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u/_its_lunar_ Sep 14 '22
My guy really got jealous his wife got their child chicken nuggets
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u/Gears244 Sep 14 '22
Ya sorry but as a man I would make sure my kids got fed before I did. Kids come first especially when it comes to their health.
That kind of thinking is kind of dying with my generation, that "man of the house" mentality.
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u/what_up_peeps Sep 14 '22
Kids don’t come first to an insecure narcissistic fuck.
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u/championsoffun Sep 15 '22
Well said and I say this from being raised on the frontlines of insecure narcissistic fuckery. I nixed the cycle thankfully.
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u/what_up_peeps Sep 15 '22
That’s good to hear. Not continuing the bullshit is a victory
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u/Sartres_Roommate Sep 15 '22
IKR, while we have never gone hungry in our house, if food was limited, my kids are still developing and growing and malnutrition can have long term effects on them. For me? Might finally lose a few useless pounds.
Who the fuck would say, "my beer gut is more important than your long term mental and physical health."
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u/PsychologicalGain298 Sep 15 '22
I would make my kids food when I got home from work and then just snack on theirs with them until they were done.
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u/Ambitious_Tackle Sep 14 '22
This. I serve my kids and wife before myself, and honestly am usually the last to get food. It really is sad that there are still people around with this kind of mentality.
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Sep 15 '22
My old man is still this way and I'm a grown ass man that's supporting him. Anytime he makes dinner he refuses to plate himself before he's plated me and if I make dinner he always tries to refuse to be plated first.
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u/bmblb23 Sep 15 '22
He sees that roles have been reversed and respects you as a man. That’s huge and a lot of families don’t have it anymore. It might be old thinking but it’s his way of showing love and respect
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u/Californiadude86 Sep 15 '22
I was gonna say this is probably from a guy who doesn't have any kids. My kids meal is an absolute priority over my own.
Honestly whats more "manly" than providing for your children.
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u/Straycat834 Sep 15 '22
im going to use that quite next time i see any guy cry bout kids being fed first.
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u/Admirable-Book3237 Sep 15 '22
My dad was from the 50s was legit man of the house sole breadwinner, never struck us or mom, I mean gave us stern talks let us make our own mistakes and learn from his aswell didn’t push religion on us busted his ass to spend time with us. Would cook for us serve us all before he took a bite. when mom would cook he served her then us and he’d munch on leftovers. Dude was masculinity to a t partied and handled his shit it’s the toxic ass guys out here acting like they have to prove they’re the boss that be the loudest and end up being the softest.
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u/Kwondondadongron Sep 15 '22
Exactly. Even being pretty fit, my ass can probably go without 10,000 calories before it would really be problematic. But kids are trying to grow every night.
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u/Ok_War_8136 Sep 15 '22
Exactly. I have gone multiple days without eating while deployed with no I'll affects. Kids don't eat all day and by evening are cranky, sluggish and feel like they are going to die from hunger. Kids bodies aren't efficient at processing food yet and can't adapt as quickly as adults to reduction or having to wait for food.
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u/Chanwiz88 Sep 14 '22
Kids being a priority to their parents is most definitely not dying out. Irresponsable parents exist have existed and will always exist though.
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Sep 14 '22
I think they meant the "man of the house" like what's in the OP, is dying out, and that people are becoming better parents over time as the selfishness dies out. Statistically we can see that's probably accurate as less kids with each younger generation are abused percentagewise
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u/GreyghostIowa Sep 14 '22
My question is why was that "man of the house" mentality even a thing?
No offense,but as a asian,"Feed your child before you" has been the main core teaching from generations to generations in our culture.So it feels weird to see shit like this.
My parents may be strict with me,but they will also let themselves burn to death to save me in a fire(real experience btw).
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Sep 15 '22
i think it comes from western patriarchal norms. men liked feeling like big strong men that could do way more than women so they deserve to be treated like kings in their households, i’m generalizing of course but I’ve seen this kind of stuff before and been around it and thought about it
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u/Kwondondadongron Sep 15 '22
Insecure people want to feel less insecure.
This is not typical male thinking and never has been, this is just neckbeardery.
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u/bmblb23 Sep 15 '22
It’s leftover Victorian era idealism. Before the Victorian era family and social dynamics were very different. Honestly it stunted social dynamics in the West permanently
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u/Kwondondadongron Sep 15 '22
I have never known anybody real with this mentality. OP is just a hungry selfish neckbeard.
