09-30-2020, 03:47 AM
(09-29-2020, 07:46 PM)apollolux Wrote: Bwhoa. It's a shame dads can't appreciate dad jokes coming from children, especially children they're related to, regardless of how the kids got the jokes. I have a gut feeling that they booed because they assumed YOU were the source of the jokes.
I never had a dad in my own life, RT. This anecdote along with most of what I remember you posting here on how you've raised your family so far shows that you seem to be the kind of dad I wish I had growing up. Even the instances you've been willing to recount here about getting angry (non-violently, thankfully) but then reflecting afterwards and not only sincerely attempting to understand what was wrong but accepting being in the wrong if you were in the wrong, that's very much the kind of parent I would like to have.
Thanks, Alex. Certainly not perfect by any means, but I remember well what I did/did not like about my upbringing. I'm trying to change what I have control over and be the kind of dad I wish I'd had (though my own was not "bad" by any means).
I had the same thought about them booing because they thought/knew the jokes were coming from me. Still, talk about about not being able to see past your own nose.
