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   Fesshole 🧻 (fesshole@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 27-Nov-2025 21:24:06 JST Fesshole 🧻

   I hate it when my kids buy me something with 'World's Best Dad' on it. Because it's so blatantly not true, and makes me realise what a failure of a father I've been.

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     GJ Groothedde 🇪🇺 (eetschrijver@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 27-Nov-2025 21:27:19 JST GJ Groothedde 🇪🇺

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     @fesshole I think they might be telling you they're forgiving you. Maybe you should try to forgive yourself and do repairs if and where possible. I wish you well, buddy.

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     Gavin (_calmdowndear@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 27-Nov-2025 21:30:34 JST Gavin

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     @fesshole ahh, but it's a bit of a paradox.

     You recognise and consider yourself as a failure of a father.

     The mere act of which means that you are better than a whole ton of fathers out there.

     You'll always be their father, which means there's always time to turn it around. Me and my dad have a much better relationship as adults than we did when I was a teenager. And now I have a teenager myself, I get it. They're really fucking unlikeable sometimes.

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     L'égrégore André ꕭꕬ (mabande@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 27-Nov-2025 21:30:56 JST L'égrégore André ꕭꕬ

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     @fesshole "World's greatest participation trophy!"

     Nah, but take some time to think about what would make a great dad and/or try to figure out what your kids would consider great and try some of that and see how it pans out.

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     lemgandi (lemgandi@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 27-Nov-2025 21:52:12 JST lemgandi

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     @fesshole Plus, it's creepy AF

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     Drey (atlovato@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 27-Nov-2025 22:45:00 JST Drey

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     @fesshole - You musy be doing something right to receive such a gift. Deal with it or get a shrink.