When you’re a kid, you’re at the mercy of the adults around you. While some kids have two healthy, rational parents at the helm of their families, others have to operate under a series of absurd rules that do nothing to prepare them for the future. A parent could hypothetically feed their kids nothing but …
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Younger Generations are Using ‘Dad-core’ to Prioritize Goofiness and Gentleness Over Antiquated Militant Fathering Styles
He kicks off his workboots by the front door, tugs at the slightly-too-snug hem of his favorite t-shirt, then hijacks the remote before falling asleep on his favorite chair. He’ll never truly wrap his head around your tattoos and doesn’t really understand what you do at your «Internet job,» but he’s immeasurably proud of you …
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Daughter panics and blames her dad to get out of jury duty, it works: ‘I walked out of that courthouse like I just dropped the hottest mixtape of the year.’
Have you ever been to jury duty? It usual requires your entire day, minimum! If you actually get chosen, buckle in for an even longer process! That’s usually why so many people try to get out of it. That, and usually you don’t end up being the jury for some TV room drama. It’s usually …
Seguir leyendo Daughter panics and blames her dad to get out of jury duty, it works: ‘I walked out of that courthouse like I just dropped the hottest mixtape of the year.’
Uncle sends money to the mother of his brother’s illegitimate child, exposes him as a deadbeat to their extended family: ‘I’ll never let him hear the end of it’
There’s always a question of how much you should mind your own business. I’m certainly not going to eavesdrop on a stranger’s conversation, pass a judgment, and interject to tell them what I think. I would definitely do those first two things, but the third is crossing a line. There’s an art to getting involved …
Seguir leyendo Uncle sends money to the mother of his brother’s illegitimate child, exposes him as a deadbeat to their extended family: ‘I’ll never let him hear the end of it’
24-year-old refuses to forgive her deadbeat dad who hasn’t seen her since she was 10 years old: ‘He messaged me, said he misses his little girl and wants to reconnect.’
One of the best things about being an adult is that you don’t have to have a relationship with anyone you don’t want a relationship with. I’m not advocating cutting off your parents for no good reason or refusing to maintain any friendships because they’re an inconvenience to you. Many relationships in life are worth …
Seguir leyendo 24-year-old refuses to forgive her deadbeat dad who hasn’t seen her since she was 10 years old: ‘He messaged me, said he misses his little girl and wants to reconnect.’
Mom refuses to let dad of a 7-year-old and 8-month-old twins go on a solo trip without the rest of the family: ‘I’m working, we don’t have full time child care, and it’s honestly just a lot with the 3 kids’
Once you become a parent, a lot of your freedom gets swallowed up. As a single person, I could hypothetically take a year off from all my responsibilities and travel the world, and it wouldn’t significantly impact anyone other than me. Sure, I’d have to save up and find someone to sublet my room for …
Seguir leyendo Mom refuses to let dad of a 7-year-old and 8-month-old twins go on a solo trip without the rest of the family: ‘I’m working, we don’t have full time child care, and it’s honestly just a lot with the 3 kids’
58-year-old dad offers 19-year-old son half of his ‘$1000 a Day For Life’ winnings, son turns it down and asks for 80% of his winnings: ‘I didn’t realize how greedy he was’
Winning the lottery is such a compelling fantasy. Imagine receiving $100 million in your bank account, allowing you to never have to work or worry about money again. Of course, there are numerous downsides to winning the lottery. If you tell too many people, they will start to see you as a human ATM instead of the …
Seguir leyendo 58-year-old dad offers 19-year-old son half of his ‘$1000 a Day For Life’ winnings, son turns it down and asks for 80% of his winnings: ‘I didn’t realize how greedy he was’
Grandma throws away her 14-year-old grandson’s baking tools because she thinks baking is only for girls, dad kicks her out of the house: ‘She said that now he can find a new appropriate hobby.’
Adults are obsessed with enforcing gender roles for kids. From day 1, babies are dressed in a very specific way to ensure that no stranger could ever mistake them for being the wrong gender. There’s nothing inherently wrong with dressing your baby girl in pink and not dressing your boy in pink, but if you’re …
Seguir leyendo Grandma throws away her 14-year-old grandson’s baking tools because she thinks baking is only for girls, dad kicks her out of the house: ‘She said that now he can find a new appropriate hobby.’
Dad refuses to call his 16-year-old daughter Anastasia by the nickname ‘Ana,’ freaks out when she calls him ‘George’: ‘My dad will call me Anastasia intentionally to make me upset.’
We live in a world of nicknames. When I was a kid, I was told that I might want to go back to going by Emily instead of Emmy for professional reasons. I don’t care how juvenile Emmy might sound…I’m not going by Emily anytime soon. We live in a much more casual world than …
Seguir leyendo Dad refuses to call his 16-year-old daughter Anastasia by the nickname ‘Ana,’ freaks out when she calls him ‘George’: ‘My dad will call me Anastasia intentionally to make me upset.’
Mom of 3 pressures husband into having a 4th baby after they’d previously agreed to stop at 3: ‘I wouldn’t have a strong connection to the baby because I didn’t want another baby in the first place’
There’s a difference between kid people and baby people. Baby people love having babies. They always want someone to cuddle with who depends on them for everything. Babies might cry and scream for their basic needs, but they are less complicated than kids who can talk and demand exactly what they want. Kid people aren’t …
Seguir leyendo Mom of 3 pressures husband into having a 4th baby after they’d previously agreed to stop at 3: ‘I wouldn’t have a strong connection to the baby because I didn’t want another baby in the first place’