In 2012 wanting a dad was the tenth highest requested Christmas gift by children in the UK.
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In 2012 wanting a dad was the tenth highest requested Christmas gift by children in the UK.
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Family dynamics can be tricky…and they’re all very different.
What one person thinks is normal can seem outrageous to another person and vice versa.
And people definitely develop strong feelings about their relatives based on how they were raised.
This woman shared her personal story on the “Am I the *sshole?” page on Reddit and asked the readers there for advice.
AITA for not caring about my dad’s cancer diagnosis?
“For context, I (30F) am a product of my dad’s infidelity.
He lied to my mom about being single, they dated, he got my mom pregnant, she was given a heads up about dad’s shadiness by one of her coworkers, my mom confronted him, and that was that. My mom took out a restraining order against my dad before I turned 1 because of his constant threatening to take me away, so I never met him and I’ve never been interested in doing so.
Jump forward to 2018 and my mom told me she’d found my dad on Facebook and that they’d started messaging each other. She said he was looking forward to meeting me and that she’d set up a date for us to have dinner without asking if I was even interested in meeting him.
I didn’t feel comfortable being alone with my dad, but to avoid any drama with my mom, who lives with me, I caved and had dinner with him. It went well at first, but then he started bragging about all his money and his perfect daughters. It made me shut down and feel awful about myself. After dinner, he complained to my mom that I was unresponsive and didn’t seem excited to meet him.
Knowing my mom and her tendency to side with everyone else but her kids, I was given the silent treatment until I apologized. Apparently, I ruined his dream of meeting me by not welcoming him into my life with open arms. It’s now 2021 and in the short time we’ve known each other, my dad has managed to make me feel like sh*t many times.
The last straw was when he tried to guilt me for not contacting him everyday when I’d explained that I sometimes go through low periods where I retreat and have very little contact with anyone. (I know there’s a name for it, but I’ve never been properly diagnosed because I was ridiculed at a young age by my mom for feeling depressed when I had no real problems.)
My dad refused to understand that it’s for the sake of my mental health and said I just don’t want to build a relationship with him. I cut contact with him after that because I don’t feel like I owe him anything and I was tired of all his snide remarks about me. I was fine before we met and I certainly didn’t need one more person in my life to please. I was done.
A few days ago, my mom came to me crying about how my dad had just been diagnosed with cancer. Obviously, I feel bad for him because no one deserves that disease. But my mom now thinks I’m a monster for not crumbling to my knees in sorrow at the thought of possibly losing my dad.
She’s grown very close to him again over the past couple years, so she thinks he’s this great person that was only trying to get close to his long-lost daughter, but she doesn’t know how manipulative he was trying to be with me.
My mom isn’t speaking to me anymore and probably won’t until I contact my dad. I don’t want to invite him back in though. I’m sorry he’s going through this difficult time, but that’s about it. Am I an *sshole for not caring the way I’m “supposed” to?”
Let’s see how folks on Reddit responded.
This person said that the woman is not an *sshole and that she might want to consider cutting off ties with both of her parents.
Another Reddit user made it pretty clear: both of this woman’s parents really SUCK.
This individual agreed that the woman’s mother is also a manipulative person. And the dad just seems downright selfish.
This person said that the woman might want to consider building her own support circle outside of her family and that this really does seem like a nightmare situation.
Finally, this reader argued that just because this is her biological father, it doesn’t mean the woman owes him anything.
What do you think about how this woman is reacting to her father’s cancer diagnosis?
Talk to us in the comments and let us know.
Thanks in advance!
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I’ve said it before but it’s time to say it once more: dad jokes are UNIVERSAL.
You could’ve been the wildest, baddest, craziest dude in your group of friends, but then you have a child and BAM!, you’ve now transformed into a total cheeseball who likes to tell the corniest jokes on the planet.
But don’t worry about it! Because even though they are super corny, most people think those jokes are also pretty hilarious.
In a dad kind of way, if you know what I mean…
So let’s dive into some funny memes about dad jokes that we’ll all enjoy, but that the guys out there will really love.
And hey, it’ll give you some new material to work with!
But he sure got ya with a zinger!
A new classic.
Web designer? Are you kidding me?!?!
My wife told me to take the spider out instead of killing him.
Went out. Had a few drinks. Nice guy. He’s a web designer.
— Dad Jokes (@Dadsaysjokes) June 25, 2020
It works every single time.
You might want to avoid jokes at a time like this.
That wasn’t very nice.
