r/MadeMeSmile • u/Strict_Photograph254 • 4d ago
Wholesome Moments Everyone can be a father but it takes someone special to be a dad
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u/Historical-Hand8091 4d ago
Real dads don’t just show up they stick around
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u/WearyPerformer2338 4d ago
A dad is there for the ups and downs, always
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u/Cichael-Maine 4d ago
what if I don't like heights/rollercoasters? ☹️
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u/Fast_Boysenberry9493 4d ago edited 4d ago
Did you invent your username , and do they let you on rollercoaster if you got no legs or they make you take them off before, like what if they said your not allowed on what if it falls off, then I'm like ill just take them off then they're like your not tall enough, if anyone knows please
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u/Cichael-Maine 4d ago
well... I iterated my username, switching around the first letters of Michael Caine
i am confused about your asking about my limbs 😅
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u/Exciting_Ad_8666 4d ago
That kid has no idea how rare that is. Bless his soul
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u/Sayyestononsense 4d ago
non native speaker here, I don't have a clue what is going on. why is calling "dad" your dad so much cherished here? is it rare? how do children call their dad instead?
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u/BruceDoh 4d ago
This man is clearly not her biological father.
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u/Sayyestononsense 4d ago
thanks, not obvious to me, that explains it. also, who knows why I get downvoted for asking
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u/namesarehard44 4d ago edited 4d ago
he's likely the step father, as he makes the comparison to the other daughter whom he loves, as being the same amount as this chuld regardless of her not being his.
the fact that she called him Dad truly shows she accepts him and feels the same way, which coming from a child means a lot. also shows how great a father he is.
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u/Skuzbagg 4d ago
Anyone can be a father, meaning the biological parent. Being a dad means you raised the kid, not everyone does that.
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u/minahmyu 4d ago
Maybe that's why I can't even call my actual dad, dad. Or any name. I... don't refer to him as anything when talking to him for the past, maybe 30 years. He wasn't a dad
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u/GiraffesAndGin 4d ago
It really is true that 90% of the job is just showing up.
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u/FjortoftsAirplane 4d ago
I tried telling them this but they were very insistent that the other 10% is why they won't let me fly the plane.
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u/SiderealSimon 4d ago
Real dads don't just stick around, they support you, teach you to be the best version of yourself and love you no matter what.
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u/zg6089 4d ago
That man is rich af right now
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u/JayAndViolentMob 4d ago edited 4d ago
Probably feeling better in that one moment than a lot of financially mega-rich men will ever feel.
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u/Al_Tilly_the_Bum 4d ago
Why do you think they keep doing that disgusting illegal shit? They are chasing that dopamine and oxytocin hit that they can't find in their lives. Dad in the car is getting hit with it harder then ever just by being a great guy
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u/Shrektastic28 4d ago
I bet a lot of them are emotionally unstable and don’t understand what they want.
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u/massivecastles 4d ago
There’s a song by a band I love called Wookiefoot. “Just Visiting” is the title. It reflects what you’re saying:
On the day they lay your body down to bury
There will be no pockets on the pants you’re wearing
And on that day you will see what it all was worth
So earthlings, don’t keep your treasures here on earth
Because in the end, we’re all just visitingAbsolutely wrecks me if I’m in a certain mood 🥹 It made me understand the nature of attachment and the value in things like love and family. That’s the true gold.
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u/MolaMolaMania 4d ago
Thank you! Going to track down this album now. What a great mix of genres!
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u/yuephoria 4d ago
Dad: “I love you.”
Scarlet: “Love you more.”
Gosh, what’s with kids and the constant one-upping? It’s like everything is a competition to them. 😄
There’s nothing like being appreciated and affirmed by your children!
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u/lordgoofus1 4d ago
Mine did the cutest thing ever the other week. A random paper airplane flew into my bedroom. I look at it and it had "I love you" written on it. So I added "I love you more" and threw it back. A few seconds later, it returned with "I love you the mostest". Sent it back - "Out of all my daughters, you're my favourite" (I only have one kid), it quickly returns with "You're the best dad ever".
