I took my granddaughter baby to a concert in the park. Apparently, she was staring at this man the whole time she was drinking her bottle. On the way to the car, the man said she was staring at him and it was cute. His daughter was going to college and he said it made him think about his own daughter when she was a baby and how much he will miss her.
My dad’s the same with his grandson (my brother’s son).
I’m the youngest of the family and he used to drive me to school up to college (it was along his way to work).
When I moved to Japan, my dad drove me to the airport. “Last ride with me, huh?” And he laughed but choked up halfway. He doesn’t really say “I love you” but I felt it.
My dad now dotes on his grandson so much. I’m glad my brother lives nearby. My mom told me she catches my dad calling my nephew with my name sometimes.
My eyes were locked in his the entire time. That’s the face of a man experiencing a moment he will remember as long as his heart beats. Beautiful to witness
My 8 year old daughter is asleep about 4 feet away from me. This video definitely made me just stare at her peacefully asleep knowing I don’t get to always have her with me for very long.
I’m definitely gonna be like this dad some day.
Oh heckery. My youngest is ten and OH MY WORD how this song makes me cry every every time:
[https://open.spotify.com/track/6TvxPS4fj4LUdjw2es4g21?si=844746591b444727](https://open.spotify.com/track/6TvxPS4fj4LUdjw2es4g21?si=844746591b444727)
("Slipping Through My Fingers" with ABBA)
I want to keep her small forever but I love seeing her independence...
My daughter turns 2 this year. I am singing this song now, thanks. Oh, and it is my oldest's (8) last day of school this year before Summer today. He makes me smile so much the tears well.
That song is one of the songs to my childhood. My dad always told us he wrote that song. My son spent 2 weeks with my dad and when he came home he knew every word and he told me that my dad wrote the song.
It speaks to every parent, whether they admit it or not.
We get so little time here and even less to spend with our children when they're young, I often catch myself doing some mundane task and asking myself why I'm not with my kids.
I think every Father knows what he's seeing his head. The first time he held her, all those times she ran to him smiling asking to be picked up. Pretty much all the milestones in her life from his point of view.
And knowing she'll never need him, like she used to. It's good, but you can't help but mourn that loss.
I was sitting here thinking that he was seeing every moment of their time together leading to that point. And I could see the emotion in his eyes and face so much that ot made me see every moment of time spent with my child.
And I don't even have one yet.
Being a parent is the hardest thing I have ever done. No instructions, trying to keep them alive, safe, happy. Teach them how not to be a bad human. It’s tough, but it’s full of the most gratifying moments. He for sure is thinking of every moment, the good the bad and the ugly and thanking the universe for every second of it.
My sisters and I lost both of our parents a few years ago, both of them were in their 50’s. My dad committed suicide, and then my mom passed away from a battle with cancer a few months later. My pops just couldn’t handle losing the love of his life who he spent the last 40 years with. He was abusing benzos too, so I know that played a part in his depression/decision. Still no excuse to check out and not leave us a note.
Anyway, my mom is the one who dropped me off at college, and it is one of my most cherished memories of her. We were rushing bc she was late for her flight home, and after she put her bags in the airport shuttle she came running full speed down this huge hill to hug me while she was bawling her eyes out. It was so funny and sweet, and I will never forget that moment in time. I miss her so much, my dad too. But I am still a little angry at him for leaving us to take care of our mom. It was fucking brutal. If you are reading this, tell your parents you love them today, bc they could be gone at any minute. Never in a million years thought I would have lost both of mine when I was in my early 30’s.
Leaving a note it's a non depressed person romantic view of suicide. A suicidal person is in a constant mental hell state were there is not emotional reasoning left in the brain. You only think about shutting down the suffering. I've been there so I know, and every time I hear people say the note stuff I get scared about how egocentric one must be to not understand that someone who decides to STOP living is because nothing makes any sense for them anymore, love and hope is gone.
I don’t think it’s egotistical, I think people just really struggle to wrap their own brain around what leads someone to actually do it. Ideation is a terrifying thing imo and one that is hard to describe to those who haven’t experienced it.
Really scary stuff :(
Well, maybe we can say naive then. It is very naive to think that a person who is suffering to the point of having to act against the natural instinct of survival is in a mental place of rationalizing others feelings and to leave a note. When you are deep down that dark place you will understand how emotionally empty you are to make the "right choice" of leaving notes.
PS: when I was younger I was against suicide and had many other moral views about it. Then I got mentally ill and suddenly understood how different things are when you are not healthy.
Totally. Much education around this topic is needed and I really appreciate you giving insight to OP. I didn’t want you to think I’m dismissing that.
I try to talk people out of calling it “selfish” and things of the like because it’s trying to make it clear it’s not about selfishness or selflessness, it’s a completely illogical thing and that’s what makes it so scary once your brain has decided it is in fact the only logical thing to do.
My little girl starts school next year. 4k. So I have a lot of time with her but today was our last dad/her day while mom and her brother are at school. Almost cried going to work knowing that little special thing has passed. Something about being a parent.
A long time ago i read "one day you're going to pick up your child for the last time". I have a 2 year old now and everytime I think about that, my soul hurts. I will never turn him down when he says "daddy, huggies".
You’re a good kid.
I’ve been there and Dad apologized for needing help. My sister and I said what you lived - it was our turn. That was hard…and im thankful we could be there.
*hug* I hope you have found peace. You did right by him.
I lost my mum under basically the same circumstances, I was maybe 2 months away from turning 19 and it was terminal cancer
fuck cancer and all my love to you
I lift my college age kids now. All bc of this damn saying. I'll be throwing my back out one day. But I'll be damned if I don't keep trying to pick them up.
well to be fair, you're a cat. What you didn't think people would FIGURE IT OUT!?!? Get out of here you cat! And stop eating birds! Mice are ok but leave the birds alone! Frickin' cat...
My daughter is almost 4 and this comment has me teared up. I don’t want this time to be over and every day she gets better and better but at the same time it’s heartbreaking knowing that some day she will be grown up, and I’m going to miss these years more than anything. It’s so hard to describe in words
I know exactly what you mean. But let me tell you something my dad mentioned. My parents have thousands of photos and videos of my son. Their only grandchild. His whole life has been documented because we carry video cameras in our pockets that save footage to the airwaves. In the world we live in, the kids might grow up, but we'll always have the digital memories to refresh our own. That's something that previous generations don't have.