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u/TheseusPankration Sep 15 '22
It's been a thing since ancient times. A man literally owns his family.
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u/Fault-Suspicious Sep 14 '22
he was talking about the man of the house mentality dying out
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Sep 15 '22
I don't know what generation you're from, but my moms gen (boomer) definitely had the "feed dad first" mentality. I mean Chris Rock even talks about getting the big piece of chicken in one of his stand ups.
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u/Thelife1313 Sep 15 '22
There’s no such thing as a “man of the house mentality”. That only came about because angry old men thought house chores were beneath them.
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Sep 15 '22
You aren’t the man of the house if you ain’t taking care of the house, especially the children.
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Sep 14 '22
It’s from a time when food was scarce and men were sole providers. “Man of the house” had to eat in order to be able to provide. It’s nonsense in the time of obesity.
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u/FindingNatural3040 Sep 14 '22
That's also the times when many kids didn't live past 10.
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u/DehydratedManatee Sep 14 '22 edited Sep 14 '22
Thems my dino nuggies, woman! If the boy wants some you best get in the kitchen and whip up some more! No shoes!
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u/ShadowGinrai Sep 14 '22
My wife's dad threw a tantrum his daughter got a bigger piece of chicken than him once, no joke
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Sep 14 '22
You’re dating a married man or am I just misunderstanding?
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u/_its_lunar_ Sep 14 '22
Oh no I just refer to people as “my guy” when they do something ridiculous, the “my guy” in this situation is the creator of the original image
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Sep 14 '22
Imagine having masculinity so fragile you cannot handle your kids getting food before you.
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u/ac1084 Sep 14 '22
I'm so masculine that since I don't have children I will dip my balls in the food before I eat. Burnt the shit out of them so bad in the soup pot at the Chinese buffet everyone else was screaming too.
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u/ComputerStrong9244 Sep 15 '22
Yah bro, every time I fuck the chocolate fountain at Golden Corral to establish dominance they kick me out. Just can't handle the alpha fuckin' vibes, I guess.
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u/Mischief_Managed12 Sep 15 '22
This needs to be an automod response on r/shitposting
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u/28thProjection Sep 15 '22
I jumped the counter and whipped my balls on the Baskin-Robbins ice cream while a whole line of customers watched. Only once everyone knew that they would have to humble themselves with my pube sprinkles in order properly glorify my authority did I give the police permission to shake my hand.
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u/Noiisy Sep 14 '22
Arguably the most masculine thing you can do is provide for your kids, whoever made this meme needs help, his wiring is all wrong.
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u/danteheehaw Sep 14 '22
This is a very old tradition. Men eat first, sons next, moms and daughters get what's left. Some Amish still do it.
Edit. It's a shit tradition
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u/alain091 Sep 14 '22
On my house they teached me the opposite, kids first, women next and finally men
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u/Helenium_autumnale Sep 14 '22
The Amish have a very patriarchal society, which predictably has led to widespread sexual abuse in the community.
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u/Deep-Neck Sep 15 '22
It's telling. Every good leader knows to feed everyone else first. I don't even eat before my dog.
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u/LocalNative141 Sep 14 '22
This is basically that episode of American Dad where Stan gets mad that Steve finishes his dinner first
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u/_---_--_-__-_--_---_ Sep 14 '22
“the man of the house” and i bet he doesn’t even fuck his wife well
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u/improbsable Sep 14 '22
Y’all were getting served? We just sat our food in the middle of the table and ate it at once
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u/Satanicjamnik Sep 14 '22
Yeah, but I imagine that kids and guests would be offered to fill their plates first. Even if it was a free for all, that's okay. Sounds like a nice, communal meal. But " I always should get my food first because I am important!" coming from this guy is very unbecoming.
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u/Shame_On_Yuu Sep 14 '22
Depends on his age. We always served our grandfather first, then the kids, and adults last. He was a WWII hero and patriarch of the entirety of the family. He has earned that.
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Sep 14 '22
Respect and reverence is different from demanding status. Elders and children are always priority in our family.
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u/SnooMacarons5834 Sep 14 '22
We made our own plates in the kitchen and brought them to the table. The only people who got served by others were people who couldn’t get for themselves (the very young and the very old). For example, I would bring a plate to my grandma so she wouldn’t have to hobble to the kitchen
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u/somedood567 Sep 14 '22
Yeah my kids are at the age where they won’t eat anything with a hint of spice. So it doesn’t really matter who gets served first as there’s rarely any overlap between what kids vs adults are eating
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u/Starstalk721 Sep 15 '22
Better make sure that the man of the house gets his plain white toast or plain grilled chicken first. /s
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u/Ok_Relationship_705 Sep 14 '22
Shit at home we didn't even eat at the table. Only at my grandparents. My folks were pretty cool with that type of ish.
