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Thanks for saying that. These days I have kind of a thin skin for the implication, which seems to be increasingly prevalent, that the interests and struggles o

Thanks for saying that. These days I have kind of a thin skin for the implication, which seems to be increasingly prevalent, that the interests and struggles of boys/men are not only perfectly understood, but are too simplistic and trivial to be concerned with; just give the fuckers enough Red Bulls and handguns and watch them party their way to social media startups! Just don't forget to throw a rasher of half-cooked bacon onto the cage floor from time to time. And so on. Apparently most of the males I've met in my life are incredibly, incredibly dysfunctional.

Dewie 12y ago
A stereotype of a father with only (or many) daughters is that he will grow "soft" towards them and in turn emphasize with their problems, and in turn perhaps also the problems more specific to women in general. A stereotype of a father and a son is that they will both suffer through their own problems, individually, in silence.
- jobu 12y ago
  > A stereotype of a father and a son is that they will both suffer through their own problems, individually, in silence. The trick for me has been to find things to do with my son. My daughter's will randomly unleash a torrent of emotion to me, but my son only talks when I do things like take him fishing or flying kites.
eli_gottlieb 12y ago
Yeah, we're really, incredibly dysfunctional. We separate stimulants from depressants, don't like guns too much, and have emotions. Oh, and we only bench-press 2/3 of our body weight (so far... working on it). May macho-God have mercy on our limp-wristed souls.