This weekend, while eating pancakes, my daughter told us that when she was little, she hadn't liked butter. She endured it on pancakes, feeling that one doesn't ask for them without.
Without missing a beat, I told her, "Too bad. You'd have been butter off."
In the pause that ensued, the celebrations I thought requisite for such a master level dad-joke did not come. Instead, there was silence & then the conversation continued. Some artists, I told myself, are not appreciated in their lifetimes.
@mlawton I‘m feeling with you. And know that this comes from Mr. Dad Joke Germany 2023. My kids are constantly embarrassed by me – and I revel in that.
@sebastianhahn i will never understand why there seemingly is an evolutionary trait that blossoms upon becoming a parent to ramp up the dad joke skill and frequency. But here we are. I think it must be to make our children more independent… by repelling them! 🤣🤣🤣
@sebastianhahn we are but servant cogs in a larger machine we cannot see or understand. Our children will hopefully one day experience the same transition and subsequently nod to us across the decades in silent understanding and appreciation.
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