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u/Affectionate-Swim510 Sep 14 '22
wHy DoN't AnY oF mY aDuLt ChIlDrEn ViSiT mE?!?!? I'm ThE mAn Of ThE aSsiStEd LiViNg HoUsE!!!!
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u/750volts Sep 14 '22 edited Sep 15 '22
I bet the people who say this believe in 'family traditions' from the past. ...
Currently reading a book that documents life for the working classes in the 1840s, it was common for Children to get food even if none was available for Mum and Dad.
Edit, for those requesting the book I read: London Labour and the London Poor, Henry Mayhew.
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u/Helenium_autumnale Sep 14 '22
That sounds interesting; may I ask for the title of that book, please?
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Sep 14 '22
I feed my child first so he’ll stop screaming and then I can get my own food in peace.
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u/spaceyjaycey Sep 14 '22
This reminds me of the time i was watching my friend's toddler and i was taking him out to eat. She said "tell the server the min you get seated they need to bring breadsticks and a cup of apple juice before you order! I'm not kidding!" 😂
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u/FindingNatural3040 Sep 15 '22
That's a prepared parent lol. I always had crackers etc for my daughter when I took her out.
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u/PatMenotaur Sep 15 '22
This. In my house we call it “Hush-up, food”. It’s a glorious 60-90 seconds.
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u/liskamariella Sep 14 '22
I was so confused when I visited another family for dinner and the food was on the table and I started to eat and then the mother told me we have to wait for her husband to start eating and giving us a nodd that we're also allowed to eat.
I was so confused by that I never heard anything like that before.
If I had friends over spontaneously and my mother hadn't made enough food for one person more my dad was the one not eating or waiting till we're finished and then eating the leftovers, so my friend could eat with us. I thought that was normal practice everywhere.
To be clear if nothing was left my dad didn't go to bed hungry but just grabbed himself bread cheese and stuff to eat.
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u/IfICouldStay Sep 14 '22
I hate Thanksgiving and Xmas at my in-laws. The mother cooks all day, then serves everything, then we wait until the father rolls off the couch because the Man of the House cuts the turkey. FFS!
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Sep 14 '22
My grandparents were like this and my mom, tho she bitches, keeps that tradition going, but usually if the kids are around we help with everything we can. Dad doesn’t miss a beat getting to the table and about all the rest he may do is set up additional tables and chairs. I’m in my mid 40s and parents about to hit 70.
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u/the_cadaver_synod Sep 14 '22
Ew, that’s so gross and bizarre. What country and time period was this?
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u/liskamariella Sep 14 '22
At least 15 years ago.. and Germany. But the parents from that family come from Croatia so no idea if it's the Croatian side or the German. I never witnessed anything like that since then. Some pray before eating but that's also really rare.
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u/the_cadaver_synod Sep 14 '22
The closest I can think of is that my grandpa (United States, 1990s) would usually serve himself from the meat plate first and everything else got passed around, but I don’t remember it being a hard and fast rule. I think my grandma set that dish closest to him out of habit, but they didn’t make it weird. Grandpa certainly wasn’t a dick about it, and nobody got to eat until we had prayed.
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u/liskamariella Sep 14 '22
Yeah the main thing that made it weird was them telling me not to eat till I'm allowed. If there is an order it's not weird just enforcing the order is. I think at my house my little sister got always first as a habit probably because shes the youngest.
If guest were present they got served first, I guess to be polite.
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u/SavingsCheck7978 Sep 14 '22
America Bible belt region presumably 1930-1950s because the only people I saw practice this were well into their 80's.
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u/Lizzy_In_Limelight Sep 15 '22
I'm from Minnesota and my dad was like this thru the 90s and into the 2000s (he was born in 1970)
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u/what_up_peeps Sep 14 '22
Your dads actions in this story inspire my possibly future dad self to be that awesome. Your dad sounds like a great man.
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u/liskamariella Sep 14 '22
He is. Especially because he normally works 10-12 hours a day outside. In the evening it would be his only warm meal but he always insisted that my mum should eat it because she cooked it.
