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32 Of The Funniest, Most Wholesome And Just “Daddish” Moments Twitter Users’ Dads Ever Had
Probably, if you ask any of us to make a top ten list of people who have had the greatest impact on us, in a positive or negative sense, and literally anyone can be there - almost certainly, our parents will be on it.
Our relationships with parents can be completely 'cloudless' or incredibly difficult, they can end in therapy for both sides - but still, our memory always retains stories about parental figures. Touching and funny, sad and amusing. And a separate niche among these tales is occupied by stories about dads.
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It all started with a Twitter post by user Laurie Charles urging netizens to share the most 'Dad-like' moments they ever had. Apparently, the topic starter touched some particularly sensitive strings in the readers' hearts, because numerous stories fell as if from a cornucopia. Someone has harbored and still holds a grudge against their dad, someone has an incredibly touching story in their memory, and some folks even remember completely ridiculous and awkward moments about their dads as well.
My Daddy has a secret weapon in his pants. We call it the "silent but deadly" fart. Its got to be one of the worst smells on Earth. I have legit had to leave the room before, because my eyes were BURNING!
I admit, honestly, as a father of three children myself, it was incredibly thrilling for me to read all these stories. Some of them seemed to me completely inappropriate and I have no idea how this is actually possible. And some tales literally gave me goosebumps - and I understood that these were examples of genuine 'dadness' in the best sense of the word. In the end, parenthood is primarily about love, understanding and acceptance. At least in an ideal world...
Normal ; my late Mum, when we were younger (4 boys, 10, 8, 6 and 2 plus a Bearded Collie called Rags and miscellaneous cats / rabbits / hamsters etc), with my Dad away regularly because he was in the military, would regularly get every name wrong - including calling me and my brothers 'Rags' on more than one occasion. We laughed about it later in life ....
In fact, what kind of father you will be has a very strong impact on the lives of your children - even if you are minimally present in this life. “Your father is your first male role model - good or bad - and that relationship often shapes how we view men,” Essence quotes clinical psychologist Dr. Sherry Blake. “There are many ways relationships with our fathers can affect our own romantic ones. They can cause fear of abandonment, inability to trust, low expectations of men and even feelings of insecurity or security."
That is why it was so important for me personally to read these dozens of stories: to have my own examples of what should be done with my own kids, and what should never, under any circumstances, be done.
At least he didn't accuse you of taking drugs like how my Dad was with me whenever my eyes looked red 😂
We believe that you also have your own amusing and not only stories of interaction with your male parental figures, both from childhood and already in adulthood, so we will be grateful if you share them in the comments below this post. And also just feel free to scroll this list to the very end and point out the tales you liked best - after all, some of them are really worth a good laugh, some tears and much respect.
when my brother came out as trans, my parents cried. they weren't happy tears. :|
One time we were caught in an afternoon storm on a pontoon boat. The gale tore one of the metal poles holding up the canopy right out. Then I became the pole holding the canopy on. For a full hour.
"Swing it to the left, swing it to the right / Think about baseball, swing all night!" - Warrant, "Cherry Pie" (1990)
My brother and I were a remote together. We lived in a town that had 3 TV stations - ABC 30 miles away in Cincinnati, NBC 40 miles away in Columbus, and CBS 40 miles away in Dayton. My brother would manually change the channel between the 3 while I fussed with the antenna since they had to be pointed different directions for each channel. Sunday afternoons were the two of us dancing between football games.
I was my dad's little fishing buddy. All his friends loved that I was a little girl that was a serious fisherman.
That is hopefully NOT a typical Dad Moment™️, though I’m happy OP is away from their toxic family member!
My favourite is my father calling to congratulate me on my birthday, we talk about random stuff for about twenty minutes and then I tell him I have to go pick up my cake. "Cake? Are you celebrating something?" I started laughing my butt off and he kept apologising for forgetting it was my birthday.
My dad's method of showing support for me after I came out to him is to randomly buy Pride shirts and hoodies for me, especially from our favorite sports team. He got me a soccer jersey from a non-profit team that tries to get young women and LGBTQ+ players into the game and I almost cried because his reasoning was "you like cherry blossoms and I thought you'd like what the organization stood for".
My dad has three go to dad things he says on a regular basis... it's adorably annoying haha 1. If you have to come back for something you've forgot after already leaving the house he will ALWAYS say "ohh hoohoo back so soon" 2. Everyday on my birthday he says "feel a year older yet" 3. If you hurt something he will always pull out a tool and say "want me to break the other it'll make the one you hurt feel better" So corny but I secretly love it lol
My dad was a big fan of a variation of the third on your list "do you want me to get the hammer and even it out for you?"
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Same. Reading all the lovely and funny things other people are writing makes me miss my dad so much more
Load More Replies... In the 70s, my dad either took us fishing or took us to the bar. Either way mom thought we were going fishing. One day on the way home from the bar, I was jacked up on Shirley Temples and I asked my dad, "What do we tell mom if she asks if we caught any fish." He looked at me and asked, "Did you catch any fish today?" I said, "No." He replied, "See that? You don't have to go fishing to not catch any fish." Perfectly genius.
My dad is pretty cool. He did karate with me for years coz I wanted to do it as a kid. Got to a higher grade than I did! Plays guitar every day now he's retired, comes to check on my dog when my partner and I are working long hours. We went to soccer games together when I was a kid.