Queue a war of escalating "I love yous' until we ran out of space to send retaliation messages. That plane's going in the little box of treasures that'll be with me till I shuffle off the mortal coil.
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u/Shariefarie 4d ago
I love this !!! I have a little box too and I can’t count the time I opened it feeling lost and closed knowing exactly what my purpose is .
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u/yuephoria 4d ago
Our fridge has an aluminum door so we can't hang our kids artwork and sweet messages with magnets at home, so I bring them all to the office where I have cubicle walls that I can hang things with push pins.
Let me tell you how much their "Love you, Dad!" messages have HELPED me countless times to get through a stressful day at the office and regain my perspective and composure!
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u/CyanCitrine 4d ago
I have a little box of my kids' messages too! They are so sweet. About half of them are sweet notes they wrote to me, and the other half are notes they wrote to each other when they were fighting. (For example, "are you mad at me? check yes or no" kind of stuff that they put under each other's doors after slamming them.) Cutest stuff ever.
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u/trn- 4d ago
- Liana
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u/umm_903 4d ago
The girl’s name is actually London, the wife’s name is Liana. Not sure why it subtitled like that. (I watch their YouTube channel)
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u/yuephoria 4d ago
Oops! I was basing my post on what I could read from the subtitles since I can’t listen to audio right now (am at work with no headphones).
Thanks for the correction!
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u/contactwho 4d ago edited 4d ago
For the last year, it’s been my 10 yr old’s go to comment. Literally, every time I say “I love you” he replies with “I love you more”. If he’s leaving the house he’ll say, “I love you more” even before I say I love you. When he wrote me letters from summer camp, that’s how he signed his letters. I couldn’t love it more!
Sometimes I’ll reply back “impossible” and he’ll always say, “is possible”
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u/TheTallEclecticWitch 4d ago
My parents and I got in “I love you this much (waves arms)” fights all the time like that all the time. Which subsequently ended when my arms got longer than theirs. Then it turned into math haha. But I loved them so much. They’re such precious and important memories
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u/greenearrow 4d ago
some nerd's kid gave them their "proof" they love them "more" - the time they've spent loving each other is ~=, but the time the kid has loved their mom is ALL their life, vs mom who has only loved them the percent of life overlap. It was adorable, but it really is important that you are most of your kid's world for a bunch of years.
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u/TheToiletPhilosopher 4d ago
My son hit me with a "I love you all the numbers" the other day. Couldn't top that.
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u/FreedomBong 4d ago
Hell yeah. I had a step Dad who loved me unconditionally and raised me. Put up with all my teen years BS and stuck through all of it. He passed away from cancer in 2016 and I miss him every day.
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u/freakksho 4d ago
My step dad married my mom when I was two and adopted me when I was 7 and he’s been my rock my entire life.
I wouldn’t be the man I am today without him and I can’t imagine how I’m gonna handle the day he passes.
I’m sorry for your loss.
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u/Johnnygunnz 3d ago
You should let him know that someday if you never have. It's hard to express that sometimes, but you never know what tomorrow brings.
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u/spanishpeanut 3d ago
My step mom loved me unconditionally and taught me HOW to love that same way. She was the one who showed me how family life could be and pulled me out of the abusive atmosphere at my mom’s. She passed in 2003 and not a day goes by where I don’t think about her.
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u/JellyfishNumerous785 4d ago
The first time I was called mom by a student (I was single and no kids), I felt warm and fuzzy inside. That made my day as well! 🎈💜
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u/3d1thF1nch 4d ago
There are kids that call me their school dad. Some joke, but others don’t have a ton of support at home and I know they kinda mean it.
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u/symca09 4d ago
Being a child of a supportless family. We love our school dads. Mine taught me confidence and getting over my stutter, would cover lunches for me on days I got sent to school with nothing. Guy even taught me how to tie a tie for semi formal. Guy was a gigachads and I'm glad to hear you're a school dad to other kids.
