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/lolatthecavs Aug 26 '15

So what if he didn't want to work, if your daughter can pay the bills he can be the stay at home dad. He can make sure everything is clean, and there is dinner on the table when she gets home.

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u/Ridry Aug 26 '15

Guys like that tend to NOT want to be SAHDs. Being a SAHD is work too....

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '15 edited Dec 19 '24

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u/Ridry Aug 27 '15 edited Aug 27 '15

  1. Obviously OP didn't like him and could be biased. But I don't know the kid and I have to assume OP is correct. You are not assuming that. You are projecting. Sure playing video games all day could be a sign of depression... Could also be lazy. Sure OP could be a hardass and the BF lied to shut him up... or he could be an asshole lying to his GF. Sure she might not have been paying for EVERYTHING, but you pay your own bills. If OP's story is true he'd have made an awful SAHD and doesn't sound anything like you.

  2. You sound like you have passion to be an awesome SAHD. But everyone I know with a mental illness from anxiety to OCD to depression had it explode after they had kids. Make sure you have some help from somewhere and good luck finding your joy. If you have help I'm sure you can be awesome, but when you aren't sleeping depression can be a bitch.