Girl Dad
These are my three ‘little girls’.
Apparently I was a ‘Girl Dad’ before it was cool, except my version was a tad more manly.
@The_CINC ‘s BFF once told me
“Your daughters are so lucky to have you as a father.”
Totally Blindsided me.
I was just Daddy, they are MY little girls. They always will be.
They’ve always known they are loved.
Yes, I braided my little girls hair, and they were so proud of it.
I went to ‘tea parties’, I was a patient, and I am a ‘snuggler’.
They all snuggled with me in ‘my chair’, with a down comforter, watching movies.
Until they got too big, which is still a debate on whether ‘Tiny Dancer’, our youngest, has reached that point. At least it’s a debate on her part.
I used to ride them to school on my Harley. I would walk them to the door of their classrooms, wearing my leathers, and kiss them goodbye.
They were so proud…
Especially, since everyone thought that I was ‘so scary’.
“He’s not scary, he’s my daddy!” Was a common refrain.
I used to be overprotective.
Before I met my Son in Law; Uno, my eldest daughter’s husband, for the first time, she implored
“Daddy, please don’t scare this one, I really like him.”
I responded
“Darlin’, I only scare those boys that mean you harm. When one truly loves you, I won’t matter.”
Daddy of course, was correct.
You don’t have to be milquetoast to be a ‘Girl Dad’.
In fact, in my experience, they prefer that their ‘Daddy’ be a ‘man’.
Just because you are a ‘man’, it doesn’t mean you can’t stoop down to talk to a child, or be tender towards a woman.
What else is there, as a man, worth fighting for?
We are so grateful to have found The Gutter and to be part of a place where we can meet wonderful people and feel a real sense of community. We truly have so much to be thankful for, and today we love to celebrate that together.
Please share your Thanksgiving moments with us—what you’re thankful for, what made you smile, or the simple joys that made today special.
As for me, I’m thankful that my family is healthy and happy, that the kids have their homes and their jobs, and that I can pause during the day to notice something in nature I don’t see every day…..flock of starlings murmuring around our refinery.
Those little moments mean everything.
Happy Thanksgiving from my heart to yours.
Congratulations to @APalm, @Pam_Antosiak, @RockNRollHS. Your questions were chosen for tonight’s.Ask Greg and the Panelists.
@APalm Who's a celebrity that is universally considered attractive, but they just don't do it for you?
@Pam_Antosiak At your current level of professional success, do you still have a five year plan? And if you do, where do you want to be in five years?
@RockNRollHS What is it that annoys you the most these days?
A young man decided it was time to come out to his family.
He was worried most about his grandmother, so he approached her in the kitchen.
"Grandma, I, uh, have to tell you something."
"Yes, sweety?"
"I, uh, I'm gay."
"Gay?" His heart stopped. "Does that mean you put men's things in your mouth?"
"Grandma!!!!"
"Well??"
Mortified, he muttered sheepishly, "I, uh, yeah?"
Whack! The wooden spoon found its mark. "Don't you EVER, "complain about my cooking again."
Mornin
Not all, and definitely not mine. (But judging from the number of Kamala signs still up in my Dad's neighborhood, apparently she would still have a few people voting for her in the next go-round.)