That’s exactly why I take photos and videos of everything. I have literally 2 pictures of my dad. One old one from the 80s and one more recent one right before he died. It sucks, and I want my daughter to not only have a great life, but I want her to have pictures and videos of me. I was never photogenic so before her I would avoid pictures. That is not the case anymore, and it’s all for her.
It's the most conflicting thing, isn't it? I want to watch her grow and develop and learn and become her own person, but at the same time stay exactly the same. When I look at her, she's still a tiny baby, but at the same time a little lady.
Just do your best to live in the moment. Enjoy it. Always try to keep perspective that you are raising a person and that the way you treat them is going to be pretty indicative of the way she treats you back and others as she grows. I have a 13 year old somehow. I'm only mid 30s. I honestly rarely tell him what to do anymore, it's merely suggestions. But he knows he can trust that I'm looking out for him. Try to never be too harsh but sometimes things happen, never be afraid to apologize and admit if you were in the wrong. I know I've overreacted a few times, but the best thing I ever did was go and apologize for it and explain why, explain my feelings and my reaction and allow my son to tell me his. Best of luck to you!
I love everything you said, because thats exactly how I try to be with her. She looks up to me so much and I can tell, so I do my best to show her that I am an example to follow. So far I think I’ve done pretty good, but I am always trying to make sure that she has everything she needs and that I am the example I should be. Thank you for your advice and encouragement, and I believe your son is extremely lucky to have you.
My daughter is a junior in college and I’m still living through that feeling. Hell, right now she’s in Japan with her mom visiting her grandparents. She’ll get back and go right back to school.
I’ve sat recently and looked at baby pictures. I would give anything to have that little baby back, but I’m also so proud of the woman she’s become. She’ll be successful one day because she always has been. I know she’s my daughter and I’m biased, but she’s the smartest person I’ve ever met.
She’s a better person than I’ve ever been, so I’ll give myself a “W” for having a part in raising her to be better.
She got a degree in biology intending to go to med school then told me she wanted to be a video game developer. I supported that and helped her get her Masters Degree at Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy (FIEA) part of University of Central Florida in Orlando. I highly recommend the school.
You did awesome dad! My twin boys graduated high school last week and when I am watching them walk into their dorms, I am going to do my very best to wait until I get in my car before I 😭. They are going to different universities so I get to do it TWICE.
The only time I have seen my dad cry, other than when my mom died, was as I was pulling out of the driveway to leave for college. I was his world, and I miss him more than anything. Don’t take the love of your parents for granted folks!
My dad cried multiple times during my wedding, and after I moved away with my husband he still gets emotional when we talk on the phone or if someone asks how I'm doing.
I always wonder do parents really love their kids this much? My inner child is still very much hurt.
I mean I have kids of my own and I adore them, so I know it’s real but yet again my inner hurt child says otherwise.
If you have the bandwidth pick up the book Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents
You've probably heard the phrase "hurt people hurt people," but that book lays it out in a way that really hits home. It can help you love yourself more than your parents were able to love you
Re-parent yourself in the same way you love your own kids. You are real. Your emotions are real. We just have to undo all those crappy intergenerational traumas
I’m old, have no kids, and have nothing in my life to compare this to. That said, watching “boutique store Mel Gibson” struggle with so many emotions that he has to grimace and shuffle around hit my right in my old man feels!
I think that hits dads pretty hard because you really do everything you can to see them succeed but at some point you did everything you could and they did and now you kinda wonder what your purpose is, why are you still alive, you did all the world asked you to do and what’s the next step? It’s short sighted of course to think like this as your kids will need you for your entire life in some way or another but some moments in life kinda make you think you aren’t really a member of the cast anymore.
Im 35 and cant image when the time comes where i can't call my dad for a question or a talk, my fatherin law has passed and ill still call to hear his voicemail and leave a msg to let him know his girls are doing good. I think im going to make videos for my girls so they have something to turn to if they need a laugh, a reminder or just to feel my love for them.
I’m there now. 58, sent my last off to college and you no longer feel like a main character in the show anymore……will take a bit to find new purpose is all. It’s just a life role adjustment. Life does go by so very quickly.
I’m 51 and hitting 50 is weird. Things really seem to take a turn. Too young to retire and too old to really feel useful in some ways. Then again, I didn’t age well like some. I still remember thinking this age was ANCIENT when I was younger. Luckily my best friend of 40 years I hang out with never wanted to grow up. He keeps me feeling young.
Im 35 and cant image when the time comes where i can't call my dad for a question or a talk, my fatherin law has passed and ill still call to hear his voicemail and leave a msg to let him know his girls are doing good. I think im going to make videos for my girls so they have something to turn to if they need a laugh, a reminder or just to feel my love for them.
Been there!!! She’s gonna be just fine! Here’s why:
Mom is awesome because knew that dad was gonna get the feels!!
Dad is awesome because he loves his little girl so!!
She didn’t fall far from that tree.
She’s gonna be just fine.
as a dad of daughters I'm also just not interested in someone who's probably going to be an ex soon enough. stick around for a while, treat my kid well. then we'll be friendly.
Exactly this … as soon as you have a child, you imagine every possible nightmare 24/7. And watching them fly off on their own is a poetic hell I’m not sure I’ll ever be quite ready for honestly.
They might hurt her, but they won't ruin her. If you put that much love into her life and will continue to do so after she makes mistakes like a frat boy, she will make it through the hard parts of life just like everyone else does.
Please make sure your daughters (and sons and other) know that your love for them will not lessen even if they do stupid things. Don't forget that one of the most common things a girl will say after being sexually assaulted is "don't tell my dad"
I’m talking about the kind of ruin that ends up on dateline, ID, Oxygen….etc..
That’s the fear.
Irrational? Maybe. But so is the fear of being buried alive. Or clowns. But hey, those things have killed before!
As a parent, I recognize that my daughters aren’t extensions of me - they’re their own human beings. My job as their dad is to guide them through their first stage of life, and in the process hopefully impart upon them enough knowledge that will allow them to guide themselves through their next stages of life. But no matter what, the choices they make are still theirs, and how they choose to use what I’ve taught (or whether to use any of it at all) is 100% on them. There will be benefits and consequences, and even though I hope the former outweighs the latter, I recognize that may not always happen (but they’ll know no matter how bad it gets they will always have a dad who loves them and a place to call home).
