Not a bro Dad

[Anonymous]

It is like a dad who wears a bra? Like the Seinfeld episode?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know what op means.

+100
I'm a mom and have a serious aversion to "bro dads." We used to run into one all the time whose kids were the same age as ours. The bro dad would *ALWAYS* ask us/our kids why they weren't playing football. His sons, of course, all played and he coached them. Our boys were not athletic at all, so you can imagine how uncomfortable they felt when this idiot would always ask them the same question. Bro dads: please keep your obnoxious behavior under wraps. Read the room.

Why were your boys not athletic at all ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is a bro dad?

A douchebag wearing his baseball cap backwards.

[Anonymous]

The bro dads in my neighborhood drive expensive, black, pick-up trucks, grill a lot of meat, talk a lot about bourbon, drink too much and brag about their vacations.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The bro dads in my neighborhood drive expensive, black, pick-up trucks, grill a lot of meat, talk a lot about bourbon, drink too much and brag about their vacations.

Whats wrong with any of that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The bro dads in my neighborhood drive expensive, black, pick-up trucks, grill a lot of meat, talk a lot about bourbon, drink too much and brag about their vacations.

And are obsessed with their kids' sports.

[Anonymous]

I am not a bro dad, but anything is better than passive aggressive dorky social media addicted unathletic dad and his catty wife, who pretend to be nice in person because they are conflict avoidant but secretly trash people, mostly out of jealousy, on the internet. These are the sort of people who think they are intellectual because they have a subscription to The Atlantic.

So tedious, I'm over it. At least the bro dad and I can talk about the big game last night or whatever.

[Anonymous]

Sometimes I wonder if DH and I are antisocial or just don't make assumptions about people. Where we live, bro dads seem few and far between and the ones I've met seem all centered around hockey. The catty PTA moms? Don't exist. The passive aggressive dorky social media addicts? Don't know any.

95% of the parents I know are just your regular "trying to make it through our 40s with kids, jobs, and the stress of everything else" parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How many bro dads did everyone see strutting around DC yesterday for fathers day?

I’m a Bro Dad. Had a great day with my boys. All three of us went fishing early in the morning, then older son and I went to the range for some shooting, then I spent the afternoon helping younger son work on his car. Grilled some steaks for dinner, movie night after that. Great day all around.

Is this what a bro dad is? This just sounds like an outdoorsy dad. I thought a bro dad had the mentality of "boys will be boys". The toxic masculinity disguised as "being a guy". There just seems to be a big difference to me between a "bro" and a guy who likes fishing, shooting, and grilling.

[Anonymous]

So many bro dads at my son’s DMV private school. It’s painful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The bro dads in my neighborhood drive expensive, black, pick-up trucks, grill a lot of meat, talk a lot about bourbon, drink too much and brag about their vacations.

And are obsessed with their kids' sports.

Ugh!

[Anonymous]

My husband uses “buddy” but is not a bro dad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The bro dads in my neighborhood drive expensive, black, pick-up trucks, grill a lot of meat, talk a lot about bourbon, drink too much and brag about their vacations.

Pickup trucks? Where the hell are you posting from, some hick town?

Large black SUVs are the standard bro dad vehicle around here. When your kids play travel sports, a 3 row is a must since every other weekend is a tourney trip.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So many bro dads at my son’s DMV private school. It’s painful.

Nobody in Washington uses "DMV." Where are you actually posting from?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sometimes I wonder if DH and I are antisocial or just don't make assumptions about people. Where we live, bro dads seem few and far between and the ones I've met seem all centered around hockey. The catty PTA moms? Don't exist. The passive aggressive dorky social media addicts? Don't know any.

95% of the parents I know are just your regular "trying to make it through our 40s with kids, jobs, and the stress of everything else" parents.

Same. But that's who we gravitate to, so maybe the other types are around and we just haven't met them.