I saw a funny reel of “what it’s like when dad comes over.” He comes in, sits down on the couch for a minute, notices something with the ceiling fan, grabs a stepping stool and tools to fix it, goes to the door, takes it off the hinges to fix something, waters the indoor plants, fixes something with the window, the cat walks in to see what he’s doing with the window, he does a couple of other things, then sits back down. I wish I had a normal, loving dad like that.
I think my favorite was a few years ago and my StepDad was teasing my mother (a regular occurrence in our house) and she got pissed and asked "Why don't you pick on A [me]." and he looked at her and said in all honesty. "Cause A is like me. You can't hurt her feeling." We both laughed and my Mom huffed off.
My brother and I have similar first names... only one letter is different... so my dad would mash our names together whenever he needed to get the attention of us both at once. It was incredibly embarrassing when we were growing up but now that he's gone, I really miss it. Damn it now I'm crying.
I feel like I should explain that I don't use my first name on here. My comment doesn't make much sense if you end up trying to figure out how my brother's name could possibly be one letter off from Aisling.
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When my dad gave me away at my wedding, we had a small pause as he turned to me. He leaned in, kissed my cheek, then said, "bye" before leaving me there nearly in tears as he sat with my mother in the row. After the wedding, I went, "Dad, what the heck?" Even my mother was like, "why did you tell her bye up there?!" He said, "I had a whole speech prepared but I panicked and forgot it. It was all I could think of to say!"
I was in my early 20s, and after a night of partying, I woke up in a strawberry field about 20 miles from home. We walked to a convince store to call Dad from the pay phone there (before cell phones). I told my Dad where I was and why. He just said "wow, how are you getting home?". Well, we walked and eventually got hold of a friend who picked us up.
My favourite is my father calling to congratulate me on my birthday, we talk about random stuff for about twenty minutes and then I tell him I have to go pick up my cake. "Cake? Are you celebrating something?" I started laughing my butt off and he kept apologising for forgetting it was my birthday.
My dad's method of showing support for me after I came out to him is to randomly buy Pride shirts and hoodies for me, especially from our favorite sports team. He got me a soccer jersey from a non-profit team that tries to get young women and LGBTQ+ players into the game and I almost cried because his reasoning was "you like cherry blossoms and I thought you'd like what the organization stood for".
My dad has three go to dad things he says on a regular basis... it's adorably annoying haha 1. If you have to come back for something you've forgot after already leaving the house he will ALWAYS say "ohh hoohoo back so soon" 2. Everyday on my birthday he says "feel a year older yet" 3. If you hurt something he will always pull out a tool and say "want me to break the other it'll make the one you hurt feel better" So corny but I secretly love it lol
My dad was a big fan of a variation of the third on your list "do you want me to get the hammer and even it out for you?"
Load More Replies... Same. Reading all the lovely and funny things other people are writing makes me miss my dad so much more
Load More Replies... In the 70s, my dad either took us fishing or took us to the bar. Either way mom thought we were going fishing. One day on the way home from the bar, I was jacked up on Shirley Temples and I asked my dad, "What do we tell mom if she asks if we caught any fish." He looked at me and asked, "Did you catch any fish today?" I said, "No." He replied, "See that? You don't have to go fishing to not catch any fish." Perfectly genius.
My dad is pretty cool. He did karate with me for years coz I wanted to do it as a kid. Got to a higher grade than I did! Plays guitar every day now he's retired, comes to check on my dog when my partner and I are working long hours. We went to soccer games together when I was a kid.
I saw a funny reel of “what it’s like when dad comes over.” He comes in, sits down on the couch for a minute, notices something with the ceiling fan, grabs a stepping stool and tools to fix it, goes to the door, takes it off the hinges to fix something, waters the indoor plants, fixes something with the window, the cat walks in to see what he’s doing with the window, he does a couple of other things, then sits back down. I wish I had a normal, loving dad like that.
I think my favorite was a few years ago and my StepDad was teasing my mother (a regular occurrence in our house) and she got pissed and asked "Why don't you pick on A [me]." and he looked at her and said in all honesty. "Cause A is like me. You can't hurt her feeling." We both laughed and my Mom huffed off.
My brother and I have similar first names... only one letter is different... so my dad would mash our names together whenever he needed to get the attention of us both at once. It was incredibly embarrassing when we were growing up but now that he's gone, I really miss it. Damn it now I'm crying.
I feel like I should explain that I don't use my first name on here. My comment doesn't make much sense if you end up trying to figure out how my brother's name could possibly be one letter off from Aisling.
Load More Replies... When my dad gave me away at my wedding, we had a small pause as he turned to me. He leaned in, kissed my cheek, then said, "bye" before leaving me there nearly in tears as he sat with my mother in the row. After the wedding, I went, "Dad, what the heck?" Even my mother was like, "why did you tell her bye up there?!" He said, "I had a whole speech prepared but I panicked and forgot it. It was all I could think of to say!"
I was in my early 20s, and after a night of partying, I woke up in a strawberry field about 20 miles from home. We walked to a convince store to call Dad from the pay phone there (before cell phones). I told my Dad where I was and why. He just said "wow, how are you getting home?". Well, we walked and eventually got hold of a friend who picked us up.