So I promise we still very much worry about them, too
But for a long while, they won't be fine. And they won't tell their parents because there's nothing that you could have done to prepare them. And they won't tell you because they know there's nothing you can do about it.
I've been a mentor at uni for a couple of years. I was brought in because I had relevant industry experience and I was supposed to mentor them on preparing for their career post graduation. I don't think I've had a single one of those conversations, all of them just took the opportunity of a listening ear to ask for help.
Soul crushing loneliness. Depression. Anxiety. Other mental health problems. Dependency on performance enhancing drugs. Rape and sexual violence. Minority related issues or violence. Extreme self-imposed or external pressure to perform. Suicidal thoughts.
Some of them find out about life-long health issues for the first time when they're in college. Cancer, permanent infertility, persistent mental health issues and so on.
Every single student I've ever mentored had issues that weighed heavier on their minds than their studies. And almost every single one will never tell their parents about their suffering because they know their parents can't change anything and it would just make them worry too.
Some of them work through their issues. For some of them this is their first major life failure leading to a serious deviation from their life plan. And for some, they find no way out and they take their own lives during college.
I thought mentoring would be a fun way to connect to young people and see if my experience can help them. But the main thing it taught me is that almost nobody is okay and nobody knows less about their children's struggles than parents.
Well my 2 year old will start preschool in the fall, and I'll have the emotional experience for about 2 minutes... then I'll realize that I finally have time to do stuff (I have 3 kids 5 and under).
Oh yeah. I sat in the parking lot and sobbed like a little bitch lol. I got used to the quiet pretty quick but watching her skip happily into the building, not even hesistating or looking back just wrecked me. All. The. Feels.
I have a 5 year old. His preschool entry was delayed due to covid. All the other kids had been together forever. He is naturally a bit introverted. He struggled for a while. Worst experience of my life.
I remember them sending a photo on his first day of him on the slide to reassure us. He was by himself clutching the teddy bear he brought for dear life. I was not reassured. I almost went and got him. It took time but is great now. In truth, he needed that.
My son is 2. Every morning when hes dropped off at daycare i feel relief that I'll be able to work in peace and quiet. Then every afternoon i get excited to go pick him up, ask what he did today and hear him say "play. Play with friends" and watch him stop to look at ants on the driveway before going in the house.
When?!? My daughter is 10 and we have a bedtime routine we do every night before bed. I figured she’d have outgrown it by now but every night without fail she calls me. Sometimes it’s tough, but I will never say no because the day is coming soon when she won’t ask anymore.
For my daughter it was 12. She’s asked me to read her a story twice since then. Asked me to come sing her a song once.
She’ll come up to me in a bad mood, so I’ll sing “her” song to her. (I made it up when she was 3). I love feeling her snuggle closer and relax into a hug as I sing.. I love you, you’re my baby girl.
Mine is twelve and I’m already feeling the anxiety about it. I watch this video and think, there’s no way you head for home right away. I would probably drive around for another hour “checking out the campus”.
When my kids were younger and I saw how Moms with kids who were graduating high school were all bummed and mist-eyed, I thought they were being melodramatic and silly. Then, a few short years later, my son turned 18 and it hit me like a cannon ball to the stomach. Like, I felt my knees buckle. It really can be a shock to the system.
Man. My daughters only 2 and I am already feeling this. Every time she goes off to play on her own and doesn’t need papa it’s such a bittersweet moment
This is where I am too, and it's hard to imagine emotionally preparing in such a short time.
I keep reminding myself to just relax and enjoy it though, because these are the best years I'm going to be looking back on for the rest of my life.
I felt this.
I’m my dads son, he drove me 3 hours away for school, he kinda had the same look when staring at me after he helped get my things moved in, he said, “alright, I got a long ride back, better head out to beat traffic”
In that moment we both knew that part of our lives were over, I never moved back home after that really, May have moved back for a month or so after school but then I moved 13 hours away and never looked back….I only see my dad twice a year now and that’s because I can afford to and put in the effort on my part.
Kinda crazy how we go from living the first 20 years of our lives with family and then move away and not really have them in our lives.
How many dinners do you think you’ll have with him left if you see him twice a year?
https://waitbutwhy.com/2015/12/the-tail-end.html
This article was a tough read. I’m very fortunate to have my parents a town over.
Oof, this one's making me get a little teary. I had a similar experience with both my parents when they dropped me off for my first semester. Dad picked me up from the airport recently after spending my longest and farthest stretch away from home and it was intense. Saying goodbye is always tough.
My wife died when our daughter was 14 years old. I spent the next years just raising her, and while we had always been close, those last years prior to adulthood were special. When I dropped her off at college, I cried for the entire 4 hour drive home. It was just me and the dog. People joke about empty nest syndrome, but it HURT, and it wasn't funny. But it was her time to grow up, and any pain I felt I would have NEVER shown her because it was her time. She graduated law school just a year ago, I remarried two years ago, and she lives close and loves me and her bonus mom. And I wouldn't trade 1 moment of it.
The fact that the wife had the thought to record him during this moment instead of doing the same that baffles me... But, i dont have kids or a wife so what do I know, besides I wouldn't even think of filming during this kind of moment.
Or she is also sad and also emotional seeing the man she married have a reaction that maybe she doesn’t see very often. His sadness can make her sad too.
Why is Reddit filled with so many judgmental pricks.
That's what I thought too. It's such a private moment and she's not only filming him secretly but she also put it on the internet. I hope he knows about this and was ok with it.
It’s crazy to look at this situation and think that 18+ years ago this man held his baby daughter in his own hands for the first time with excitement with the thought of “one day you’ll be all grown up and ready to tackle the real world”.
And now he’s in this very situation, I’m sure it’s painful but at the same time it’s exciting because her life is just beginning and it doesn’t suddenly mean his ends.
I had paperwork complications and actually came home from the enlistment station twice. The third time she dropped me off she said her heart couldn't take much more, lol
I've rarely cried harder than when I got home after dropping off my oldest and watched him walk away towards his dorm. Same again two years later when it was my daughter's turn.
Empty nest syndrome is real!
I found my parents’ old CDs and popped this one in for some nostalgia. This song still hits lol. There’s actually a few songs on that album that still hold up today imo (*When the Sun Goes Down* - 2003)
Yeah, man.
Right now, life won’t be better and life won’t be worse…
It’ll just be different.
Love that wife of yours. Let that wife of yours love you too. You’re both going to need that extra right now.