And, well, you know the rest of the story.
I love getting out into nature!
He’s in big trouble now…
Yes or No!
Next question?
Don’t ask a question like that unless you’re looking for this kind of answer.
And it shows!
You probably shouldn’t say it out loud.
But dads can use it, too!
Okay, now we want to hear from all the readers out there!
In the comments, please humor us and tell us the cheesiest dad joke that you know.
Please and thank you!
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Dads are known for many things: taking care of us, being positive role models, encouraging us throughout life.
Oh, and for their incredibly cheesy and corny jokes!
You can’t deny that, no matter who your dad is.
For some reason, it becomes embedded in their DNA that they’re gonna turn into total cornballs as soon as they become fathers.
Hey, we’re not complaining! We love it!
And we think you will, too…but you’ll also roll your eyes, as all kids do at their dads.
Let’s take a look at these memes about dad jokes!
Those are fightin’ words!
Which song would you prefer that I sing?
A modern classic.
What does a cloud wear under his raincoat?
Thunderwear.
— Dad Jokes (@Dadsaysjokes) June 26, 2020
Oh, I get it!
She’s a great employee.
Joking with the cops is a really good idea most of the time.
That was a rude question.
We’re old friends!
Your wife probably loved that joke at a time like this.
Dad would be so proud.
I hope it fits through the door.
Oh, good, you’re fluent in it…
Nice work!
Feel free to use it!
Did anyone see the joke I posted recently about my spine.
It was about a weak back…
— Dad Jokes (@Dadsaysjokes) June 24, 2020
Oh, Dad, you did it again!
Okay, now it’s your turn!
In the comments, please tell us about the hilarious and ridiculous jokes that your dad likes to make.
We can’t wait to hear from you!
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I’ve been friends with some people for over 20 years and my mom pretty much all of them and what’s going on in their lives, at least on a surface level.
My dad? He’s met some of these people dozens of times over the years and he literally has no clue who any of them are. You remember Tim, who used to come over every single day when I was growing up? Nope. A total blank for Dear Old Dad.
And I guess I’m not alone, because people on Twitter have the exact same issue with their Dads. Take a look…
my dad whenever i bring up a friend i’ve had for years pic.twitter.com/ShGNnHseBl
— Demetrius (@DemetriusHarmon) September 20, 2019
my dad doesn’t ever remember any of my friends names so he just calls them by their addresses
— ✰????!✰ (@localfratrat) August 27, 2019
My dad doesn't know any of my friends names properly so he just calls them all fi and hopes for the best
— charlotte (@McCollum123) May 15, 2016
do all dads do the thing where they can never remember your friends’ names or is mine just extra ignant
— lil if u aint nasty dont @ me (@OmfgSheFknDed) December 28, 2019
My dad doesn’t know any of my friends names (none literally none) but he does know Glee actors and their character names on sight. The poor man is broken.
— Kylo Ren (@BOSSKyJo) December 19, 2019
my dad just sat down next to me at the table and asked “so what did your one friend do for thanksgiving?” ?????? he doesn’t know any of my friends names smh
— a mamma mia! fan account (@carocavvv) November 29, 2019
My dad doesn’t want me to go on trips with my friends he doesn’t know well.
BUT SIR, you don’t even know the names of my best friends for the past 10 years.
Do you see the DILEMMA???
— Seemat (@_IGotThis_2) August 23, 2019
My dad still doesn't know the names of my friends that I've been friends with since 1st grade
— t (@taraamariiee) January 17, 2017
my dad doesn't know all my friends' names so apparently while I was gone the sixth sense guy, the director, and the bully stopped by.
— “space cadet” (@allyally_cat) July 6, 2016
@lilmeso when ur dad says who’s G when we’ve no joke literally known eachother for nearly 10 years now
— ً (@skulltrim) September 20, 2019
My boyfriends name is Caiden. We’ve been together for over a year and live literally right next door to my grandpa but he still calls him Cameron.
— Magayla (@thiccy_smallz) September 20, 2019
as a parent who is guilty of this, I’m in tears over this
— Heidi Milliken (@HeidiMinette) February 2, 2020
So accurate and so on-point.
Do these tweets sum up your dad?
Tell us about it in the comments! Let’s keep this thread going!
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Parents make bad jokes, right?
Not these parents. These moms and dads are so full of zingers, you won’t know what hit you.
h/t: smosh
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This turned out to be quite a combination: a dad left on his own to shop without his wife and a dad who knew how to use Photoshop to mess with that wife.
