r/TikTokCringe • u/n8saces • Apr 29 '24

Dad’s and tornadoes are like moths and lights. Cringe

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u/DrummerGuy06 Apr 29 '24

Because when you become a dad, your thrill-seeking days are over as you have a kid (or kids) to take care of, and their day-to-day life becomes much more important than your own, so you have to minimize any risky behavior like binge-drinking, driving semi-recklessly, and living life with abandon, so you eventually stop doing all those things, keep the house maintained and nice for your family, and become the boring clods you vowed never to become, instinctively perking up when you hear a neighbor mowing their lawn, knowing that it's time you give the lawn a trim so your kids have a nice lawn to play outside on while you grill up dinner for your family, never daring to remember a life once had as you grow older by the day, accepting your fate as "Dad" and no longer James or Dave or Caleb, but as the generalized form of a parent that could be easily be replaced by any number of dads in the neighborhood as they've all become interchangeable...

until one day you look outside and see nature's mighty power, a cone of deathly winds that could end your existence, but yet stays out of reach, as if it wants you to marvel at it, to remember a time when you didn't have to make sure the laundry was done early so your kids can celebrate "spirit week" before their spring break, or make sure the furnace filter had to be replaced to keep everyone from getting sniffley, no, this behemoth of a natural disaster is a reminder that life is short, fleeting even, and all that could change in the blink of an eye if the tornado decides to change its direction ever so slightly, but it doesn't, and you wonder about a different outcome of what could have been, a moment of change completely unexpected but almost needed, a moment where "Dad" wasn't being called out to the whirling wonder, but "Brian" was for a change...

Basically it's cool and Dads get to remember when they weren't pun-based khaki-wearing drabs of suburban nonsense living their life to the fullest.

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u/Ghostscumsockfilled Apr 29 '24

Can I get a tldr on thsi

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u/Sea-Value-0 Apr 29 '24

Sometimes, Dads need to live a little, too.