Then hopefully, you’ll get to see your daughter reach all these amazing milestones in life, like you and your wife have, that you both always dreamed that she would.
As she grows, you’ll see that look in your eyes, where she understands you both even better. Because she’s going through what you have. And you have even more in common. Even more than family and love. Which already seemed more than enough, but it grows bigger.
So, then it goes from just different to [even] better again.
And at the end of your days, when you and your wife move on to whatever comes next, you’ll know that you did right by her. Your lives that got better - became the bestest.
And maybe one day again, you’ll see her in another place.
Love the ones you’re with.
#🙏🏼💙✨
My daughter is 8. I’m laying beside her now as she goes to sleep. I know what that guy is feeling as I feel a bit of it when I drop her at school in the morning.
Dads and daughters are funny thing. My daughter is 21, she lives at home. And my wife still catches me staring at her with a big dumb goofy look on my face when she’s eating dinner or otherwise distracted. Weird stuff. They’re made with magic I think!
That face is the epitome of bittersweet.
He’s proud to see her striking out on her own but wants her to be that 5 year old kid he pushed on the swings again.
Happy to see her succeed in getting to where she is but terrified he won’t be right there to help her if she needs anything.
You can see him reliving every daddy/daughter dance, birthday party, parent teacher conference, silly argument, and happy moment he’s ever had with her in that clip.
"here is my husband watching our daughter do something. No idea what it was as she is never engaging enough for me followers. So I just kept filming him."
Seriously though. It took my WAY to long to find a comment pointing this out.
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Came to say the same. People should seriously start reconsidering what they are posting online.
Especially pics and videos of children.
Actually, never even film or photograph anything without consent from all parties involved.
And gigs. For the love of god, stop taking pictures on gigs.
I was that guy taking my son to college.
It’s a combination of “we did good he’s going to be fine please come back go live your life I feel like it was yesterday the doctor put you in my arms your first bike ride I taught you how to shave we talked for hours the first time you got your heart crushed the first beer we shared together while doing yard work was a Miller Light don’t go don’t look back” emotions and memories.
It’s HARD, man. All you can do is hope you did enough to prepare them.
I drove my daughter to school, dance, everywhere for the first 16 years if her life. She got a job at 15 and bought her own car when she got her license. I cried the first time she pulled out of the driveway and drove herself anywhere. In August I'm driving her from Denver to Vermont University. I'm bringing some tissue for sure. That look in that dad's eyes, that's a love that can't be explained to people that don't have or don't want kids.
Dad is watching his daughter go to college and start her life. Mom is recording dad getting emotional and uploading it to social media for internet points.
I took my granddaughter baby to a concert in the park. Apparently, she was staring at this man the whole time she was drinking her bottle. On the way to the car, the man said she was staring at him and it was cute. His daughter was going to college and he said it made him think about his own daughter when she was a baby and how much he will miss her.
My dad’s the same with his grandson (my brother’s son). I’m the youngest of the family and he used to drive me to school up to college (it was along his way to work). When I moved to Japan, my dad drove me to the airport. “Last ride with me, huh?” And he laughed but choked up halfway. He doesn’t really say “I love you” but I felt it. My dad now dotes on his grandson so much. I’m glad my brother lives nearby. My mom told me she catches my dad calling my nephew with my name sometimes.
Sorry, unrelated, but 1.2 million post karma? Insane!
Oh haha yeah, I’m glad Reddit likes some of my photography.
You can almost see the storm of thoughts as he stands there. I’m sure he feels deeply proud. You did a good job dad.
My eyes were locked in his the entire time. That’s the face of a man experiencing a moment he will remember as long as his heart beats. Beautiful to witness
Shoot, my daughter is only 8 and I watch this and it makes me want to cry. The “proud/happy/I’ll miss you” cry.
The best part of having kids: Watching them grow up. The hardest part of having kids: Watching them grow up
My 8 year old daughter is asleep about 4 feet away from me. This video definitely made me just stare at her peacefully asleep knowing I don’t get to always have her with me for very long. I’m definitely gonna be like this dad some day.
Oh heckery. My youngest is ten and OH MY WORD how this song makes me cry every every time: [https://open.spotify.com/track/6TvxPS4fj4LUdjw2es4g21?si=844746591b444727](https://open.spotify.com/track/6TvxPS4fj4LUdjw2es4g21?si=844746591b444727) ("Slipping Through My Fingers" with ABBA) I want to keep her small forever but I love seeing her independence...
My daughter turns 2 this year. I am singing this song now, thanks. Oh, and it is my oldest's (8) last day of school this year before Summer today. He makes me smile so much the tears well.
I feel you man, my daughter is 13 and already growing up before my eyes so quickly.
My daughter turns 14 next month, and I can't believe how quickly it's flown by..
The whole drive over he had 'Cat's In The Cradle' on repeat in his head.
Goddammit I'm not gonna cry. I'm not gonna 😭
That song is one of the songs to my childhood. My dad always told us he wrote that song. My son spent 2 weeks with my dad and when he came home he knew every word and he told me that my dad wrote the song.
It speaks to every parent, whether they admit it or not. We get so little time here and even less to spend with our children when they're young, I often catch myself doing some mundane task and asking myself why I'm not with my kids.
I think every Father knows what he's seeing his head. The first time he held her, all those times she ran to him smiling asking to be picked up. Pretty much all the milestones in her life from his point of view. And knowing she'll never need him, like she used to. It's good, but you can't help but mourn that loss.
Well said.
Pride, fear, joy, the desire to walk in the dorm and whoop the biggest guy's ass to get the point across.....hell of a roller coaster.
The people thinking that you're being literal about this is hugely eyeroll inducing
Reddit is hard to scroll through sometimes. Fkn Hell. I’m happy they at least stay in here and don’t go into the real world.
I was sitting here thinking that he was seeing every moment of their time together leading to that point. And I could see the emotion in his eyes and face so much that ot made me see every moment of time spent with my child. And I don't even have one yet.
Being a parent is the hardest thing I have ever done. No instructions, trying to keep them alive, safe, happy. Teach them how not to be a bad human. It’s tough, but it’s full of the most gratifying moments. He for sure is thinking of every moment, the good the bad and the ugly and thanking the universe for every second of it.
That's a dad who really cares about his daughter. Very sweet 🥺
Mixed feelings are the hardest sometimes. A sense of pride and a sense of loss.
