Not a bro Dad

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Listens to Sublime, and uses that as the reasoning for why he has "diverse musical tastes--I like a little of everything, even ska-punk."

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In addition to Sublime and SOAD, listens to 311 when he wants to "chill."

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Anonymous wrote:Grew up in a SoCal beachside city and ...so many Bro Dads and Cool Moms.

They turned a blind eye to all the underage drinking and parties that happened at their houses on weekends while they (the parents) were up at their cabins in Big Bear.

Yep, a true test of a Bro Dad in Southern Calif is: does he have a cabin in Big Bear?
Does he have a tattoo?
Does he have a pick-up?
Does he have a goatee or a beard?
Is he hot? (You can only be a Bro Dad if you're good looking)
Is his wife hot?
Did he go to one of the Cal States?
Does he live in the same town he grew up in, or nearby?
For vacation does he take his family to Maui?
Does he coach his kids's Little League or Softball team?

Wow, must be pretty lucrative to be in lifestyle game since they don't seem very ambitious but live pretty lavish

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Grew up in a SoCal beachside city and ...so many Bro Dads and Cool Moms.

They turned a blind eye to all the underage drinking and parties that happened at their houses on weekends while they (the parents) were up at their cabins in Big Bear.

Yep, a true test of a Bro Dad in Southern Calif is: does he have a cabin in Big Bear?
Does he have a tattoo?
Does he have a pick-up?
Does he have a goatee or a beard?
Is he hot? (You can only be a Bro Dad if you're good looking)
Is his wife hot?
Did he go to one of the Cal States?
Does he live in the same town he grew up in, or nearby?
For vacation does he take his family to Maui?
Does he coach his kids's Little League or Softball team?

Wow, must be pretty lucrative to be in lifestyle game since they don't seem very ambitious but live pretty lavish

A lot of them have reasonably well-pff parents, work for their dads or took over their dads' business, and use their parents' cabins in Big Bear. I'm the SoCal beach town poster. My neighbors are an older couple with a cabin in Big Bear their bro dad kids and grandkids use. They funded their grandkids' college educations at Cal State schools. They fund a lot of other stuff including Hawaii and Mexico vacations.

[Anonymous]

The equivalent of SoCal bro dads here are DC douche dads- the most unmanly type of all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Listens to Sublime, and uses that as the reasoning for why he has "diverse musical tastes--I like a little of everything, even ska-punk."

Maybe the SoCal bro dad, but the DC bro dad does not have any musical tastes or interests n

[Anonymous]

The bro dads sound kind of dumb but kind of hot and fun.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm from Southern California (Orange County area) and there's definitely a type of Bro Dad here. Basically, they dress like high school surfer boys but they are in their late 30s and have two kids.

Typical SoCal Bro Dad:
-Drives a lifted 4x4 pick-up truck with a Monster Energy sticker on the back window, blasting Sublime or System of a Down
-Always sporting a Hurley baseball cap with a flat rim
-A plaid Billabong button up shirt and dark colored pants are what he wears to "dress up" for holiday cards
-Vans sneakers
-Owns a few pairs of Dickies shorts
-"Vacations" consist of going to Glamis for off-roading, camping at Pismo Beach, or heading to Big Bear to snowboard on 6 inches of man-made snow in the freestyle park
-Constantly bitches about "how crowded SoCal has become" and un-ironically throws out a bit of casual racism by blaming "the Mexicans"

I've yet to find similar Bro Dads anywhere else in the U.S. It's a bizarre combination of privilege, Peter Pan syndrome, being culturally stuck in the late 1990s.

I live in Orange County and once saw a dad riding a skateboard to elementary school pick up.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do bro dads tend to be fake? Like they're always in a good mood? If so, I know exactly what you're talking about. So tiring. Some people just try too hard and it's exhausting being around them.

Yes. A bro dad I know is constantly "up." I have two boys who are not athletic, and this dad has three very athletic boys. Whenever he sees us, he'll slap my boys on the back and say a version of, "HEY BUDDY!!! PLAYING FOOTBALL YET?? NO?? WHY NOT??? BEST GAME OUT THERE!!" This happens every.single.time we see him. And he's on transmit only, not at all interested in what we actually have to say in response as to what the boys are involved in (hint: not sports). He's such a douche and so completely clueless.

