Funniest thing, when I read the title of this thread asking if my dad is still alive my first thought was "yes, thank God". The part that is so ironic is my dad died when I was ten and my mom remarried a year later.
My dad was a wonderful dad (and a wonderful guy overall) and I loved him very much. But the man my mom married after he died is also a wonderful dad to me and I love him very much.
I suffered a terrible loss when my dad passed and I miss him a lot but I have also been very blessed and I am dreading the day I lose my mom or my stepdad. They are still fairly young so I am hoping that it will be a long, long time from now.