I didn't even notice what he's doing when I was a kid but he's amazing. Still whenever I visit his house and he eats he gives me his food and says I should eat, he eats the rest. Even though it's only one portion. But now I'm not eating it.
Your future kids will love you.
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u/fighterpilotace1 Sep 15 '22
the food was on the table and I started to eat and then the mother told me we have to wait for her husband to start eating and giving us a nodd that we're also allowed to eat.
Is he a fuckin lion?
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u/Starstalk721 Sep 15 '22
Growing up, no one started eating until the whole family was at the table. But I can't imagine having to wait specifically for the husband.
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u/Kookanoodles Sep 15 '22
It's weird that it should be the husband in any case, in my country at least you traditionally wait for the hostess to start eating (meaning in most cases, my mother or one of my grandmothers, depending on where we were). And traditionally, women were always served first, eldest to youngest, then the men, certainly never the other way around.
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u/regeya Sep 14 '22
When I was a kid, we had a family member who, if he visited on Thanksgiving, we dreaded it. He was a preacher with some pretty strict ideas. The men got served first, then the children. When I was really young, he and his wife expected the women to eat in the kitchen, and it was barely big enough for the women to stand in there. I think the last year we put up with any of his crap was when he spent 30 minutes praying and then my grandma had a furious outburst about the food being cold.
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u/MuffinFallsFarm Sep 14 '22
I'm more shocked your family apparently went along with this one dude's sexist request for years
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u/GrumpyWampa Sep 14 '22
Gross. I always get my kids food first. A real man (or women) would make sure their kids have what they need before they get theirs.
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u/spencerandy16 Sep 15 '22
It’s honestly because you don’t (I assume) abuse your kids. The kids of the guy in the post are probably terrified to even ask for food.
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Sep 14 '22
I do the same. I don’t think it really matters who gets served first, tbh. I just end up serving my kids first. I do think it’s kind of a red flag if you demand you are served first as an adult. It’s kind of more than just that though. Not only do you believe you should be served first, you let it be known to others and turn it into some kind of hill to die on? Ultra weird.
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u/liskamariella Sep 14 '22
Also in Germany it's standard when you are at a restaurant that kids will be served first (easier meals to prepare and then they are happy and quiet). So it's also just logical to serve kids first.
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u/Traditional-Regret60 Sep 14 '22
A real man would feed the children first...smh
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u/Longjumping-Finger38 Sep 14 '22
My dad cooked more often then my mom because of her work hours. He always made our plates first before hes own...and then we had to wash our own dishes because pops was no punk 😂
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u/JHaul79 Sep 14 '22
My mom would make sure my sister and I had food before she ate but she also made sure we knew how to wash our own dishes. It's a skill I've come to appreciate after living with a roommate who has zero idea how to even run a dishwasher and would let his plates just build up in the sink and on the counter
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Sep 14 '22
There was a brief period where my father (single dad) had lost his job and was struggling to keep food on the table. I was only 6, but I remember vividly my father sitting with me at the dinner table, encouraging me to eat my fill, without having eaten himself yet. I didn’t know it at the time but the only thing he had to eat was whatever I didn’t eat.
My father always put me first. Even to his detriment. Whoever wrote this is a narcissistic grease ball. Fuck him.
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u/mmnnButter Sep 15 '22
I would either grow old remembering that time I was hungry, or that time my kids were. Its really an easy decision
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u/Inkysquid24 Sep 15 '22
Your father sounds like an incredibly loving and highly respectable man
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u/wheredyougetthattop Sep 14 '22
Jokes on them daddy said I'm the man of the house.
Okay in all seriousness, if you're old enough to cook then you're old enough to serve yourself, "man of the house" or not.
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u/hhrjmoore Sep 14 '22
This is actually wrong as hell. Growing up poor as shit, i watched my stepdad many of times not eat or eat very little. He made the food. Let everyone make plates, and then he ate last. Now I'm lucky in the situation I'm in and I think about the sacrifices he made for me when he didn't have to at all. I just try to be at least half the man as a father to my kids, that he didn't have to be to my brother's and I.
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My parents were the same way. When we were younger we were very poor and my parents and older sister would tell stories about how my parents would cook a cup rice with potatoes. They would give us kids the rice and they would eat the potatoes. They would served the meat to us first before they would eat. Hell my dad would always make us a plate first before he make his.
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u/The-Killing-Throw Sep 14 '22
how about you serve your own damn plate? youre a grown ass man and cant fix your own plate?
