to perform even the most basic tasks. Eventually, my dad realized that I did not want to learn how to fix HVAC units, and he gave up. As an adult, I regret not learning how to fix HVAC units. I do have to pay an HVAC technician to fix all my HVAC units, but that does not bother me. I have a great job, and I do not want to fix my own HVAC units. However, I recently learned that my dad used those times to spend time with me, and by refusing to learn how to fix HVAC units, I didn’t spend time with him. Now that he passed, I wish I could change how I reacted.