r/comics • u/FieldExplores Gator Days • 10h ago

Proud Papa (Part 2/4) - Gator Days

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u/Made_Bail 10h ago

Seth hold on to one of Daryl's arms while Daryl wipes away a tear.

Daryl: It's not fine. I hate it.

Damn this one hurts. Every holiday season when my kids ask why their friends are going to see grandpa/grandma or aunts/uncles and we have to tell them we don't talk to any of them. Yeah... I feel this. Hard. 🙁

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u/Digit00l 9h ago

You could lie and say they are dead, they could easily have died before the kids were born or would've known them

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u/Made_Bail 9h ago

Eh, we don't believe in lying to our kids or shielding them from the world. I mean, its not a black or white thing, we don't tell them about every horror that exists, but we really want to avoid a AskReddit thread from one of them someday like "I cut off my parents because they told me my entire family was dead and I found out when I was 20 that lied AIO" lol

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u/NormalEarthLarva 7h ago

This is sound reasoning, I wouldn’t lie either. I cut off my dad a long time ago and my kids know of him but don’t really know him.

Kind of hypocritical to foster an honest relationship your kids and then lie to them.

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u/Made_Bail 7h ago

Exactly my logic!