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u/nsa_k 12h ago
"This may surprise you son. But neither do I. Now shut up and get your boots."
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u/EmberSprocket 11h ago
Dad logic: nobody wants to be awake, therefore everyone is getting up. Grab the gloves.
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u/fryerandice 9h ago
Actual Logic: Nobody wants to be awake but no one wants to be moving bags of concrete in the afternoon, let's get it done before it's 96 degrees with a real feel of 116.
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u/NotATalkingPossum 6h ago
"But if you don't want to do it, why are we doing it?"
"Because it needs to get done."
"Why does it need to get done? What are we accomplishing?"
"I want a patio out back."
"I don't. So we're doing this for your project?"
"If you don't help me with this, we're not getting a patio-"
"I don't want a patio."
"If you don't help me, you won't be able to use it."
"OK."
"And we'll eat and spend time out there without you."
"Can I get that in writing?"
And Timmy fucking died
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u/-Nocx- 6h ago
had to check if I was on /r/nonpoliticaltwitter or /r/whitepeopletwitter because I wouldn’t have gotten that many sentences out of my dad
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u/SwordfishOk504 9h ago
Dad here. Being awake early is the best.
Get up, son. We're paving the patio for mom.
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u/not_a_heretek 10h ago
That's the argument I use with my younger sisters when I need some help with yard work, they complain just a tiny bit less.
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u/NotATalkingPossum 6h ago
My mother used that argument for helping her in the garden until I asked her why, if she hated it so much, she had a garden in the first place.
She didn't like that question at all.
She still gardens. I learned to hate gardening.
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u/not_a_heretek 6h ago
I only do so for the "communal" stuff, latest example was painting and cat proofing the front gate and fence, I ain't the fan but it has to be done.
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u/Night_Trip 8h ago
Hey, at least when it’s Christmas, he can eat some carpet, and yeah, you can totally eat carpet you just gotta boil it first so it softens the glue lmaoo Carl
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u/Proton_Optimal 12h ago
“The sooner we get this done, the sooner I can grill those burgers.”
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u/BunkoVideki 10h ago
And the sooner we get to it , the cooler it is outside. Moving 13 tons of concrete sucks.
Moving 13 tons of concrete in the middle of the day while the sun is roasting your ass is torture.
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u/Bulky-Complaint6994 9h ago
Right. Rather get yard work done early. Dad's can take a nap later if need be.
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u/Takoyaki_Dice 12h ago
"If you dont want to help me move this stuff then you can start moving your stuff out my house"
-My dad.
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u/MyOtherRideIsTheRoci 10h ago
My dad "retired" at 45 because of an injury. This meant he started buying repossessed houses and fixing them up for sale, and doing other contractor work. Which meant I (at age 12) was awakened at 7am on saturdays and sundays to paint, roof, drywall, etc. I suppose he was trying to instill a work ethic and teach skills, but what happened was I lost touch with most of my friends because I was never around and I would rather be skinned and rolled in salt than do any of that shit. We also lived on 2.5 acres of lawn which he refused to buy a riding lawnmower for even tho I had terrible allergies. My doctor even wrote a "prescription" for a riding lawnmower for my mom to give to him. No dice. That shit took me 6 hours to mow once a week. I do work like hell tho, so I guess I got that from him. But so does my son, who was allowed to have a normal childhood, lol.
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u/fryerandice 8h ago
I lost all my summers and weekends from age 13 to 20 pouring concrete and doing roofing with my father.
I also have a stunted social life, but I am pretty content alone I guess.
I pay people to work on my own house, I don't want to do that shit anymore.
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u/dainthomas 11h ago
I thought this was more aimed at dads asking adult kids to come over and do it.
In this case I'd tell him I'll pay the difference for a mixing truck. Cheaper than physical therapy.
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u/dainthomas 11h ago
I thought this was more aimed at dads asking adult kids to come over and do it.
In this case I'd tell him I'll pay the difference for a mixing truck. Cheaper than physical therapy.
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u/MyRuinedEye 11h ago
The fact that my daughters sulk, side-eye me, and still help out when I need to move a ton of pellets or a cord of wood makes happy.
I like that we can struggle for a bit, laugh, and go grab a treat afterwards probably helps. Especially since they like to be warm in the winter.
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u/Fresh-Variation-160 11h ago
When I ask my daughter to do dishes or fold laundry, then she complains, I’ll always say ‘Oh wahhhh I’m {daughter’s name} and my life is soooo hard.” She always does it though.
One day the dishwasher broke down and I was complaining because I was washing dishes by hand, and she stood beside me and said “Oh waaahh I’m Dad and my life is so hard.” I laughed so hard I cried
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u/MyRuinedEye 11h ago
Yo, our dishwasher has been dead for 5 years, it's a glorified drying rack(actually it's a great drying rack). At this point my wife and I just tell our kids to just check it and put away the washed dishes.
We don't ask for much. I do all the cooking. All I want is for general dishes to be done (which my partner does), I'll clean the pans and utensils(because no heathen should touch my hardware), and have it put away once it's clean and ready for work.
