r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/WithSkelly • Apr 24 '26

Meme needing explanation Lois?

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u/BeatnikBun Apr 24 '26 edited Apr 24 '26

I'm gonna guess that she's happily startled because, for example, mine hit his weed pen outside every 15 minutes and fell asleep on the couch and never once came near me. I think that my experience (or smth similar) is pretty common.

Edit: Hi, I'm an actually human person and was the first to comment on this. I'm not trying to start a damn war of the roses, and apparently this is NOT the correct answer (see the next comment below mine). Just popped in with my stupid, obviously incorrect thought about what this could mean. So chill with calling me a stupid whore.

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u/Upstairs-Hedgehog575 Apr 24 '26

Is it? That sounds horrendous. 

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u/tiorzol Apr 24 '26

Nah it's not. I can see how someone would want to normalise such a shitty event to deal with it but the fathers I know and myself have been much much more involved and supportive than our fathers were 

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u/Square-Singer Apr 24 '26

This. Everyone sees themselves as the standard, the "normal". Even if they are far, far away from "normal".

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u/Vel_Cosby Apr 24 '26

Yup, if they married and had a child with a man like this, you can't really expect the people they surround themselves with to be vastly different. So they'd think it's normal to be like this.

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u/Ok_Boysenberry5849 Apr 24 '26

It goes both ways. If you live in a happy family you don't understand how bad it can get, and how frequently it is bad.

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u/PMmecrossstitch Apr 24 '26

Exactly. The rationale can be applied both ways.

It's her lived experience against his.

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u/wookieesgonnawook Apr 24 '26

Statistics also show that millennial dads are more involved than previous generations. It's not just one experience vs another.

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u/Background-Edge-2243 Apr 24 '26

I think this is directly related to how millenials were patented, and also the fact that most millenials view having children as an active choice they made rather than a standard milestone of life and marriage. I personally don't want kids, but I love seeing involved dads.

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u/Potential-Ask2577 Apr 24 '26

“I'd be getting every nickel's worth out of those kids. Those kids would hate how involved I would be.”

Helicopter parents can be just as harmful as parents who are under involved in their kids life.

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u/LowBetaBeaver Apr 25 '26

Interestingly, that same study shows that millennial moms are ALSO more involved. I can’t imagine being less involved than I am. What was wrong with previous gens?

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u/thinkspeak_ Apr 26 '26

But statistics cover the general population. Each individual still has their own experience. Millennial dads as a whole are more involved, but that doesn’t mean every millennial dad is more involved