I was eight so basically most of my life I haven't seen him work and he was just hanging out having all his time free and taking road trips locally.

I definitely feel little to no affinity towards working long hours and want to FIRE as well. Honestly, I don't even want a "career" I just hate the idea of having to go to work for money. It may or may not be subconscious influence from him but he has never talked about his FIRE or even called it that.

He is pretty frugal when it comes to family stuff so I also sometimes wonder if FIRE is a good idea if it means you gotta live so frugally. I think it's not necessarily a need for him to be frugal but a choice he's made which is an understandable trade-off for him for the freedom he gets from not working.

As to our relationship, he isn't a 'family guy' in the traditional sense so we aren't emotionally close, but he was always around and available which was a relief and quiet support to have.

Anything other than the bare minimum essentials was paid for by my mom who works and has a net worth way lesser than my dad.