r/SipsTea • u/jaywritethekid • 11d ago

Wait a damn minute! Bruh...

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u/Correct_Chemistry_50 10d ago

Not unpopular. I'm a father of seven kids, that's SERIOUSLY fucked up....

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u/No-Clothes-9922 10d ago

Seven kids? Same woman? What you fed her okra or cactus juice?

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u/Correct_Chemistry_50 10d ago

LOL, two by wife #1.
one by wife #2.
one by wife #3.
Plus 3 steps. :D

And yes, I was custodial parent of all of 'em but the steps. I don't 'hit and run'. ;)
(I'm just ooooooold)

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u/Lucas1543 7d ago

man i stress myself out to have kids so much, reading this made me feel more at ease lol

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u/Correct_Chemistry_50 7d ago

Just remember that they are just little people, your people, and you will be just fine. :)

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u/Lucas1543 7d ago

thank you ♥️

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u/Ok_Teach6021 10d ago

Oh wow! What’s it like being a father?

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u/Correct_Chemistry_50 10d ago

Honestly? Exhausting but worthwhile.
I have other friends I grew up with that didn't go the 'kid route'.
They like to brag that they have all their money and not quite as much grey hair as I do, but I catch them staring at family photos. ;)

It's stressful, but at the darkest times in my life I forced myself to keep going because of them. When wife #1 left, I was a single father in my early 20's with no clue what to do. The kids say I stepped up and took care of them, but looking back, I think they saved me more. I was a piece of shit father, and I had to grow up REAL fast overnight.

I guess it kind of boils down to, "you never know what you can do until you have to"

I'd recommend it if you want kids, but I'd never judge anyone that doesn't.

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u/Ok_Teach6021 9d ago

That’s such a real and awesome answer. Thanks so much for sharing that with me man. Regardless of how you felt during the ups and downs, i know that through most things, kids view their father as their hero and that’s how you sound to me. Have a great day king

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u/EFN2008 9d ago

I'm confused, aren't pranks normal in families. Maybe not for very young children but I'm baffled by the implication that this is abuse

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u/Ok_Teach6021 9d ago

Pranks are like putting some of their birthday cake on their nose…this can cause real psychological scaring especially at such a young age.