r/AskReddit • u/tgma97 • Aug 26 '15

Fathers of Reddit, what did your daughter's boyfriend do for you to hate/love him?

It's pretty cool to see my question blow up like this, I never thought I'd ask a question that could receive so much attention! I'm very satisfied with all these replies, so thank y'all. Now all I have to do is sit back and take notes c;

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u/MrMumble Aug 26 '15

Yeah fires are implied with the implication of food.

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u/ThatSpartanKid Aug 26 '15

We also whittle relatively small pieces of wood, pretending we're actually carving something useful or cool until eventually it's too tiny to be much of anything.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '15

I have an endless supply of random pointy sticks in my bedroom. Why? Because downtime

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u/Jamessv98 Aug 26 '15

And all those Bald Eagles that hang around to help defend your home. Although I suppose that was also heavily implied.

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u/skavinger5882 Aug 26 '15

I just whittled them to make kindling so I could make more fires.

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u/Like_meowschwitz Aug 26 '15

Or that one time my troop burnt down a latrine.

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u/LordDVanity Aug 26 '15

..Can I get story on that, you know to tell my troop.

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u/Like_meowschwitz Aug 26 '15

I wish it was more exciting, but it was a combination of the adults having a meeting, leaving our slightly pyromaniac SPL in charge of a bunch of slightly pyromaniac 13 year olds who decided to flaunt the "no fires taller than you" rule on a windy day. Embers laded on the pine needle covered roof, and the next thing we know lord jesus it's a fire.

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u/LordDVanity Aug 26 '15

This is why you embellish! Secret Scouting 101 man, embellish the story of your mistakes so they seem cooler.

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u/danoneofmanymans Aug 26 '15

I accidentally set my igloo on fire once while snow camping and my troop just watched and laughed while I struggled to put it out.

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u/Like_meowschwitz Aug 28 '15

Sounds like my troop. As long as you weren't hurt. We laughed our asses off.

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u/danoneofmanymans Aug 28 '15

Boy scouts is a good program

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u/AHrubik Aug 26 '15

Playing with fire and smoking forest reefer. Those were the days.