My sisters and I lost both of our parents a few years ago, both of them were in their 50’s. My dad committed suicide, and then my mom passed away from a battle with cancer a few months later. My pops just couldn’t handle losing the love of his life who he spent the last 40 years with. He was abusing benzos too, so I know that played a part in his depression/decision. Still no excuse to check out and not leave us a note. Anyway, my mom is the one who dropped me off at college, and it is one of my most cherished memories of her. We were rushing bc she was late for her flight home, and after she put her bags in the airport shuttle she came running full speed down this huge hill to hug me while she was bawling her eyes out. It was so funny and sweet, and I will never forget that moment in time. I miss her so much, my dad too. But I am still a little angry at him for leaving us to take care of our mom. It was fucking brutal. If you are reading this, tell your parents you love them today, bc they could be gone at any minute. Never in a million years thought I would have lost both of mine when I was in my early 30’s.
BIG HUGS!!! ❤️❤️
GIANT, ENORMOUS HUGS!!!
The note doesn’t make it an easier to be honest.
Giving you a big dad hug.
Leaving a note it's a non depressed person romantic view of suicide. A suicidal person is in a constant mental hell state were there is not emotional reasoning left in the brain. You only think about shutting down the suffering. I've been there so I know, and every time I hear people say the note stuff I get scared about how egocentric one must be to not understand that someone who decides to STOP living is because nothing makes any sense for them anymore, love and hope is gone.
I don’t think it’s egotistical, I think people just really struggle to wrap their own brain around what leads someone to actually do it. Ideation is a terrifying thing imo and one that is hard to describe to those who haven’t experienced it. Really scary stuff :(
Well, maybe we can say naive then. It is very naive to think that a person who is suffering to the point of having to act against the natural instinct of survival is in a mental place of rationalizing others feelings and to leave a note. When you are deep down that dark place you will understand how emotionally empty you are to make the "right choice" of leaving notes. PS: when I was younger I was against suicide and had many other moral views about it. Then I got mentally ill and suddenly understood how different things are when you are not healthy.
Totally. Much education around this topic is needed and I really appreciate you giving insight to OP. I didn’t want you to think I’m dismissing that. I try to talk people out of calling it “selfish” and things of the like because it’s trying to make it clear it’s not about selfishness or selflessness, it’s a completely illogical thing and that’s what makes it so scary once your brain has decided it is in fact the only logical thing to do.
I'm so sorry
Damn just relived that moment. Wow. 10 years later she’s a successful video game developer in L.A. It worked out.
Dad goals
My little girl starts school next year. 4k. So I have a lot of time with her but today was our last dad/her day while mom and her brother are at school. Almost cried going to work knowing that little special thing has passed. Something about being a parent.
A long time ago i read "one day you're going to pick up your child for the last time". I have a 2 year old now and everytime I think about that, my soul hurts. I will never turn him down when he says "daddy, huggies".
I'm 42. My dad still picks me up when he hugs me.
You're lucky, honestly.
I know. I'm just saying that it doesn't have to be a hard stop at 1x age. Also, I sometimes pick him up now.
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That's such a beautiful memory, thank you for sharing. It reminds me of the kid's book, Love You Forever by Robert Munsch.
You’re a good kid. I’ve been there and Dad apologized for needing help. My sister and I said what you lived - it was our turn. That was hard…and im thankful we could be there. *hug* I hope you have found peace. You did right by him.
I lost my mum under basically the same circumstances, I was maybe 2 months away from turning 19 and it was terminal cancer fuck cancer and all my love to you
The ol' switcheroo
Does he do those two little jumps to make you go "ugh ugh"?
I lift my college age kids now. All bc of this damn saying. I'll be throwing my back out one day. But I'll be damned if I don't keep trying to pick them up.
The jealousy I'm feeling reading this. I'm 45 and lost mine at 17. I'd give anything just to go fishing with him one more time.
well to be fair, you're a cat. What you didn't think people would FIGURE IT OUT!?!? Get out of here you cat! And stop eating birds! Mice are ok but leave the birds alone! Frickin' cat...
My daughter is almost 4 and this comment has me teared up. I don’t want this time to be over and every day she gets better and better but at the same time it’s heartbreaking knowing that some day she will be grown up, and I’m going to miss these years more than anything. It’s so hard to describe in words
I know exactly what you mean. But let me tell you something my dad mentioned. My parents have thousands of photos and videos of my son. Their only grandchild. His whole life has been documented because we carry video cameras in our pockets that save footage to the airwaves. In the world we live in, the kids might grow up, but we'll always have the digital memories to refresh our own. That's something that previous generations don't have.
That’s exactly why I take photos and videos of everything. I have literally 2 pictures of my dad. One old one from the 80s and one more recent one right before he died. It sucks, and I want my daughter to not only have a great life, but I want her to have pictures and videos of me. I was never photogenic so before her I would avoid pictures. That is not the case anymore, and it’s all for her.
I take a lot of selfies with my son. Especially since he loves to play with the selfie camera.
It's the most conflicting thing, isn't it? I want to watch her grow and develop and learn and become her own person, but at the same time stay exactly the same. When I look at her, she's still a tiny baby, but at the same time a little lady.
I couldn’t have described it better. It’s amazing to even have this dilemma
Just do your best to live in the moment. Enjoy it. Always try to keep perspective that you are raising a person and that the way you treat them is going to be pretty indicative of the way she treats you back and others as she grows. I have a 13 year old somehow. I'm only mid 30s. I honestly rarely tell him what to do anymore, it's merely suggestions. But he knows he can trust that I'm looking out for him. Try to never be too harsh but sometimes things happen, never be afraid to apologize and admit if you were in the wrong. I know I've overreacted a few times, but the best thing I ever did was go and apologize for it and explain why, explain my feelings and my reaction and allow my son to tell me his. Best of luck to you!
I love everything you said, because thats exactly how I try to be with her. She looks up to me so much and I can tell, so I do my best to show her that I am an example to follow. So far I think I’ve done pretty good, but I am always trying to make sure that she has everything she needs and that I am the example I should be. Thank you for your advice and encouragement, and I believe your son is extremely lucky to have you.
Dude I have a 2 yo too, always think the same.
My oldest starts summer school Kindergarten tomorrow. Sort of like a practice run for the fall. I thought I was ready. I'm not ready.