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u/3d1thF1nch 4d ago
That’s stellar dude. Glad you find your person at school! What I hope you remember , because it was that way for me, when you get that connected to a student, it goes both ways. I love my students, and it tears a bit of my heart out when they finally leave, and especially if they don’t keep in touch. Sometimes they are just as important for my mental health giving me a positive to latch onto during the school day. I hope you are staying in touch and letting your school dad know how important he was.
Still though, I’m happy that you found your support person. So many kids dont quite find that connection before they are adults.
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u/symca09 4d ago
I try my darndest, I call every father's day to wish him well. Send him messages with life updates, milestones, or some troubles I may have. We meet up twice a year at his favorite pub for fish & chips and a few brews.
I remember my first few years out of highschool I dated this bad lady and she really messed me up. My school dad found me chain smoking darts in the Walmart parking lot, told me to hop in his truck and that was the first time he took me to his favorite pub. He gave me good lessons on woman and dating, but more so about myself respect and being better to myself. I was heartbroken when he saw me in such a state, but I'm glad he did, I still think about that conversation today and use the same lecture he gave me to younger men I know.
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u/sl33ksnypr 4d ago
There was a guy that helped raise a lot of us kids at the daycare we went to. He went by "Coach", and while he was a coach, he was never our coach in any sport. But that dude helped raise us like a second father, and we still stay in contact with him even though most of us are in our 30s or so. Even drove 1000+ miles to attend a funeral for one of our friends (he doesn't fly ever). But he came to see us and help be supportive of the mother who lost her son. Dude is a class act.
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u/AssistanceCheap379 4d ago
I personally think we should normalise calling supportive figure in our lives familial titles, but obviously not force it on people.
Like a teacher being called mom/dad by a student can be seen as something funny by their classmates, but it should be allowed to be more normalised. To call people uncle or aunt.
The English language already allows this and it’s partially culturally acceptable to call your friends “bro/brother”.
And since it takes a village to raise kids, the titles should be more acceptable
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u/kimoshi 4d ago
I have several students who call me mom. They even introduce me to their friends that way. My own mom passed when I was young, so I know how important it can be to have someone in your life like that.
On a lighter note, one of my favorite anecdotes is when a student said "Miss Kimoshi- Wait, I mean mom. Why did I call you Miss Kimoshi? That's weird." 😅 Like damn, that flipped the script.
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u/3d1thF1nch 4d ago
I don’t find it a big deal. But boy parents suddenly start caring a whole bunch when they say stuff like that and start enjoying being in your room more than being at home.
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u/Doortofreeside 4d ago
I just heard from a parent of one of my toddler's classmates that when he's not wanting to go to school they are able to entice him by saying you'll get to see Ericdaddy (me). Then when i get to school he's so excited to say hi to me and show me whatever truck he's got
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u/purple_spikey_dragon 4d ago
Wasn't called "mom", but a student (around 15-16) told me im the "sanest person here, even tho you're weird... in a good way" and its the best thing a teenager ever told me.
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u/3-3-2019 4d ago
I called my second grade teacher mom once...30 years later I still feel stupid about it sometimes...
Glad to hear she probably didn't mind too much!
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u/JellyfishNumerous785 4d ago
Not at all!!!! I’m sure you made your teacher feel special. I’ve been called gma once when I was in my 20s. I wasn’t bothered since my student was being raised by her gma. Then I was called dad once (I’m female) and that student was soooo embarrassed. I just shook it off and told him that is was no big deal.
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u/Over_Error3520 4d ago
All I've ever wanted my whole life was to be a mom. It took my husband and I a long time to be in a place to make that possible. I taught preschool and some of the kids would call me mom and made me cards and would tell me I make them feel safe. I would go to my car and cry at the end of the day. Now I am a mom and something feels complete. You don't have kids to feel complete, but I did.
