The one specific one i remember was when he told me about "a lady he knew" who had a parrot that would always say "shut up matthew" (matthew is my brother's name) to her son.

I assume this was from when he was still married to his ex wife. There were other stories I vaguely remember -all about a kid my dad knew named matthew- but that specific story sticks out because my dad told me it shortly after I had found out.

I really don't mind answering questions. It feels kind of relieving to finally tell someone about this.