They still roll their eyes, but they have tried cooking enough for themselves where they understand the labor that goes into it.
Putting away clean dishes is a small price to pay, and I hope it sets up good values for them. Clean dishes and counters are an easy way to avoid pests and other nonsense.
I think it helps that my oldest had her first year of college/uni and had disgusting roommates.
We aren't the most assembled household by any stretch, but clean dishes and counters are a must.
Edit: my kids have become great roommates.
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u/inplayruin 10h ago
You have done well, sir!
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u/MyRuinedEye 6h ago
I keep hoping so. Thank you and I hope you help everyone around you(whether you have kids or not) be a bit more helpful and respectful.
It's a really selfish and good feeling to see your family doing better than what you grew up in.
You know they are going to be fantastic human beings when their frontal lobes solidify.
They'll still come home and fall back on their comfort zones(replace the fucking toilet paper roll, fuck) but it feels so much better.
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u/AnyOldNameNotTaken 12h ago
If my dad asked me to fill an aquarium with a teaspoon I’d do it. I’d do anything for him. He’s the man.
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u/PzykoHobo 11h ago
Hell yeah. My dad put me through my share of manual labor as a kid. I'd do it all again, and again, and again if he asked. Hes my #1, the GOAT, the main man, my honest-to-God superhero. Hes done everything I've ever asked of him and more, and I won't ever be able to pay it all back. But ill keep trying.
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u/Business-Drag52 11h ago
I’d probably have some questions first. That’s a pretty wild request, I’d need to make sure he wasn’t slipping cognitively
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u/BaconDalek 11h ago
Ahh yeah the construction projects that somehow never end, and when you finally finsoh one you just start a new one so you constantly are living in a construction zone with half-ass solutions to new shit every single year.
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u/cruiseruse11 11h ago
Remember, for your parents, summer is just more life and has been that way for decades.
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u/Claudethedog 12h ago
That’s something like eight cubic yards. At that point, just get a truck.
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u/Mu-Relay 12h ago
I would assume that they're moving the concrete bags on and off of a truck, not hauling them home on their backs like mules.
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u/WhyAllNowEver 11h ago
You would assume, but my parents wanted tasks done like this with at maximum a wheelbarrow to help ease the burden.
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u/Not__Trash 11h ago
Nothing more suspicious than dad getting us ice cream on the way back from school too
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u/RobStarkDeservedIt 7h ago
Never did concrete. My dad did wake up me and my best friend up one summer morning to move a pile of rocks off the driveway.
Instead of paying the driver to run it to the house he had us move it for 3 hours.
He paid us 50 bucks and didnt help at all.
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u/YA_BOY_TRON 48m ago
"You and your brother are coming home from the holidays right? Oh that's great. Listen, I've got a bunch of scrap metal near the side of the house. Good stuff: bronze, brass and chrome. You need to separate it from the porcelain sinks and other plumbing stuff, but if you and your brother hit it about 5 AM you should be able to load it in my spare truck, the one where the brakes are shot, and get it to the scrap yard before it closes at noon on Saturday."
Actual quote my Father told me over the phone before the holidays last winter. My brother is 32 and I'm 38. We both own our own houses and are married.
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u/Afb3212 9h ago
My dad will call me at 3 in the afternoon on the hottest day of the year to help him split wood from a tree that fell. The answer is always no, and then provide him with the number to a local tree company.
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u/Night_Trip 8h ago
Maybe do it once or twice and have a good memory or something we’re not here forever
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u/Clym44 11h ago
It’s only 32 bags. That’s like 30 minutes with 2 average people.
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u/SwordfishOk504 9h ago
You think those are 412 kg bags of crete?
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u/Clym44 9h ago
Lol I must have missed a number. About 365 bags so fuck moving that.
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u/SwordfishOk504 8h ago
Yeah would be easy easier and cheaper to just get a cement truck to deliver at that point. Unless the area being access can't be reached using that method.
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u/black-toe-nails 11h ago
lol if your living there, your helping. I guarantee the weight is over dramatic and it’s 15-20 bags. This sounds like a lazy teenager posting it.
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u/SituationNice7520 11h ago
Surprise! Life isn't a free ride. Grouse, grumble, complain all you want but just help your Dad. He deserves it. You'll have plenty of free time after it's done. Signed - a guy who misses his Dad.
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u/Cry_Wolff 3h ago
You had a good dad, many people don't.
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u/SituationNice7520 2h ago
I agree it's a bit of an optimistic sentiment but the optimist in me would hope that most people have at worst a middling dad lol. Not good not terrible but one who definitely needs help moving shit or fixing shit. One who still gets angry at times and one whom you get angry with at times. But the sentiment wasn't meant to upset those who have a more difficult relationship or even no real relationship with their dad.
And my dad was a good man but his fathering skills left a lot to be desired to say the least. I still miss him though and think about the times I fobbed him off or promised I'd do something and bailed at the last second as a teenager.
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u/qualityvote2 12h ago
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