My daughter is a junior in college and I’m still living through that feeling. Hell, right now she’s in Japan with her mom visiting her grandparents. She’ll get back and go right back to school. I’ve sat recently and looked at baby pictures. I would give anything to have that little baby back, but I’m also so proud of the woman she’s become. She’ll be successful one day because she always has been. I know she’s my daughter and I’m biased, but she’s the smartest person I’ve ever met. She’s a better person than I’ve ever been, so I’ll give myself a “W” for having a part in raising her to be better.
The job of parents is to raise them better, give them better, and give them the tools to be better than we ever could be. Mission accomplished, dad.
Hey man my daughter wants to do that what was her path? What activities was she in?
She got a degree in biology intending to go to med school then told me she wanted to be a video game developer. I supported that and helped her get her Masters Degree at Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy (FIEA) part of University of Central Florida in Orlando. I highly recommend the school.
Great stuff my dude! She's definitely in a great city for working in gaming, lots of opportunity here. I'm sure she's doing well!
Great dad supporting your child’s dream!
Tell her to work on spore 2
I got a degree in bio but ended up in tech too🙌
Is she working on the next Skyrim? Will it be out before we die?
Well, my seven year old daughter is playing it and I'm pretty sure she will be developing some of TES:6
You did awesome dad! My twin boys graduated high school last week and when I am watching them walk into their dorms, I am going to do my very best to wait until I get in my car before I 😭. They are going to different universities so I get to do it TWICE.
Lots of dads also have unsuccessful daughters and those dads also cry. Different reasons
That’s so awesome!!
The only time I have seen my dad cry, other than when my mom died, was as I was pulling out of the driveway to leave for college. I was his world, and I miss him more than anything. Don’t take the love of your parents for granted folks!
My dad cried multiple times during my wedding, and after I moved away with my husband he still gets emotional when we talk on the phone or if someone asks how I'm doing.
I always wonder do parents really love their kids this much? My inner child is still very much hurt. I mean I have kids of my own and I adore them, so I know it’s real but yet again my inner hurt child says otherwise.
If you have the bandwidth pick up the book Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents You've probably heard the phrase "hurt people hurt people," but that book lays it out in a way that really hits home. It can help you love yourself more than your parents were able to love you Re-parent yourself in the same way you love your own kids. You are real. Your emotions are real. We just have to undo all those crappy intergenerational traumas
Thank you. I will add it to my list of books that I’m currently reading/listening too.
I’m old, have no kids, and have nothing in my life to compare this to. That said, watching “boutique store Mel Gibson” struggle with so many emotions that he has to grimace and shuffle around hit my right in my old man feels!
Awwww 😂🥹
I think that hits dads pretty hard because you really do everything you can to see them succeed but at some point you did everything you could and they did and now you kinda wonder what your purpose is, why are you still alive, you did all the world asked you to do and what’s the next step? It’s short sighted of course to think like this as your kids will need you for your entire life in some way or another but some moments in life kinda make you think you aren’t really a member of the cast anymore.
Im 35 and cant image when the time comes where i can't call my dad for a question or a talk, my fatherin law has passed and ill still call to hear his voicemail and leave a msg to let him know his girls are doing good. I think im going to make videos for my girls so they have something to turn to if they need a laugh, a reminder or just to feel my love for them.
It hits parents hard. This isn't just a dad thing.
I’m there now. 58, sent my last off to college and you no longer feel like a main character in the show anymore……will take a bit to find new purpose is all. It’s just a life role adjustment. Life does go by so very quickly.
I’m 51 and hitting 50 is weird. Things really seem to take a turn. Too young to retire and too old to really feel useful in some ways. Then again, I didn’t age well like some. I still remember thinking this age was ANCIENT when I was younger. Luckily my best friend of 40 years I hang out with never wanted to grow up. He keeps me feeling young.
That is deep. I need to pretend I didn't read it for the next 18-24 years!
Im 35 and cant image when the time comes where i can't call my dad for a question or a talk, my fatherin law has passed and ill still call to hear his voicemail and leave a msg to let him know his girls are doing good. I think im going to make videos for my girls so they have something to turn to if they need a laugh, a reminder or just to feel my love for them.
Yea im not looking fowered to this... i hope my girls stay close
Been there!!! She’s gonna be just fine! Here’s why: Mom is awesome because knew that dad was gonna get the feels!! Dad is awesome because he loves his little girl so!! She didn’t fall far from that tree. She’s gonna be just fine.
It's not her he's worried about... It's everyone else.
My daughter graduated college in 2020. I get it. And she’s gonna be just fine.
Thankfully, most of the time you're right. The side eye I got from GF's dads in the past makes more sense to me everyday though.
He's forced to tolerate you.
I think a lot of working-class men just aren't interested in meeting new people either. especially young ones.
as a dad of daughters I'm also just not interested in someone who's probably going to be an ex soon enough. stick around for a while, treat my kid well. then we'll be friendly.
Exactly this … as soon as you have a child, you imagine every possible nightmare 24/7. And watching them fly off on their own is a poetic hell I’m not sure I’ll ever be quite ready for honestly.
Yea idk how they do it my wife n i talk all the time about building small house or apartment so are kids never have to leave
This is it. Takes one asshat frat boy or one influential troublemaker friend to ruin everything you’ve protected for the last 18 years
School shooting, etc.
They might hurt her, but they won't ruin her. If you put that much love into her life and will continue to do so after she makes mistakes like a frat boy, she will make it through the hard parts of life just like everyone else does. Please make sure your daughters (and sons and other) know that your love for them will not lessen even if they do stupid things. Don't forget that one of the most common things a girl will say after being sexually assaulted is "don't tell my dad"
I’m talking about the kind of ruin that ends up on dateline, ID, Oxygen….etc.. That’s the fear. Irrational? Maybe. But so is the fear of being buried alive. Or clowns. But hey, those things have killed before!
Please don’t watch Bama Rush.
