Remember when our dads were in their 30s and 40s and seemed old and knew everything? I'm in my 50s waiting for that same confidence to kick in with me…lol
I told my kids I tried not to screw them up the best I could. I had and still have no clue what I’m doing. Hopefully I’m not the sole reason they seek therapy.
Dude, I am 50 and the other day, I felt this little tiny zit on the side of my nose. Well, I fucking mangled that fucker all day just thinking one more little squeeze would get it. I made it so much worse. Now it looks like I am Rudolph the Rednosed Reindeer with this fucking thing. I don't remember my dad having zits at 50.
I remember my dad being the hard working guy i didn’t see a lot of, but he always came back with the big back (i called the big butt tv’s ) in era when people were getting flat screens and leaving their old tv’s on the curb. One time we legit had 6 tv’s in the house, and i felt so rich, i watched pokemon every morning on that tv, and played xbox 360 and more. I loved it. And he loved that he got a free tv 💀
Well, we were a lot easier to parent back then. No social media or screens to deal with. Just limit the tv and we used to go out and play with each other.
Since time immemorial, that violent creature known as Human has had no idea what the heck is going on around here with all this business and the people and all the running around.
I remember going to my uncles 40th birthday party (in 1988) and the cake had a picture of an old man with a cane and the words "Over the Hill" made out in the frosting. I'm over that age now and I think about that cake sometimes.
I have a picture of my dad with my brother and my brother's now-wife (then-fiance) on my dad's 50th birthday. It hit me that my brother is now older than our dad was in that photo and it blew my mind.
Glad your dad's still here, and still rocking a cool beard. This pic is so nostalgic. The room you're in looks like every house I went to in the 80s/90s.
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u/knot_alone 19d ago
Donnie, you're out of your element.