Cowboy Caleb the liberal arts, grown-up stuff & random mischief

So Dad’s A Bloke Too

Usually I don’t talk about my problems with my parents. They have a tendency to over react. When I bitch about my problems at work to them, they immediately label my boss as public enemy number one and the people who are giving me problems as hell-bound souls.

This evening, dad was driving and I was riding shot-gun. He started telling me about this new project at work. Something to do with special tiles for electronic factory floors.

Suddenly I decided to tell him about the problems in my lovelife. Don’t ask me why. I told him and I said Don’t tell mom or she’ll go bonkers.

Dad didn’t have any advice. In fact he was just as stumped as any member of my tribe. Then it hit me. Dad was a bloke too.

The day I broke free from my parents was the day I realized that they didn’t have all the answers. I don’t know why I forgot this when I told my dad. I was hoping he would tell me what to do next.

Dad didnt have any answers. What was I thinking?

There is this scene in Fight Club where Tyler discusses his dad with Jack and it goes like this:

TYLER
After I graduated, I called him long
distance and asked, “Now what?” He
said, “Get a job.” When I turned
twenty-five, I called him and asked,
“Now what?” He said, “I don’t know.
Get married.”

JACK
Same here.

TYLER
A generation of men raised by women.
I’m wondering if another woman is the
answer we really need.

nah i never talk to any family member about such things. my parents are bad examples so not that they’d have any advice anyways….

i also wont talk to parents abt relationships … dunno even how to open my mouth to talk abt it

Aneki > well my parents have been married for more then 20 years… so I guess in a way they are doing ok.

Wackyqueen > I don’t know what got into me also.

i cant talk to my parents about my relationship problems. different era, different perspectives. their advice wont work for us today, even if it means well…

A few years ago my dad came up to me and had this piece of advice. When a boy asks you out, you must say no. When he asks you out again, you must say no. When he asks you out for the tenth time, you may say yes. I couldn’t decide if he was being funny.

LMD: did it work?

LMD > so cheeeena

Powerpuff - In the end I decided he was being funny…

Cowboy - Now only you know.

my parents are too hip for me. recently when i broke up my parents offered advice which proved to be invaluable..in a way.

LMD > Your dad has patience and is persistant. Not bad qualities in a man, I must say

evie > your parents told you to do all that? omg. Maybe they don’t know you’re a daughter. They must think you are their cross-dressing son or something.

do what? offering advices like multiple dating at once? Mm.

My mum’s better. She probably hopes that I’ll never get married. She’s like anti marriage.