I would say that the person whom I spend the most time with is my dad. Despite us being far away from each other, me living in one country and him in another, we still talk every day for four hours. And this person has been one of the most important people in my life, bringing me joy and happiness. When I used to live in Belarus, we used to spend all of time together, for example, play snowballs or ride bicycles, have picnics in the forest. We also share an interest of photography, so he would take me in the suburbs of my city and spend a lot of time with me, taking pictures of animals and other wild plants. And my dad is one of a kind. He is the most ambitious, masculine, motivational person who I’ve ever seen. He is the definition of the man. We were forced to believe that men are not supposed to do anything, however, being brought up in this type of family. I would say I have pretty high standards and demands for my future partner because of him. I spend the most time with him because he brings me happiness, and it’s like I’m looking in the mirror and see the version of myself who is male and 50 years old. However, very similar to me and the person who has come on the ground and with whom we get along very much. I could never imagine growing up that my dad would actually be the closest person to me because I’ve been always closest with my mom. But gradually it has developed in a different direction and he has always supported me in my achievements, in my desires and my willingness to develop. With all the failures I had, he used to always have my back. And go over everything with me, over all struggles and overcome obstacles. So I’m pretty happy about it.
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I would say that the person I spend the most time with is my dad. Despite us being far away from each other, with me living in one country and him in another, we still talk every day for four hours. He has been one of the most important people in my life, bringing me joy and happiness. When I lived in Belarus, we spent all our time together, for example, playing in the snow, riding bicycles, and having picnics in the forest. We also share an interest in photography, so he would take me to the suburbs of my city and spend a lot of time with me, taking pictures of animals and other wild plants. My dad is one of a kind. He is the most ambitious, masculine, and motivational person I have ever known. He is the definition of a man. We were led to believe that men are not supposed to do certain things, however, being brought up in this type of family, I have pretty high standards and demands for my future partner because of him. I spend the most time with him because he brings me happiness, and it's like I'm looking in the mirror and seeing the version of myself as a male who is 50 years old. He is very similar to me, and we get along very well. I could never have imagined growing up that my dad would actually be the closest person to me because I was always closest to my mom. But gradually, it has developed in a different direction, and he has always supported me in my achievements, desires, and my willingness to develop. With all the failures I had, he always had my back and went over everything with me, helping me overcome obstacles. So I'm pretty happy about it.
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