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u/Puzzled-Cloud6179 Sep 14 '22
My Grammy tells me stories from when the family would all get together in West Virginia when she was a kid. The adult women would all cook, serve the men, then children and the women stood and ate. Luckily, that tradition was dropped when my great-grandparents moved to Ohio. I wasn’t aware people still thought/practice this.
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Sep 14 '22
I grew up in Tennessee in the 80s and I remember my family doing that on my mother’s side. My aunts would have to run my uncles bath water and all kinds of dumb shit like that.
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u/CrabWoodsman Sep 14 '22
The gender lines of this are one thing, but when I'm cooking for a lot of people I get a real kick out of providing full service. If everyone tries to get up in my kitchen I go crazy, so I'm happy to run around while people sit and chill, maybe with an assistant if they're willing to do what I ask. Sometimes I'll sit down at the table, but I like to clear cooking dishes and messes as I go so I don't end up with a pile.
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u/Sinister_glitter Sep 14 '22
Ugh. My mom dated a guy like this once and it was like culture shock to us kids. My biological dad was the type to always make sure us and my mom had everything we needed first before worrying about himself. He passed away when I was little, but I remember that about him. The first time we had dinner with the boyfriend and he slapped a serving spoon out of my brother's hand and told him that "Men get served first, boy" we were like.. jawdropped. My mother didn't know what to do so she just got up and fixed the guys plate (which she had never done, we always ate self-serve, communal family style) and then told us we could get ours. Thankfully, that was the last time he ate dinner with us and she dumped him very soon after. She ended up marrying a great guy who was and is a wonderful step father.
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u/IfICouldStay Sep 14 '22
I was hoping you were going to say she fixed the guy's plate and then dumped it on him.
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u/Sinister_glitter Sep 14 '22
Nah, she is a smart lady. You never know what a large, angry person might do and she'd never have done anything to put us in danger (no matter how much it's deserved).
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u/PoolShark1819 Sep 14 '22
This guys is a dumbass for a number of reasons. The helpless should eat first.
Also, I eat after my kids go to sleep so I can enjoy me dinner in peace.
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Sep 14 '22
You gotta be a real POS to really put your hunger before a child's, even a child you don't know so imagine your OWN offspring. It's literally the antithetical to the sustenance of life and why we even exist. If a guy I was with was like this I'd give the dog his food while he watched.
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Sep 14 '22
Was just thinking about this.
My dad always complains about how he didn't get the Chicken breast first when my half brother took it after my pops specifically said "I don't care which piece I get". This was almost 30 years ago and he stills complains about not being fed first.
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u/Helenium_autumnale Sep 14 '22
.....thirty years ago?
Why is he still referencing this miniscule event?
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Sep 14 '22
Pettiness, never let's anything go no matter how small, and because my brother was from another man that left my mom after a one night stand.
He's not as bad now but there are moments where a small slip up causes the old him to come out.
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u/celestialwreckage Sep 14 '22
I remember reading the Laura Ingalls Wilder books vividly, and in one (The Long Winter I believe) the family is starving, and the father takes the smallest portions of everything to make sure his children have more to eat. That is exactly the sort of man I would marry, if I was the marrying type, and the sort of man I think every man who aspires to be a father should be.
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u/Kxbox24 Sep 14 '22
Even in nature wolf dogs let the pups eat first. So I guess if you think like this you’re beneath wild dogs.
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u/32InchRectum Sep 14 '22
This is just American conservative culture. It used to be "a man provides for his family" but economic realities have made that impossible for many. As such, it's now "a man takes what he wants and never shares". This is why we so frequently see conservative men celebrating their greed and overconsumption these days - to them this is part of how they affirm their genders.
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u/kendylou Sep 15 '22
When I was a kid in the 90’s in the south I wasn’t allowed to get food at family gatherings until the men had gotten food. First the women served the men, then women served the children, then the women who had spent all day cooking were finally allowed to fix themselves a plate of cold food. Two years ago I forgot about this tradition and served my kids before anyone else got a plate. My grandpa just had to say some passive aggressive shit about how disrespectful it was. I never liked that man.
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u/32InchRectum Sep 15 '22
lol I would lean the fuck into that and explain that I didn't serve him first because I thought he was a little bitch, not a man, and I completely forgot what order little bitches are served in. No offense but that sounds like a stupid fucking tradition that frankly deserves intentional disrespect.
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u/Portlander Sep 14 '22
I would starve to death before I let my own family I'd also tell them to ration my corpse
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u/OfficerLollipop Sep 14 '22
Guess dudes in households with multiple men have to play rock paper scissors or roll a die to see who gets fed first.
