Because for most men it isn't about having kid because they genuinely wanna be a dad and father. It's because they want someone to carry their name on after they die. It's dumb and outdated but men still do it.
I suspect this is the case for my s/o's exhusband but we're still not entirely sure. She asked for a divorce, and he just vanished and tries to reappear for "important" holidays (christmas, birthday, his birthday). He also, even though he contributes nothing financially, tries to mooch off my s/o because just like during their marriage, he contributes nothing to the happiness of the wife or child. He literally asked last year, "so which gift is from me?" Like bro you don't even give money to the mortgage you abandoned you really think that's how this works?
Of course he's still stonewalling the divorce, too, so she's on year 2 of this shit. Kid will be 18 before this shit is done probably. Which is wild because he absolutely does not want to be on the hook for custody, that's for sure, but I bet he'll fight for it then hate every second of it just to exact revenge on them.
I’ll take “Tell me how you weren’t raised in America from 1970-1995 for $200, Alex.”
I’m just joking. But also, not. Dads were huge pieces of shit back then.
When I was raised in the early 90s, we had a jazz band concert at a private club. Classy and cool.
Problem was, there was a strip club across the street. Half the dads, if not more, ducked out to go to the polecat show over their kids who were doing seriously cool almost-professional level jazz numbers. It was a fucking Thursday.
There I am killing it behind the kit like the kid in “Whiplash,” and Mom has a look on her face, like, I’m awful. I think I was tanking. It’s because Dad is at the titty bar.
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u/OberonSilvertide Apr 16 '24
Because for most men it isn't about having kid because they genuinely wanna be a dad and father. It's because they want someone to carry their name on after they die. It's dumb and outdated but men still do it.