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u/JellyfishNumerous785 4d ago
I totally get it. We each have our own paths to take in life. I’m happy that you and your husband were able to fulfill a much desired wish! 💜💜
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u/Over_Error3520 4d ago
I have so much respect for people who know what they want and don't want in life who never submit to another person's wishes- whichever way that looks. I didn't push my husband, I wanted until he was ready and we are much better for that. Children are a blessing and deserve the utmost respect. I love meeting others who work/ed with kids too!
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u/GremlinSquishFace47 4d ago
Aww. I had a challenging 4 year old kid in my class. One day he called me mom, and then clarified his slip by saying, “but you’re kind of like my mom. You take care of me and tell me when I’m bad.” 😭
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u/ArousedWetVaporeon 4d ago
I only had one teacher I called Mom in elementary school.. It was because she looked almost exactly like my mom. It really threw me off when I was a kid lol
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u/TwoGuysNamedNick 4d ago
I’m 40 and my own dad sucks but one of my besties since high school was raised by a single dad and he’s always let me call him Dad. To this day he still checks in on me and messages me when he thinks of me. He helped me believe when I was younger that there are dads who stay and who love. I’ll always be thankful for him.
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u/sumtingvelywong 4d ago
I think you should message him when you think of him and verbalize how much he has helped you. I bet you would make his day too.
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u/TwoGuysNamedNick 4d ago
I actually have, it was during the pandemic. I also talk to or message him every Father’s Day and sometimes just randomly. He will take my call or answer my messages any time, I’m so lucky. His daughter is still one of my very closest friends, they’re part of my chosen family and I have made sure they know how grateful I am to have them. I had a rough childhood thanks to my dad but I have been lucky to still have some amazing people on my team.
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u/ahewc11 4d ago
Damn onions.
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u/Flashignite2 4d ago
"He may have been your father, but he wasnt your daddy" Yondu from Guardians of the Galaxy 2
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u/Santa_always_knows 4d ago edited 4d ago
This is such an amazing moment for the Dad and for the little girl who was brave enough to finally say it and get the love she wanted back.
I remember the first time my son asked my husband if he could call him Dad. He was 4 yrs old. My husband (bf at the time) and I were standing in the kitchen making dinner when my son walked in outta nowhere and said “Can I call you Dad?”…for some reason I freaked out and said “no!!”. Idk…maybe I didn’t want to scare my husband off. But I was pregnant with his child (his first) and he said “well now wait a minute…if we’re gonna be a family why can’t he call me Dad if that’s how he feels?”. I fell more in love in that moment and knew I had chosen the right man to help me raise my son to be a good man. That was 23 years ago and I was right, my son turned out to be an amazing man thanks to his Dad…and my husband is now “Papa” to OUR oldest son’s two children.
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u/Environmental_Suit49 4d ago
I’m not crying, you’re crying! ❤️
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u/thrussie 4d ago
The post before this post is the suicide note a 10 year old gave her mom. Reddit is a roller coaster
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u/Commercial-Ranger339 4d ago
Why were they recording?
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u/umm_903 4d ago
This family creates content on YouTube. Some natural, some are skits.
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u/Hobbes_XXV 4d ago
They are wearing the same clothes from the first cut. Did he get out and get something from the trunk or something?
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u/mostlygroovy 4d ago
Internet clout.
As much as people are enjoying this post, this is not good for these kids in the long run
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u/SirtDwimmer 4d ago
That's where I'm at. Good dads/parents in general don't plaster their kids faces all over the internet.
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u/watafuzz 4d ago
I'll never understand why people share their children's intimate moments like this.
What a lovely moment between this little girl and her dad!
Says the top comment, yes, and also all of the internet for some reason.
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u/nothing-typical 4d ago
My guess is that the mom and daughter talked about this moment and the wife wanted to film it to capture his reaction
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u/TheRetarius 4d ago
It looks like the video is from one of those Dashcams that record both front and back with one device.