I swear I know this bro dad. He’s a pretty nice guy but always just gladhanding and waiting for his turn to talk. Exhausting.

Yes, exactly. Are his initials T.N.?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do bro dads tend to be fake? Like they're always in a good mood? If so, I know exactly what you're talking about. So tiring. Some people just try too hard and it's exhausting being around them.

Yes. A bro dad I know is constantly "up." I have two boys who are not athletic, and this dad has three very athletic boys. Whenever he sees us, he'll slap my boys on the back and say a version of, "HEY BUDDY!!! PLAYING FOOTBALL YET?? NO?? WHY NOT??? BEST GAME OUT THERE!!" This happens every.single.time we see him. And he's on transmit only, not at all interested in what we actually have to say in response as to what the boys are involved in (hint: not sports). He's such a douche and so completely clueless.

Is this any worse than DC wonk dad looking at you/your kids with eyes of pity when he asks where your kids are going to college and it isn't HYPSM or a peer school?

I'm the PP and the bro dad I described actually does exactly that. His kids are academic AND athletic standouts, so not only does he brag and bray about their sports accomplishments, he does the same about college acceptances. It's really just too much. My own husband can't stand this guy.

[Anonymous]

Do bro dads smoke pot?

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Anonymous wrote:What’s the Dc version? I don’t know anyone like this. At all.

I just posted about the east coast version, and it's not at all like the west coast. Bro dads here are the wealthy, obnoxious, loud dads of athletic, Landon-type boys. Not necessarily private school, but usually. They have beautiful wives, beautiful homes, take multiple fabulous vacations per year, own large dogs, and absolutely love that their sons are also bros. In fact, they're proud of that fact. They let their kids have parties at the house, and provide the alcohol, sometimes even drinking with the kids. They buy their sons Jeeps when they turn 16. They're often portly, and may not have been athletic themselves back in the day, but they sure like to pretend they were.

What about their daughters? Or is raising girls purely the domain of Dad Bros' wives? And do the wives fulfill this obligation primarily by buying large matching bows for each one of their daughters' outfits, do their darndest to make sure their little girls look like they could have stepped out of a high end children's clothing catalogue at any given moment of any given day, lecturing their daughters on what is & is not considered to be ladylike behavior while allowing their sons to run wild, & signing their daughters up for ballet &/or "cheer" at the earliest possible age? Or am I thinking of the wives of a different type of dad stereotype?

In any case, do Dad Bros' daughters also get jeeps when they turn 16? I'm pretty sure you can get them custom painted in various pastel colors these days...

Yes, to all of the above! And when their daughters are teenagers, they're the girls showing up to homecoming and prom in the horrific "body-con" dresses, borrowing their moms' 4 in. platform stilettos, with stick straight hair. That's the daughter of a bro dad and bro dad wife (not sure what the mom is called, but you get the drift).

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Anonymous wrote:That's mean^^^

Bro dads aren't mean... They're hopeful.

Maybe West Coast bro dads are fun and optimistic. East Coast bro dads just enjoy bragging.

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Anonymous wrote:Dads that grew up here and went to Catholic schools = DC bro dads.

+1
And their kids all go to Catholic schools and play lax.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do bro dads tend to be fake? Like they're always in a good mood? If so, I know exactly what you're talking about. So tiring. Some people just try too hard and it's exhausting being around them.

Yes. A bro dad I know is constantly "up." I have two boys who are not athletic, and this dad has three very athletic boys. Whenever he sees us, he'll slap my boys on the back and say a version of, "HEY BUDDY!!! PLAYING FOOTBALL YET?? NO?? WHY NOT??? BEST GAME OUT THERE!!" This happens every.single.time we see him. And he's on transmit only, not at all interested in what we actually have to say in response as to what the boys are involved in (hint: not sports). He's such a douche and so completely clueless.

I swear I know this bro dad. He’s a pretty nice guy but always just gladhanding and waiting for his turn to talk. Exhausting.

Yes, exactly. Are his initials T.N.?

No, I guess i don’t know your bro dad. But mine sounds exactly the same!