The dad I’m talking about went to buy a Christmas tree without his wife because she was too busy and so he decided to mess with her a little bit using Photoshop to convince her that he bought an enormous tree.
Take a look at the whole conversation, which was posted on Imgur.
LOL. Yeah, he got her pretty good! This guy gets an A+ for expert trolling. Well done sir!
What did you think? Let us know in the comments!
Oh… and happy holidays! Enjoy your time with your family…even if they do drive you crazy sometimes.
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Parents have a tough job raising those little monsters. But it’s all worth it, isn’t it? To experience the joy of molding little people to become productive members of society…
These dads were nice enough to post tweets about the trials and tribulations of raising children, and they sure are humorous.
Take a look. Do any of these situations look familiar to you?
Wife: how’s potty training been today?
Me: he peed twice!
Wife: that’s great!
Me: *covered in piss* no, it’s not.
— WTFDAD (@daddydoubts) June 10, 2019
This dad I saw at the park yesterday is every parent's spirit animal. pic.twitter.com/MB5NTWYUT2
— Jack's Dad (@DaddingAround) July 24, 2019
Accidentally asked a conference room full of coworkers if they had to go potty before the meeting and my membership to the Parent Club auto-renewed itself.
— mark (@TheCatWhisprer) March 18, 2019
Just asked my 7 y.o. if I could be the person who chooses the hangman word and she said, “no. You already had your childhood.”
— Dan Goor (@djgoor) October 22, 2018
Congratulations on your child saying their first words.
Before you know it, you'll be treated to such gems as, "I had to poop but I pushed it back in my butt so I don't have to go anymore."
— A Bearer Of Dad News (@HomeWithPeanut) July 14, 2019
Me: I wonder what delights the world of parenting will offer me today?
My 6yo kid: [rubbing toothpaste over his hands as if it’s hand cream]— Phil (@geowizzacist) March 19, 2019
Welcome to parenting, now all of your hoodies have spare napkins in them
— Robert Knop (@FatherWithTwins) October 15, 2018
Toddlers indoors:
Bounce off walls with relentless, destructive force.
Toddlers at playground:
Sit motionless on the swings screaming “HIGHER!!!” until both your arms, and will to live, are broken.
— Richard Dean (@dad_on_my_feet) June 10, 2019
I thought it would be cute to teach my toddler my first name. Now that he wakes me by screaming it in my face I can admit how very wrong I was.
— WTFDAD (@daddydoubts) July 18, 2019
I never realized how annoying I could be until I created a miniature version of myself and started arguing with it daily.
— Micah (@ParentalGrit) October 29, 2018
3-year-old: *holds the remote for 2.5 seconds*
Me: *spends hours trying to get Netflix to not be in French*
— James Breakwell, Exploding Unicorn (@XplodingUnicorn) July 17, 2019
Having a 3yr old around is a bit like having the director's commentary turned on for the movie that is your life.
Except the director thinks you're a shitty actor and likes pointing that out.#parenting #dadlife
— Jack's Dad (@DaddingAround) May 13, 2019
Wife: Honey why do you always wear that one old tee shirt around the house? The neck is all stretched out.
10 month old: *grabs my tee shirt neck, hauls herself up, starts slapping my face and giggling*
Wife: …yes yes I see
— Dave Learns Dadding (@DaveLearnsToDad) January 7, 2019
One thing the parenting books didn’t prepare me for is having to bring home a 200-pack of toilet paper every 48 hours
— The Dad (@thedad) May 2, 2019
I became a father the day my daughter was born but I didn’t become a dad until the first time she rolled her eyes at me.
— mark (@TheCatWhisprer) June 16, 2019
To all the dads out there: keep up the great work!
If you have a funny photo or anecdote about raising your kiddos, share them with us in the comments!
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A Brazilian artist named Má Matiazi shared a sketch for a “Bi-Chair” with that little phrase doodled on it on Instagram, and people took notice.
It’s become a running joke on social media that bisexual people don’t know how to sit properly, so much so that it’s even become a meme.
bi culture is not sitting properly
— mila (@eIektranatchio) August 27, 2017
gay culture is sitting like this whenever you're in a chair for absolutely no reason pic.twitter.com/xpwTVM1iXL
— gabi (@harleivy) February 28, 2018
After Matiazi shared her sketch, an Iowa man named Israel Walker decided to reach out to the artist to see if he could attempt to make her vision into a reality. Walker has a bisexual, nonbinary daughter, which is how he learned about the whole “bisexual sitting” thing (stereotype? Is this real? I don’t know).
