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Happy Fathers Day (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by Stamets@lemmy.world to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works

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I do not apologize for the heart attack the title may or may not have induced

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[–] Oka@sopuli.xyz 36 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

My mom just handed me a package yesterday (we live together currently) I was not expecting. "Its from your cats, for father's day."

What.

I dont think much thought was put into it

The shirt was customizable
I have 2 cats
One of the cats on the shirt was orange instead of Black/brown
The other cat's name was misspelled (she asked me after she ordered it)
Shirt size was 2 sizes too small (she handles my laundry)
Pretty sure there's no exchanges on custom shirts

Something tells me she saw a Facebook ad for the shirt and bought it on a whim. Im still having trouble processing getting the shirt I didn't ask for, and tbh, I probably wouldn't even wear.

Im not ungrateful. I appreciated the thought, but I wish she would have asked if getting a gift for the holiday was ok, my shirt size, or maybe if I even liked the design.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's sweet actually. It's like she's saying, "I don't need to pressure you for grandkids, I'm happy with grandkitties. I'm proud you're a good Cat Dad."

[–] Oka@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 month ago

I appreciate the positive vibes. She has given that impression. The gift was kind of just out of left field.

[–] xorollo@leminal.space 8 points 1 month ago

Maybe offer to do the laundry for a bit.

[–] lazyViking@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Declaring you're not ungrateful doesn't make it so

[–] Oka@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 month ago

Stating my feelings is how I can portray them across the internet. I understand your point though. I am cynical. My upbringing was poor. My mom wasn't in my life for most of it. I appreciate the gift, but I wish it had been presented differently.

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Works for Mother's Day as well

[–] jaaake@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Generally women know that they’re pregnant before their partners.

[–] Jiggle_Physics@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

unless target tells their partner before they even know they are pregnant

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 4 points 1 month ago

TIL... 😜

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 month ago

It's a trap!

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What... How... What?

[–] tomi000@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If ur as lost as me when first reading it:

His wife hands him a fathers day card (from someone else), but hes not a father yet. He thinks she is pregnant and it scares him. His wife wrote the card as if its from the cat.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

This, but in case you didn't know, there's quite a few commercially made "Happy (whatever)day From The Cat/Dog/Pets" cards out there. She probably found it while looking for a card for her own dad. Whether she was pranking him or just thought it'd be cute depends on her personality.

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

few commercially made "Happy (whatever)day From The Cat/Dog/Pets"

Now that makes more sense.

[–] tomi000@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

there's quite a few commercially made "Happy (whatever)day From The Cat/Dog/Pets" cards out there.

Seems a little silly, I havent seen those here in Germany.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

Actually they often are intentionally silly:

"Happy birthday from the cat! I put a dead mouse on your pillow and a hairball in your shoe! Have a day full of fun surprises!"

"Merry Christmas from the dog! I was going to bring you some mistletoe but I accidentally ate it. So I barfed it up on the carpet. Might eat it again later."

[–] Ceruleum@lemmy.wtf 2 points 1 month ago

So he's a catsexual?

[–] troed@fedia.io 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

she's having a baby

yeah this one isn't ready for fatherhood

[–] troed@fedia.io 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

explanation for downvoters:

that was not a comment about apostrophe usage but the fact that in a relationship you're having a baby, not just the woman.

... but maybe you believe that isn't so and then ... you're not either.

[–] tomi000@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Its still the woman carrying and giving birth to the child. I dont think saying it like it is would give any indication to how devoted you are to the relationship.

Also but not completely seriously, he cant even know if its his child as well.

[+] troed@fedia.io -8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm guessing you're not a parent.

[–] tomi000@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Actually, Im about to be. And I really dont appreciate your gatekeeping, its very childish.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

Congrats! To address OP from the chain, no one is ready for father hood... So good luck!

[–] troed@fedia.io -3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Next time your partner tells someone who didn't already know about the pregnancy, listen carefully to them saying "we're having a baby" and not "I am".

Your biological view of who's carrying is not the same thing, at all, as the joint life-upending experience about to hit both parents. Seeing "having a baby" as something that happens to the woman shows a disassociation/lack of internalization of how both parties are very much involved in this never-ending comittment.

[–] tomi000@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Dont get me wrong, I definitely know you mean. Seeing yourselves as a unity is important and reflecting that in the way you talk can be beneficial, words carry meaning after all.

But, I heavily disagree that you can deduce someones devotion to a relationship or their ability to be a parent from a single sentence posted in a joke. And even if someone does not talk like that at all, they can still feel differently.

Also, funny you mention my wife, because she talks in a very peculiar way. Most often, when talking about herself or her pregnancy, she would say things like "your back hurts" or "you have nausea" like in a general sense, but it only applies to herself. I sometimes say "you mean you do" or something, but she doesnt even realize which words she uses. Not everyone forms sentences like a mathematical equation. I know I do, thats why its been difficult to understand that others dont necessarily and that brains work in different ways.

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 4 points 1 month ago

Of course I'm not ready. I don't want or could even afford to have children. Also nobody is ever ready for their first child.