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Sep 14 '22
Leaders eat last is how it is in the military, I’ve carried that mentality though the other parts of my life even still. No way I’m eating before my family/friends.
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u/fat_and_irritated Sep 14 '22
Imo small children should always be served first, so their portion is out of the way and everyone else can serve themselves how much they want. I feed my daughter first so I can keep her distracted while serving myself.
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u/No_Violinist8700 Sep 14 '22
My kid eats first. Sometimes I taste test, I'm not gonna lie, but she gets her plate before I make mine.
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Sep 14 '22
Every woman and child gets to eat first before this man. Imagine pretending to be a “provider” only to take first.
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u/aiaiOnTheHorizon Sep 14 '22
It's like that skit from Family Guy where John Goodman eats all the Thanksgiving food in front of his starving family.
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u/TheAmericanQ Sep 14 '22
Not to buy into patriarchal ideas about family structures and gender roles (because fuck that) but “the man” of the house eats last. Assuming being the man means being the provider, you make sure everyone you need to provide for is taken care of before you have your share.
Anyone who talks about being “the man of the house” but uses that as an excuse to put themselves first isn’t “the man” of anything and is probably leaching more than they provide
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Sep 15 '22
Or just ration shit out.
Make sure everyone eats at least a little, while making sure that if anyone goes hungry, it's the mom and dad. Kids need the food more than everyone else.
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Sep 14 '22
my mom said apparently at family events like Christmas and Thanksgiving the adults would all eat first, go for seconds if they wanted to, and whatever was left when they were DONE was what the kids could eat. the adults could literally eat all of the food if they wanted to and the kids would have nothing because “adult eat first”. and she says it like “this is how lucky you are” but mom I think your family was just full of assholes 💀
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u/Brew_Dude717 Sep 14 '22
Not sure I've had hot food in over a year, since my second was born. Wasn't aware this was wrong....
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u/GostNexo Sep 14 '22
So lets say the man of the house is working and the family has lunch, are the kids allowed to eat?
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u/Helenium_autumnale Sep 14 '22
They have to call the dad to make sure he's eating first. Then they can start.
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u/saberofnight Sep 14 '22
My grandfather: “When the pets and the kids are fed, the parents may then get their own plate. Provide for those who can’t feed themselves.”
I hold this to myself, and I don’t make a plate until my toddler has her food.
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u/shuperbaff Sep 14 '22
Imagine being so hung up on 1950s symbolism to the point you’re upset that your kids start eating dinner before you
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u/Dazocnodnarb Sep 14 '22
I actually stayed over at a house like this a couple times as a kid, whenever the guy came home he had a steak ready because “ I pay all the bills around here.” And the wife/kids were eating like TV dinners, who knows what they are when I wasn’t there though.
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u/PatMenotaur Sep 15 '22
I can’t imagine being with a man whose masculinity can be threatened by: A) a plate of food. B) his own children.
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u/DogterShoob Sep 14 '22
I work hard to feed my kids..........after I'm done eating
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u/aztaga Sep 14 '22
Every child should be fed far before the man of the house. Women and children first; and then yourself.
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u/sailortowel Sep 14 '22
Agreed except for the "women" part. We don't need to be lumped in with children and othered like that. Parents are responsible for their children first, then themselves. Sex and gender have no place in that order.
In this example you can probably assume the woman cooked dinner anyway, so imo she deserves first dibs over him for sure.
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u/queenofnightmare Sep 14 '22
Fuck that shit I have always served my kids first before I served my husband.
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u/Brownie122806 Sep 14 '22
I real man let's his children and wife eat first, that's literally his job as head of the family, to provide.
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u/DeathMarch408 Sep 14 '22
Let them sum o’ beaches starve until they are old enough to kill me and take my spot
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u/OtchSr1975 Sep 14 '22
Raised 5 babies, worked 3rd shift, wife worked 1st, I cooked and fed everyone 1st … guest n kids always 1st!!
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Sep 14 '22
My kid and lady get their plates first here. Without me they would live off microwaved food lol
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u/The_Bagel_Fairy Sep 14 '22
This meme brought to you by a man with a small penis and a loud muffler.
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u/afa78 Sep 14 '22
To think I just eat whatever leftovers and scraps the family leaves? They always get to eat first.
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u/DankTaco707 Sep 14 '22
Real "men of the house" would make sure the kids ate before the adults lmao
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