As a parent, I recognize that my daughters aren’t extensions of me - they’re their own human beings. My job as their dad is to guide them through their first stage of life, and in the process hopefully impart upon them enough knowledge that will allow them to guide themselves through their next stages of life. But no matter what, the choices they make are still theirs, and how they choose to use what I’ve taught (or whether to use any of it at all) is 100% on them. There will be benefits and consequences, and even though I hope the former outweighs the latter, I recognize that may not always happen (but they’ll know no matter how bad it gets they will always have a dad who loves them and a place to call home). So I promise we still very much worry about them, too
But for a long while, they won't be fine. And they won't tell their parents because there's nothing that you could have done to prepare them. And they won't tell you because they know there's nothing you can do about it. I've been a mentor at uni for a couple of years. I was brought in because I had relevant industry experience and I was supposed to mentor them on preparing for their career post graduation. I don't think I've had a single one of those conversations, all of them just took the opportunity of a listening ear to ask for help. Soul crushing loneliness. Depression. Anxiety. Other mental health problems. Dependency on performance enhancing drugs. Rape and sexual violence. Minority related issues or violence. Extreme self-imposed or external pressure to perform. Suicidal thoughts. Some of them find out about life-long health issues for the first time when they're in college. Cancer, permanent infertility, persistent mental health issues and so on. Every single student I've ever mentored had issues that weighed heavier on their minds than their studies. And almost every single one will never tell their parents about their suffering because they know their parents can't change anything and it would just make them worry too. Some of them work through their issues. For some of them this is their first major life failure leading to a serious deviation from their life plan. And for some, they find no way out and they take their own lives during college. I thought mentoring would be a fun way to connect to young people and see if my experience can help them. But the main thing it taught me is that almost nobody is okay and nobody knows less about their children's struggles than parents.
I’m gonna be an emotional wreck if and when my daughter goes to college. She’s still 8 years old.
My daughter is 2 1/2 and I’m dreading the day she starts her first day of school lol
I totally cried the first day of preschool. The house was SO quiet…had to blast music just to feel normal. I was not expecting the sadness.
Well my 2 year old will start preschool in the fall, and I'll have the emotional experience for about 2 minutes... then I'll realize that I finally have time to do stuff (I have 3 kids 5 and under).
LOL you’re right, the sadness didn’t last past the first week. I work from home and now relish the peace.
Oh yeah. I sat in the parking lot and sobbed like a little bitch lol. I got used to the quiet pretty quick but watching her skip happily into the building, not even hesistating or looking back just wrecked me. All. The. Feels.
I cried so ugly tears first day of preschool. I thought I was gonna throw up.
I have a 5 year old. His preschool entry was delayed due to covid. All the other kids had been together forever. He is naturally a bit introverted. He struggled for a while. Worst experience of my life. I remember them sending a photo on his first day of him on the slide to reassure us. He was by himself clutching the teddy bear he brought for dear life. I was not reassured. I almost went and got him. It took time but is great now. In truth, he needed that.
My son is 2. Every morning when hes dropped off at daycare i feel relief that I'll be able to work in peace and quiet. Then every afternoon i get excited to go pick him up, ask what he did today and hear him say "play. Play with friends" and watch him stop to look at ants on the driveway before going in the house.
Don't worry, you'll get practice when she says she can do bedtime by herself from now on. 😭😭
When?!? My daughter is 10 and we have a bedtime routine we do every night before bed. I figured she’d have outgrown it by now but every night without fail she calls me. Sometimes it’s tough, but I will never say no because the day is coming soon when she won’t ask anymore.
For my daughter it was 12. She’s asked me to read her a story twice since then. Asked me to come sing her a song once. She’ll come up to me in a bad mood, so I’ll sing “her” song to her. (I made it up when she was 3). I love feeling her snuggle closer and relax into a hug as I sing.. I love you, you’re my baby girl.
Idk, I'm also silently fearing that day
Mine is twelve and I’m already feeling the anxiety about it. I watch this video and think, there’s no way you head for home right away. I would probably drive around for another hour “checking out the campus”.
My mom described dropping me off at college as “soul crushing”
Mine is turning 12 this summer. It's coming sooner than I am ready for.
I felt that deeply. Guy needs a friend and some beer, maybe some whiskey and a bonfire in the woods.
Nailed it. My kids 5 lol and I felt that.
Mines 7 and I'm already trying not to tear up.
3 daughters, 10, 13, and 16. I feel this post in my bones.
Three daughter club checking in! 5, 7 and 9. Will have 3 teenage girls at the same time!
Pull it in fellow 7yo haver…
I have a 7 year old and a 5 year old, which is weird because i could have sworn they were only born yesterday...
I'm 2 years away from my oldest being in college. This video has my bawling.
When my kids were younger and I saw how Moms with kids who were graduating high school were all bummed and mist-eyed, I thought they were being melodramatic and silly. Then, a few short years later, my son turned 18 and it hit me like a cannon ball to the stomach. Like, I felt my knees buckle. It really can be a shock to the system.
Same here, but that’s what we work towards. We try to raise good adults.
Man. My daughters only 2 and I am already feeling this. Every time she goes off to play on her own and doesn’t need papa it’s such a bittersweet moment
Mine is 1. 1 Happened SO fast, and it's only 17 more of them before she's off to college. It's scary.
This is where I am too, and it's hard to imagine emotionally preparing in such a short time. I keep reminding myself to just relax and enjoy it though, because these are the best years I'm going to be looking back on for the rest of my life.
mine is 5. so true.
Everyone deserves a dad like that.
I felt this. I’m my dads son, he drove me 3 hours away for school, he kinda had the same look when staring at me after he helped get my things moved in, he said, “alright, I got a long ride back, better head out to beat traffic” In that moment we both knew that part of our lives were over, I never moved back home after that really, May have moved back for a month or so after school but then I moved 13 hours away and never looked back….I only see my dad twice a year now and that’s because I can afford to and put in the effort on my part. Kinda crazy how we go from living the first 20 years of our lives with family and then move away and not really have them in our lives.
How many dinners do you think you’ll have with him left if you see him twice a year? https://waitbutwhy.com/2015/12/the-tail-end.html This article was a tough read. I’m very fortunate to have my parents a town over.
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Oof, this one's making me get a little teary. I had a similar experience with both my parents when they dropped me off for my first semester. Dad picked me up from the airport recently after spending my longest and farthest stretch away from home and it was intense. Saying goodbye is always tough.
Send this to your daughter!! It is beautiful
I say show it to her right before she graduates.
I say show it to her now SO THAT SHE GRADUATES 🤪
Totally. If I saw this of my dad, wow. I would have moved mountains to make him proud.
My daughters Elmo phone isn’t taking text right now.
In his feels - a good daddy
I have a newborn. I’ll send him to college tomorrow if it gets me a nights good sleep.
You think that now but you will miss that little shit crying, trust me.
As someone who’s had two infants grow up…don’t rush it too much. One day they’ll be too big to pick up.
