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Old 09-27-2014, 11:52 PM
 
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Yes, this thread has a provocative title, but I gotta draw y'all in here somehow and my winning smile is not text.

It seems like the biggest group of douche bags/a holes out there are men who grew up without fathers. Obviously not every guy who grew up without a father is bad, I would bet most are very good in fact. It's whole all squares are rectangles, but not all rectangles are squares thing.

Anyway, it seems like the biggest pricks out there have a correlation to growing up without a dad.

I don't know if it just gives them a bad disposition or what.

Thoughts?

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Old 09-28-2014, 04:56 AM
 
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You might want to edit the subject line because the way it reads now --"men who group up without fathers"-- doesn't really make any sense and doesn't seem to be what you want to discuss. You might be losing a significant part of your audience not to mention a certain amount of credibility.

Just a suggestion.
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Old 09-28-2014, 05:21 AM
 
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You might want to edit the subject line because the way it reads now --"men who group up without fathers"-- doesn't really make any sense and doesn't seem to be what you want to discuss. You might be losing a significant part of your audience not to mention a certain amount of credibility.

Just a suggestion.
Agreed.

OP, before you pat yourself on the back for starting a "thread with a provocative title" , you might want to edit it.

I do not like lumping people together. I grew up without a father, and I would hate for a man to hold this fact against me.

Perhaps you are attracting d bags and a holes for some reason? You do realize that these men had absolutely no control over their father's choices.

This thread actually says a lot about you, methinks.
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Old 09-28-2014, 07:26 AM
 
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Plenty of men who grew up with fathers are jerks, too. And some single moms did a great job raising their boys. There's little, if any, correlation.
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Old 09-28-2014, 07:37 AM
 
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This thread is biased. Not "all" are like that.Some dad's are jerks and make their son's just like them.Some mom's are nurturing and have son's like that.Some single dad's are kind does this make their son's gay?

Before you assume don't make an azz out of u or me.
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Old 09-28-2014, 09:54 AM
 
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You might want to edit the subject line because the way it reads now --"men who group up without fathers"-- doesn't really make any sense and doesn't seem to be what you want to discuss. You might be losing a significant part of your audience not to mention a certain amount of credibility.

Just a suggestion.
Too late man. Darn auto correct.
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Old 09-28-2014, 10:28 AM
 
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Yes, this thread has a provocative title, but I gotta draw y'all in here somehow and my winning smile is not text.

It seems like the biggest group of douche bags/a holes out there are men who grew up without fathers. Obviously not every guy who grew up without a father is bad, I would bet most are very good in fact. It's whole all squares are rectangles, but not all rectangles are squares thing.

Anyway, it seems like the biggest pricks out there have a correlation to growing up without a dad.

I don't know if it just gives them a bad disposition or what.

Thoughts?
One factor could be that these boys/young men did not have someone to hold them accountable. My dad is still alive and I'm 46, just that fact alone may still play a small role in how I behave. When I was younger it played a much bigger role...just knowing that I would be forced to answer for something I may have done. A kid without a dad, and nobody filling that role, can act out and not feel like he has anybody that will hold him to account.
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Old 09-28-2014, 10:43 AM
 
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Actually I think it works out to men who did not have a parent at home to supervise them when they were growing up - frequently turn out to be wild and crazy men (uncontrolled brats).

That is if there is no dad, then mom must work - these days maybe two jobs, so never at home - kids go wild!
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Old 09-28-2014, 10:51 AM
 
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There are plenty of great kids without fathers in their lives. On the other hand almost all prisons are full of children without fathers.
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Old 09-28-2014, 11:12 AM
 
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Why not say people who grow up without a stable father figure in their lives?
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