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Damicci

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How do you say "Happy Mother's Day or Father's Day?"
母の日おめでとう?

Also with The Parent Days coming up I want to say something to Rieko's Parents.

Maybe father's day I was thinking:
父の日おめでとうございます。僕には父がもういません。でも、里絵子の家族は僕に優しいでありました。それから、今には里絵子の家族にとって僕の家族と思って、お父さんが僕の事にとって息子と思ってくるのを望んでます。

I want to say:
Happy Father's Day. My father is no longer living. But Rieko's Family has been very kind to me. Because of that, I now think of Rieko's family as my family and I hope that you can come to think of me as a son.

Does it sound too forward?
 
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Damicci,

父の日おめでとうございます。

僕には、もう父はいません。でも、里絵子の家族は僕に 優しくしてくれます。だから、今は、里絵子の家族は僕 の家族と思っています。お父さんも、僕の事にとって息 子と思ってくれたら嬉しいです。

Since what you wrote was actually pretty good, I have kept the corrections to a minimum and think it's good enough now.
 
Just a small correction:
お父さんが僕の事にとって息子と → お父さんが僕のことを息子と

It's a very nice message, Damicci!
 
Just a small correction:
お父さんが僕の事にとって息子と → お父さんが僕のことを息子と

It's a very nice message, Damicci!
Thanks for backing me up, undrentide-san!
 
質問があります。なんで「にとって」を使うのがだめですか?
「Xが~にとってとおもう」は「Think of X as a ~」のような意味と思っていました。 それ違うですけど、なんで分かりません。 当然な日本語の事についてですか。

ありがとうございました。 またがんばります。
 
I think you don't have the correct understanding of how to use にとって .

~にとって means "for/to ~" with ~ being a noun.

お父さんにとって、Damicci は息子のようだ。
(To Father, Damicci is like a son.)

私にとって、家族はとても大事です。
(For me, family is very important.)

To say "to think of X as a ~," you can say:
Xを~のように思う。

HTH!
 
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
I get it now. man I had it completely wrong.
Thank you for the eye opener.
 
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