I used to make fun of my own dad for his terrible jokes. Now I'm sitting at breakfast saying stuff like 'Cereal? More like serious business!' and my kids are groaning while also kind of laughing. It's like the dad joke gene just activates when you become a father and there's nothing you can do to stop it. I'm turning into my father and I'm weirdly okay with it.
Welcome to the club brother. I swore I'd never be like my old man and now I'm out here making the same terrible puns at breakfast. The irony is not lost on me.
Haha yes. I caught myself yesterday telling my kids 'I guess you could say that situation was a real BEAR' and they just stared at me. I sounded exactly like my dad and I hated it.
Wait until you find yourself laughing at your own jokes before you even finish telling them. That's when you know it's too late.
The curse is real and it only gets worse as your kids get older. Pretty soon you'll be saying them in front of their friends and embarrassing them. That's when you know you've truly made it.
Ha, your kids are going to remember those breakfast jokes forever, even if they groan now. My 9-year-old actually groaned at one of mine last week and I took it as a victory.
Dude, welcome to the club. I caught myself saying 'That's un-beet-able!' when my daughter brought home a garden vegetable yesterday. The curse is real and there's no escaping it.
You just discovered the secret truth of fatherhood right there. Those terrible jokes are basically a rite of passage. Own it and lean into it.
The worst part is knowing they're terrible and telling them anyway because you can't help yourself. It's like a compulsion at this point.
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It's like a rite of passage you don't see coming. One day you're a normal person and the next you're laughing at your own jokes and nobody else is. My wife just shakes her head now.
Did you at least give your dad props for his jokes now that you get it? I plan to call mine and apologize for all the eye rolls.