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HODL 1y ago

A concept I always find weird is the idea of the “shotgun dad” as in…

“when my daughter brings a boy over I’m gonna be cleaning a shotgun, he needs to treat my daughter right or else.”

I think most of the time this is a joke, but for anyone that actually means it… I mean bro this is a teenage boy lol

If you’ve been living correctly he’ll be scared shitless of you anyway. Even if you’re super nice to him. 😂

By all means be firm and have rules and boundaries etc… but leave the shotgun in its place.

Boys like girls, girls like boys.

It’s natural and normal.

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Tim 1y ago

I believe that is a joke 99% of the time.

HODL 1y ago

I think so too, but sometimes I meet a dude who seems serious about it lol

Tim 1y ago

yeah, the 1% is out there... I do have 2 daughters and sometimes daydream of taking then into the mountains until they are in their 30's...lol

I've settled on them taking JiuJitsu, so if anything they can take the boy out themselves.

Beefy 1y ago

My kids aren't old enough yet but it's fun to think about what that day will be like. With that said, I have a cousin same age as me and when she had her first boyfriend one of our uncles took him aside and said, "if you hurt her I'll fucking kill you." He was never seen again.

OceanSlim 1y ago

Dad's love their daughters. It's natural and normal. That's why the absurdist joke exists.

Bauzen 1y ago

My daughter will show me a blue belt injiu-jitsu, if she ever wants to date ✔️

Outside that, happy to see how it goes 🙏

Schlaus Kwab 1y ago

The thing is if you put it the work and raise a confident woman you won't need to use drastic measures later. Same goes for the other sex of course.

Matthew D 1y ago

100% every time I've heard this it's been a joke. We used to joke in high school about it.

nobody 1y ago

It was a hilarious coincidence, but I had just returned from the shooting range one afternoon and was cleaning a pistol on the kitchen counter the first time my oldest daughter brought a young man by.

HODL 1y ago

That is funny

Turner 1y ago

a happy coincidence is cool. hope he was a nice kid.

Turner 1y ago

not a shotgun, but this happened to me as a teenager meeting her military dad for the first time. shook my hand with one while polishing a .357 with the other. I took it as a sign of insecurity. big surprise, he was a shitty father to her growing up and she had big time daddy issues as a result.

HODL 1y ago

Exactly. It’s always a sign of massive insecurity on the father’s part.

Turner 1y ago

yeah would’ve been fine if he was like, “wanna check this out? “ and we scheduled some time at the range to get to know each other. but it was just a cringe staged flex.

ĐaꝞꭵꞧuꞩ.₿ 🟠 1y ago

Wow, a family post by Hodl that I agree with? Some things do be universal it seems.

Kendy 1y ago

This reminds me of various ex’s friends pulling me aside at a party or something and saying, “if you do anything to hurt her…” and I’ve given them zero reason to say that. Some of them were probably just drunk lol. But yeah, threats of violence during introductions is stupid.