The “ordinary” husband and father is a spiritual master.
It takes a LOT to be normal.
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Dad skills are unmatched
Always has been
Underrated but the core.
I’ll pass on the beer and football, but the rest is pretty much me.
I have a young daughter and I can confirm just about anybody is more capable than me.
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Highly daubt.
Suburbanites tend to be the lead capable people.
Can he fix his own car? No.
Can he grow a garden? Nope, only lawn.
Can he hunt or forage? Make water safe to drink etc.? No
But I'm sure he's better at naming sports ball teams and knows which team won the game or whatever.
Haha!
Depends which sector they work for.
Reaching the status as a solid provider is my nirvana🧡
>Can he fix his own car?
To a degree. Many major repairs require specialized equipment nowadays. Small maintenance stuff, sure.
>Can he grow a garden?
Half the houses on my block have a garden.
>Can he hunt or forage?
Hunting season looks like a massacre around here.
>Make water safe to drink?
Is running water through charcoal and boiling it difficult?
I'm not sure where you live or who you have experience with, but you are way off base with many neighborhoods I have lived in.
For better or worse our civilisation is built on the shoulders of these "normal" men. I'm grateful for everything they can do.
People vastly underestimate how much effort it takes to keep a household, marriage and family together. It doesn’t happen on accident, rather with a ton of hard work and sacrifice.
Dudes without families really have no idea. It’s the equivalent of being a black belt in BJJ. No one knows what we’re capable of.
Your kids are the ultimate proof of work.
How you raise them, what you teach them, your relationship with your spouse, family, your values.. everything rubs off on the kids. They’re basically walking mirrors.
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Maybe you’re taking the context a bit too literal. Chill bud.
you got that right
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When the mid-curve is really the high-curve.
Getting married and having kids will make you level up as a man faster and further than anything else.
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Country boy can survive!
Capping at 3 kids for more “me time” is lame though
Sounds nice
Men won't fight for civilization when they don't have families.
We capped at 4. We are tired. There’s no “me” time lol 😂
4 is twice as much as 3. 🫡
It’s so true lol 😂
We've come full circle, we're no longer making fun of NPCs we're encouraging people to become them.
yes, men who care, who know how to care
that's what we need
Only if that dude is also stacking Sats. And agree being a parent is the shit. Hardest, best gig ever. LFG
I agree. Highly recommend Ordinary by Michael Knowles.
You have said the truth.
So not more capable than *you*, but more capable than the average complainer. I think that's who this is directed at.
The mean man is not a mean man…
(Mathematical mean)
I understand the overarching point but isn’t the ordinary father described here living in an illusory world?
I’ll trade truth for one dimensional/ ignorance is bliss normalcy all day
I’ll have to check this out
I think the point of the post is that just upholding a regular family and life is a Herculean task.
100% agree on the point that any (decent) father is objectively more capable than a man without children.
I think the inclusion of OSU/ light beer threw me off
Always tell new fathers-to-be that a kids will give you enough energy to 10x anything in a few years. Ride the wave. Learn you can grind w 4-5 hours of sleep. Crush it for a decade and you will be set by the time the kid is 10.