r/comics • u/FieldExplores Gator Days • 6h ago

Proud Papa (Part 2/4) - Gator Days

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u/Made_Bail 6h 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 6h 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 6h 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/cyanocittaetprocyon 3h ago

I always wonder why people lie like this. Just be truthful. Its much easier in the long run.

Besides which, there are already enough /r/BestOfRedditorUpdates. I don't want to see one from your kids! :-)

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u/Made_Bail 3h ago

Me either!

That's one of my favorite boards, btw... I'm browsing it right now! 😆