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[–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 164 points 2 months ago (10 children)

When I worked at a restaurant we would occasionally play “America’s FAVORITE game show: DAUGHTER OR MISTRESS?”

[–] Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 69 points 2 months ago (5 children)

And if your in Alabama it could be both! If your in Appalachia it's always both!

[–] Rose_Thorne@lemmy.zip 25 points 2 months ago (7 children)

As a former Alabama resident(It was a free house, and I am not a wise woman), that "could be" isn't needed. Same way it's not "they could be on meth", they're from Alabama, they're on meth.

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[–] M137@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

You're*

The irony...

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[–] Xatolos@reddthat.com 60 points 2 months ago

You mean "Dad or Daddy?"

[–] RamenJunkie@midwest.social 29 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Please don't tell me this. I already worry when I am out at places with my daughter without my wife.

[–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 39 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

🤣

There’s nothing wrong with being out with your daughter. The game is inspired by a 30 Rock scene where they say “I hope she’s his daughter” and then they kiss and it’s “I hope she’s his mistress!”

[–] CandleTiger@programming.dev 15 points 2 months ago

I went to my son’s back-to-school day once and brought my daughter with me (sophomore in high school at the time)

One of the teachers assumed out loud my daughter was the mother, and I don’t know how many other teachers assumed it without saying anything.

That was a deep and powerful cringe.

[–] Today@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago (2 children)

At dinner my husband and i often sit silently on our phones texting each other to play 'What's that relationship?'

[–] Today@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

In restaurants. Not so much at home. Though i do have a friend whose husband left her for his step sister.

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 2 months ago

Family gatherings must be fun

[–] limelight79@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

I'm reminded of a time I was on a business trip to visit a remote office, and I had dinner with a woman that I worked with. Both of us are married, to other people, who were not present. We must have given off the right vibes, though, because the server asked if we wanted separate checks at the end.

Or maybe they thought the date had gone REALLY badly.

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[–] NullPointerException@lemmy.ca 47 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Never assume anything. “Hi, I am … and you are?”

If needed, “… and what’s your relationship with him?”

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 31 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ask robotically and pretend to make a check mark on your clipboard, tada awkwardness averted

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 11 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I need a clipboard for normal interactions maybe.

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[–] Zorcron@piefed.zip 11 points 2 months ago

My go-to is to just forest introduce myself to the actual client, and then if they have anyone that I don’t already know, just ask something like “And who did you bring with you today?” So far no problems with that method.

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[–] scytale@piefed.zip 30 points 2 months ago (2 children)

For some people it would be flattering because it means they look younger than their actual age.

[–] dracc@discuss.tchncs.de 37 points 2 months ago

I'm sure it gets tiring pretty quickly if the age gap is 15+ years.

[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 months ago

Or look older than their actual age.

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Man, everyone is jumping to the conclusion there's an age gap. Have none of you met anyone that doesn't look their age?

As an aside, my wife and I are 14 years apart. She's the older one. Started dating when I was 23 (she was 37, so the "rule" would have put her limit at 25.5) and married for nearly a decade now.

[–] BartyDeCanter@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 2 months ago

My ex wife is six months older than me but apparently looked much younger than me. When we were in our mid twenties we would regularly get odd looks, she’d get carded and I wouldn’t, etc.

The funniest time though was when we were at an “adult event”. A friend of mine who hadn’t met her yet saw us together, pulled me aside, and said, “Dude, she’s way too young for you and teenagers aren’t allowed here. Get her out of here before we have to kick you out for good.” We were both 28. 🤣🤣🤣

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[–] BigDiction@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago

“Good morning Mr. Belichick, how are you feeling today?”

[–] N0t_5ure@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago (4 children)

As a 60 year old man that dates women in their mid-30s (I want children), I feel this post-it note.

[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 42 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

Respect for saying this out loud.

But also just a bit yikes, but credit for not going younger than 30s

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Ehhh...it breaks the half-plus-7 rule (I'd call 37 'late 30s')...but it beats 20s. I'm only forty and I can barely relate to my 20-something BILs. I couldn't imagine dating someone in their 20s, and not just because I'm happily married. The culture gap is so real. I could relate to X so much more than Z.

Still...even mid-30s doesn't give much time to plant the seed before you have to worry about the first frost. You gotta sow while the soil is warm. Having your own kid is great and all but maybe look for a divorcee/widow with a toddler...

[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 22 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Also seems kinda cruel having a kid knowing you'll statistically die before they even graduate high school.

If he met someone today and had a kid by 61 by the time that kid graduates high school he'd be 79.

[–] GingerGoodness@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago

My dad was 52 when I was born. Getting real tired of developing chronic conditions that are associated with advanced paternal age, ngl.

[–] Taldan@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Statistically his mean life expectancy is ~20 years left. Keep in mind as you get older your life expectancy goes up since you've already survived what killed many others younger

He'd be expected to die shortly after sending his kid off to college

Source: https://www.ssa.gov/oact/STATS/table4c6.html

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[–] TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Same, I'm just getting to forty and the older I get the less dating someone half my age makes any kind of sense. I have patients that I have seen from their teens and they're now in their mid twenties. Thinking about them as anything other than kids just seems unnatural and morally decrepit.

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[–] Taldan@lemmy.world 28 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Props for the honesty

Wanting children in your 60s is selfish. Not only do you put them at much higher risk for birth defects, but you likely won't be around for most of their life

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Things you can say on the internet but probably not to their face.

[–] gustofwind@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

true but it is also true that the older the man the more likely it is he produces children with birth defects or genetic conditions

this has been historically blamed on women and it is now coming to light that old sperm isn't good

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 months ago

If you want kids at that age, the solution is simple: adopt. Adopting is just a good idea in general, though. There are already too many people. There's no good reason to make more.

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[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 14 points 2 months ago

She's Macron's wife, not embalmed grandmother.

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Dick van dykes wife is 50 years younger right? Wild.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world 16 points 2 months ago (3 children)

To be fair to DVD, that's most other people he meets.

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[–] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

He gets a pass because everyone is a lot younger than him lol

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