Matiazi gave Walker her blessing and away he went! And the result: Israel Walker nailed it. Perfection!
Walker’s Facebook post read, “My daughter (who identifies as bisexual genderfuck) thinks that her and other LGBTQ+ folks inability to sit “normally” is hilarious. So I asked Má if I could make my own rough style of Bi-Chair and she said yes! So behold in all its glory: the Bi-chair!”
Posted by Israel Walker on Saturday, August 10, 2019
And the photo of Walker’s daughter lounging in the chair says it all.
Posted by Israel Walker on Saturday, August 10, 2019
Of course, the builder himself had to take it for a spin as well.
Posted by Israel Walker on Saturday, August 10, 2019
Walker made a few alterations to Matiazi’s original design: the chair has shorter arms, the knee rest is a cutout instead of a sloping piece of material, but Walker obviously did a great job. I think he needs to patent this baby now before IKEA swoops in and takes over the Bi-Chair market.
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Some of these folks had to go through some seriously humiliating situations.
And it all started with a simple question: What’s the most embarrassing thing a parent has done to you?
Enjoy this cavalcade of craziness…
Here’s a story that my dad never told me but my uncle shared after my dad passed.
He was madly in love with a girl when he was 17 years old. They were soul mates, lovers meant to be, engaged to be married and grow old together, all that sweet jazz.
They went to the county fair one year and decided to ride the Ferris Wheel. About the time they got to the top and started heading back down the safety bar came unhooked and swung open. My dad grabbed her and held onto the seat. He tried to hold her but he couldn’t.
She fell to her death.
My dad never mentioned it, never said a word to anyone, even to my mom. My uncle said her death broke his heart and he was never the same again, until after I was born.
He would never let me go to fairs, amusement parks, or any place with rides when I was growing up and we used to get into big fights about it when all my friends were going.
He always told me it was just because they were dangerous and didn’t want me to get hurt.
When I was six years old my mother used to babysit my neighbor Annie. Annie was a very artistic girl; she loved to color and draw everything she saw.
One day, I was playing Star Fox 64 on my Nintendo 64 and Annie was watching. Of course, being too absorbed in the game, I never turned around to see her greatest work of art.
My mom walks in the room to check on us and does a gasp to end all gasps. Annie had made a drawing of a triangular looking ship with a circle around it.
It was Star Fox doing a barrel roll except she made it with a load of diarrhea she scooped out of her pants.
Apparently, our dad had another kid about eight years older than me.
My mom blurted something out about it after their divorce when she was pissed about something. It was along the lines of, “if he thinks he can forget you exist like that other kid of his.” She then turned very white and I was never able to get more out of her than that.
My dad pretends he doesn’t know what I’m talking about but has apparently told my brother a bit of the story and then backtracked and never talked about it again.
So yeah, apparently I’m not the oldest.
A few weeks ago, I was getting breakfast ready for my three-year-old when he nonchalantly told me his Grandma fell down the stairs.
About an hour later, Grandpa calls us to tell us Grandma had fallen down the stairs.
Also last weekend, he said my sister was going to visit the next day.
Guess who showed up the next day for a “surprise” visit?
Back in the day (2005) I was 14 and I would print out my erotic Harry Potter fan fiction to read at night, as we didn’t have portable devices like smartphones back then. I always threw them away after.
One day my mom gave me a gigantic see-through bag for trash and that night I read some of the good stuff and then put it in there.
There was probably like 15 pages of printed out smut. While I was at school she rooted through my trash.
She confronted me when I came home like “Why are Fred and George getting intimate with Hermione? What are these stories?? Where do you get them? Are they all like this??”
So so bad. I think I died and I’ve been a ghost for the last 13 years.
My mom once pulled up my skirt, causing me to involuntarily flash a room full of people, at a family Christmas dinner.
I was absolutely mortified. She wanted to check for any potential self-harm scars on my thighs, apparently. I’ve never physically harmed myself before in my entire life.
I was 18 years old at the time, and thankfully I was wearing underwear so it was not as bad as it could have been.
Nevertheless, she should not be allowed to consume alcohol ever again.
My family never talks about my sister’s eating disorder. She eats a ton and goes on to vomit. She goes jogging for one hour or more per day (every day, no breaks even though her knees hurt like crazy) and refuses to eat any carbs, fruits and vegetables only.
I seem to be the only one who realizes the magnitude of this, and the only one who thinks of this as a sickness, not as a “temporary phase.”
