Does a father teach respect?

I can't say that I know where you're coming from at all, but since I can remember (I am 20) my father has had the same job working the midnight shift printing books. Since he would be at work all night, he would essentially sleep all day which left him no time to spend with me. He also has had multiple knee replacements and back surgeries so the time he is able to spend with me was never spent doing father-son things because he is in too much pain. I don't credit anyone really for "teaching" me respect, but my uncle was a big influence. I think that being respectful is a combination of what you learn from how the people around you act and how you want other people to perceive you. If you have no desire to be seen as respectful then of course you're not going to be. If you really care about how people see you and you want to be respectful, then just be respectful. I like being respectful because people like it. Am I actually respectful? Haha I'm not sure about that. I think the key is to be respectful when you need to. I was a bit of a bully in high school because I was bigger than everyone and in public I can be a real , but when I am around family, I act respectful. It's funny, my ex girlfriend told me that I was never a gentleman when we broke up. I was so confused because I thought that I was 100% gentlmanlike and I've never met another person who has said that about me, which means....Girls are idiots. So my final advice would be, being respectful is easy and you don't need a role model. Of course it helps, but since you're fatherless, it would almost be a good victory for you if you were able to teach yourself respect. He would be proud to see that. Hopefully this helped a tiny bit and didn't just sound like an idiot on a computer.