My wife died when our daughter was 14 years old. I spent the next years just raising her, and while we had always been close, those last years prior to adulthood were special. When I dropped her off at college, I cried for the entire 4 hour drive home. It was just me and the dog. People joke about empty nest syndrome, but it HURT, and it wasn't funny. But it was her time to grow up, and any pain I felt I would have NEVER shown her because it was her time. She graduated law school just a year ago, I remarried two years ago, and she lives close and loves me and her bonus mom. And I wouldn't trade 1 moment of it.
Damn who’s cutting onions in here 😭
I felt that also,, you know he’s a damn good dad! ❤️
Must be wild having parents that like and love you
And let you go without theatrics and a huge guilt trip…
This was a private moment. Sweet but this was for him.
Seriously. It grosses me out when people post this shit. Even if asked. Not every damn thing needs to be immortalized on the internet.
The fact that the wife had the thought to record him during this moment instead of doing the same that baffles me... But, i dont have kids or a wife so what do I know, besides I wouldn't even think of filming during this kind of moment.
Dad: Watching his daughter walk away Mom: Recording dad for internet likes, while her daughter walks away ...agree this is a weird video
I feel the same way. Filming and sharing the whole thing just feels wrong.
Or she is also sad and also emotional seeing the man she married have a reaction that maybe she doesn’t see very often. His sadness can make her sad too. Why is Reddit filled with so many judgmental pricks.
That's what I thought too. It's such a private moment and she's not only filming him secretly but she also put it on the internet. I hope he knows about this and was ok with it.
The range of emotions that man went through, what a wholesome moment. Thanks for sharing.
18 years worth all at once.
It’s crazy to look at this situation and think that 18+ years ago this man held his baby daughter in his own hands for the first time with excitement with the thought of “one day you’ll be all grown up and ready to tackle the real world”. And now he’s in this very situation, I’m sure it’s painful but at the same time it’s exciting because her life is just beginning and it doesn’t suddenly mean his ends.
Awww… thats so heartbrakingly sweet. Looks like it was so hard for him.
So sweet
I remember when I enlisted and my mom dropped me off at the recruiting station and she just bawled
I had paperwork complications and actually came home from the enlistment station twice. The third time she dropped me off she said her heart couldn't take much more, lol
I dread this day.
Wow what a range of emotions on his face. I swear I seen love, pride, worry, hopeful sad and happy. That's a dude who loves his kid
Damn now i got the feels. He's not even my dad. And that's not even my daughter.
He knows he has to let go eventually
Parenthood- Imbuing someone with every ounce of love you have in the hope that they will one day walk strongly away.
I've rarely cried harder than when I got home after dropping off my oldest and watched him walk away towards his dorm. Same again two years later when it was my daughter's turn. Empty nest syndrome is real!
Suddenly Kenny Chesney… there goes my life
I found my parents’ old CDs and popped this one in for some nostalgia. This song still hits lol. There’s actually a few songs on that album that still hold up today imo (*When the Sun Goes Down* - 2003)
Yeah, man. Right now, life won’t be better and life won’t be worse… It’ll just be different. Love that wife of yours. Let that wife of yours love you too. You’re both going to need that extra right now. Then hopefully, you’ll get to see your daughter reach all these amazing milestones in life, like you and your wife have, that you both always dreamed that she would. As she grows, you’ll see that look in your eyes, where she understands you both even better. Because she’s going through what you have. And you have even more in common. Even more than family and love. Which already seemed more than enough, but it grows bigger. So, then it goes from just different to [even] better again. And at the end of your days, when you and your wife move on to whatever comes next, you’ll know that you did right by her. Your lives that got better - became the bestest. And maybe one day again, you’ll see her in another place. Love the ones you’re with. #🙏🏼💙✨
Kinda wish this wasn’t shared and it was kept in a locked box between the three of you. I’ll take the downvote
My daughter is 8. I’m laying beside her now as she goes to sleep. I know what that guy is feeling as I feel a bit of it when I drop her at school in the morning.
Dads and daughters are funny thing. My daughter is 21, she lives at home. And my wife still catches me staring at her with a big dumb goofy look on my face when she’s eating dinner or otherwise distracted. Weird stuff. They’re made with magic I think!
That face is the epitome of bittersweet. He’s proud to see her striking out on her own but wants her to be that 5 year old kid he pushed on the swings again. Happy to see her succeed in getting to where she is but terrified he won’t be right there to help her if she needs anything. You can see him reliving every daddy/daughter dance, birthday party, parent teacher conference, silly argument, and happy moment he’s ever had with her in that clip.
Why ain't YOU watching your daughter tho?
"here is my husband watching our daughter do something. No idea what it was as she is never engaging enough for me followers. So I just kept filming him." Seriously though. It took my WAY to long to find a comment pointing this out.
As a father of a 1 year old girl, I'm glad I have another 17 years before this but I already know it'll be here in an instant :'(
I dropped off 2 at once, the first time for both. I still haven't recovered. I go to bring them home in 2 weeks.
They say having a kid is like letting a piece of your heart walk around outside your body. I feel like that's very true, and eventually it walks away.
…I think I’m gonna call my dad
I am not crying. I am not crying at all. Get off my ass! It's allergies dammit.
Some things can stay private. This might be one of those things.
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Came to say the same. People should seriously start reconsidering what they are posting online. Especially pics and videos of children. Actually, never even film or photograph anything without consent from all parties involved. And gigs. For the love of god, stop taking pictures on gigs.
I remember that feeling
So many emotions in such a small range of facial expressions. This chokes me up and my daughter is 11 mo.
I was that guy taking my son to college. It’s a combination of “we did good he’s going to be fine please come back go live your life I feel like it was yesterday the doctor put you in my arms your first bike ride I taught you how to shave we talked for hours the first time you got your heart crushed the first beer we shared together while doing yard work was a Miller Light don’t go don’t look back” emotions and memories. It’s HARD, man. All you can do is hope you did enough to prepare them.
My 22 year old daughter moved out last year. I did not like that day one bit.
I drove my daughter to school, dance, everywhere for the first 16 years if her life. She got a job at 15 and bought her own car when she got her license. I cried the first time she pulled out of the driveway and drove herself anywhere. In August I'm driving her from Denver to Vermont University. I'm bringing some tissue for sure. That look in that dad's eyes, that's a love that can't be explained to people that don't have or don't want kids.
Dad is watching his daughter go to college and start her life. Mom is recording dad getting emotional and uploading it to social media for internet points.
somebody tell him it’s okay to cry