It’s been like this for three years already, and I have no idea when my parents noticed. Whenever I say something I get “shushed” at and later have to justify my “insensitive behavior” in front of my parents. So I just kind of gave up on arguing.
Not sure what I can do to change things without disrupting the family.
One Thanksgiving, my grandmother ran out of counter space and stuff was sorta burning like crazy on top of the stove. She took out the turkey on the tray, looked around, and put it on the ground for like three seconds.
She intended for it to be there for three seconds.
Her dog, Rosco, had been following her all day.
Earlier she tossed him a turkey giblet, and I guess that didn’t sit well with him. He defecated all over my grandma’s leg, floor, and freshly-cooked turkey in one explosive two-second blast of fiery diarrhea.
My three-year-old daughter stood next to her newborn brother, looked at him for a while.
Then she turned to me and said, “Daddy, it’s a monster! We should bury it.”
I didn’t bury it.
That when my daughter was five or six years old, she would look up videos of dogs throwing up or stallions urinating, based on her YouTube history.
I never directly spoke to her about this but have always told her that she can always talk to me about any questions she had about any subject with no judgment from me.
She’s 14 now and I still haven’t said a word.
My dad, influenced at least in part by the movie Bad Boys II, decided to mess with my boyfriend on my first date by acting like a tough guy.
He filled a whiskey bottle with tea and, when he answered the door, he started chugging down the whole thing while scanning my boyfriend up and down.
He then tried to break the bottle over his own head. The date was canceled due to the ensuing hospital trip, and I became known as the girl with a totally insane father.
“Don’t concuss yourself this time, Dad!” became the running joke in my house once I was able to get a date again.
My grandmother said she needed a place to stay one night due to issues with her housemate.
She slept on the couch… for the next ten years.
Made no effort to get her own place despite having a very good retirement income and still working part-time as a nurse.
Loved to hit the casino though!
It’s one in the morning. I’m fast asleep with my wife in the living room reading.
All of the sudden, the baby monitor is blaring my 16-month-old son’s laughter into my ear. So I jump up, run into his room, and he’s standing in his crib pointing at the corner of the room and giggling hysterically.
I just stared at him for a few seconds before I grabbed him and put him in bed with me.
About a year ago, my parents caught me singing to my microwave while I was waiting for it to warm up a piece of pizza.
This all happened at 4 in the morning, when I thought my parents were staying at a friend’s.
Oh, I almost forgot that I was naked.
My uncle and grandfather don’t have a good relationship but were tolerating each other because it was Thanksgiving. My uncle was cooking lasagna and my grandfather decided to help, so he grated the cheese. He did this in another room, because the kitchen was full of other people cooking, we have a big Thanksgiving with maybe 15 or 20 who love to eat.
I had brought in the cheese and everything was going fine. Flashforward to dinner time, the food is coming out and, as tradition dictates, we always start with lasagna. My grandfather made some joke like,” I know you hate me, but at least I’m grate,” and stuff hit the fan.
My uncle literally went into a rage and was yelling at everyone because we didn’t tell him he was using “tainted” cheese. Then said “f*** it” and proceeded to flip the table ALL the food was on. Then my grandfather called him outside to settle the score, which resulted in two grown men fist fighting in the backyard, culminating with my grandad getting thrown into the pond we lived off of, and slicing his leg on a jagged rock that he landed on.
The rest of us ordered Chinese food and kicked my uncle out. My grandfather refused the hospital because he had a little too much “holiday joy” in him at the time.
Surprising my uncle hasn’t come to holidays in years now.
When I was 11 years old, I was taken in by the police for questioning regarding illicit substances distribution that had been taking place out of our family’s house.
My dad had marijuana growing in the basement, and he had been using it as well as selling it frequently to neighbors and friends.
When the police raided the house while my dad was at work, they asked me if I knew anything about what was in the room. Since I admitted to having had knowledge of it, I guess that that was all it took for them to feel the need to bring me in for questioning. They even cuffed me and everything.
My dad didn’t show up at the police station till almost eight hours later.
As you can imagine, in a small town like the one where I grew up, people talked. A lot. It also didn’t help that I lived next to a massive apartment complex where everyone could see what was happening the entire time as it was unfolding.
I was the talk of the town for almost two years because of this incident.
Isn’t it nuts that the last story probably wouldn’t happen these days? Well, at least in some states?
So much time, energy and money wasted on the war against marijuana.
*sigh*
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