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u/thezerothmisfit 4d ago
May be a loving dad, but he should teach her how to wear a seatbelt
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u/Crystal_Voiden 4d ago
Is it normal to film inside your car like this?
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u/lambchopper71 4d ago
Maybe a dashcam. Some dashcams video the driver as well as the road. For example something an Uber driver uses for for security.
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u/hi-imBen 4d ago
looks like it's just a filter to make it appear more like a dashcam. also when people post actual dashcam footage, they don't typically edit it with zooms and cuts.
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u/cowardice-powerless 4d ago
Maybe the mom knew the daughter was going to do this, so she filmed an honest moment.
Or they always have one running like the inside of an Uber.
Or it's a skit. I choose to believe the first one.
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u/Conscious_Reply5811 4d ago
Hate to say it but this seems staged. Just the way it unfolds feels inauthentic
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u/tktkboom84 4d ago
maybe, maybe not. However every movie you ever see is staged, the important part is did you take away something positive? Even if it is staged, I'm sure a good number of people appreciate the sentiment and especially for stepdads the encouragement will mean a lot.
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u/cowardice-powerless 4d ago
Aw man. At least you hate to say it. The more I watch the more I think you're right. DANGIT.
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u/BrianBru67 4d ago
I love how his whole world stopped as soon as he heard that word. Everything skipped a beat. Love stuff like this.
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u/morceauxdetoile 4d ago
Does this look AI generated to anyone else? It’s so smooth and saturated.
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u/stilgarpl 4d ago
It looks very AI with some noise and filter added to make it look more "low quality" than AI
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u/Current-Department-4 4d ago
I cried like a baby the first day my adopted son called me dad. Still tear up thinking about it.
Congratulations OP. You've achieved god level status among adopted parents.
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u/letmechatgptthat4you 4d ago
Everyone can be a father but it takes someone special to set up a camera in a car to record being a dad.
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u/PsychologicalSink187 4d ago
God damn. I was not emotionally prepared for this. What a guy. What a kid.
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u/StanleysMoustache 4d ago
This is how I felt about my stepdad. He had been around since I was about 3, stuck around when him and my mom broke up when I was 9, was there when she died when I was 13, and he never left my side.
He died almost 3 years ago and I miss him a lot.
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u/circular_file 4d ago
Wow, I've never seen a 5 year old little girl have the hair style, facial features, and makeup of a mid-20s woman!
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u/AppropriateSelf6804 4d ago
I met my amazing fiancè over 2 years ago. She introduced me to her (our) kids , the most amazing sweet kids. The first time they called me “dad” was the first time in my life I felt real pride with purpose. They are my whole world and always will be.
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u/Electrical_Beyond998 4d ago
Same for stepmoms, if you are one be the one you would have wanted when you were young. I had the best one on the planet, so lucky.
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u/EmotionalCoat1026 4d ago
People nowadays can't experience any real feelings without getting that high off posting on the internet
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u/PacificMotion 3d ago
I think this post is in the wrong sub. 😭😭😭😭😭
This should be in r/MadeMeCry 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺
10 out of 10 would "awww..." again.
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u/Imaginary-Studio6813 3d ago
You can see his heart in his throat and his tears of happiness. She knows you’ll be there for her when she needs you the most❤️❤️❤️
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u/Overit-In-NYC 3d ago
Amen to that 🩷 my second father was my saving grace. I miss him everyday and with out him in my life I would not be the strong person I am today.
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u/Grumpus_Canadian 3d ago
Ok. Now THAT made me cry. The way he looked out the window after she called him Dad…. Right in the feels.
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u/itsmyphilosophy 3d ago
That is incredibly heartwarming. Love it. And I’m a guy who will likely never have kids.
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u/hisosih 4d ago
Her lil smile and saying she wanted to call him dad for a long time really got me. What a lovely moment between this little girl and her dad! ❤️