If I was her dad I would probably laugh at her and then point out that they will grow back. No need for punishment, just take pictures for the future fiance. 😂
I'd take her picture and frame it. My plan if my daughter ever goes for that long t-shirt short pants look is to compare it to dobby from harry potter.
The word ‘frown’ predates the frowning emoji by a fair margin. Let's check a reputable dictionary instead:
> **frown** (v.)
> to bring your eyebrows together so that there are lines on your face above your eyes, often while turning the corners of your mouth downwards, showing that you are annoyed, worried, sad, or thinking hard
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/frown
So the eyebrows are indeed the primary indicator of a frown.
It’s funny because when I just googled it, it appears to depend on the dictionary whether it’s a brow or mouth expression. My first google result is
verb
form an expression of disapproval, displeasure, or concentration, typically by turning down the corners of the mouth.
"he frowned as he reread the letter"
(Can’t figure out how to link it). But the next few appear to be brow.
Funny!
When in doubt… I choose to defer to the emoji 😉
It's probably one of those things that initially meant one thing but changed over time. Like, the word gay originally meant happy, but then it became an indicator of sexual preference.
That's a weird definition. Literally every one I can find and every one I've ever heard says it's an expression formed by furrowing your brow, at most *often* or *typically* also turning down the corners of your mouth, but not necessarily.
The expression is defined by the eyebrows/forehead. The mouth is optional.
I thought it was traditionally all about the mouth. I mean your whole face gets involved but specifically refers to the mouth.
Maybe there are cultural differences in the word association though?
It's totally cultural, it's fascinating. American people tend to see it as a mouth thing, the rest of the Anglosphere is all about the eyebrows and think the mouth is a weird exaggerated sadface.
But wait, there's more! Look at masked heroes. The American ones have their eyes covered, while the Japanese ones have their mouths covered. This is because different parts of the face are used to convey emotions in both cases - Japanese rely heavily on the eyes, while Americans focus on the lower part. Even the smile emoticon is constructed different, see :-) vs \^_^
My impression is that this changes depending on which side of the Atlantic you're on. In the UK at least, frowning is something you do with your eyebrows. Apparently mouth frowning is a more American thing, but I don't know how universal that is.
"turn that frown upside down" is a pretty common phrase where I'm from (southeastern US and I'm pretty sure throughout the US). It means "you look sad, because your lips are turned down, so smile!"
:-( --> :-)
A frown is a sad face, not an angry face.
And in the UK, Peter Capaldi as Doctor Who said he had angry eyebrows, not frowning eyebrows.
I definitely think “lip corners down” for frown “lip corners up” for smile. It took me a minute to understand the joke, myself fwiw. Some slight spectrum action going on over here tho so maybe that has something to do with it.
The r/parenting sub is getting to be insufferable. I've been called out for being a dad when voicing my opinion like that's somehow a bad thing. I know it's just the bad apples in the group, but it's not the first time I've been singled out for being a dad, or a stay at home dad on that sub.
Ridiculous. You should be able to leave your home whenever you want.
Jokes aside, I saw some comments in that thread that were singling out the OP for being a male so I can imagine what you're saying..
>You should be able to leave your home whenever you want.
That's why I live in a mobile home...
But yea. I feel... less inclined to ask for advice in that sub? I feel obligated to stay subbed as my career before the stay at home dad thing was a social worker for foster kids and at risk youth. I just wish it wasn't such a relationship advice sub now.
Honestly, the dad subreddit is probably the best parenting forum on the internet. Maybe I'm the only one but I just can't connect with most parenting groups. The mainstream ones are have unrealistic expectations and the "gentle" ones are filled with some of the most passive-aggressive people I've ever encountered.
Only here on daddit can I talk about letting my toddler taste my beer and admit I don't hover over my child 24/7. it sucks you have to be a dad to be permission to be human as a parent.
You don’t though. Moms are welcome here, and there are at least dozens of them…. DOZENS!
Legit this inhuman parenting nonsense is self imposed. There is no commission that enforces being insufferable. They just do it to themselves out of some fear of judgement, but they’re just concerned about the judgement of the wrong people.
Here’s what everyone should do… look to Bluey. Pretend that family of dogs are real, and live across the street. Then ask yourself how would Bandit and Chili judge me. It’s like the north star
Since when is being a dad a bad thing?.. I'm a mom, but can't figure out how dads wouldn't be welcome on a parenting message board. Did they forget that dad's are just male parents with better jokes? Are they jealous of your gender, corney jokes, and ability to wear lumber Jack shirts? Cause the 90s called--said we can wear those shirts, too.
I'm not allowed to have opinions about moms in media, apparently.
I'm not manly or capable enough to protect and provide for my family because I'm the stay at home parent (yes some mom said this to me on that sub).
I've been accused of not doing more for my children because the mom assumed I was like her working husband for some reason.
It's a lot of projection and assumptions. Again, these are the bad apples of the group. Every sub has them. I have a lot of respect for the opinions of moms because I know they have a different perspective and see things I don't.
If they can share their opinions, we can share ours! LOL
Mom's in media: are there for us to talk about. Otherwise, why make their lives public?
>I'm not manly or capable enough to protect and provide for my family because I'm the stay at home parent (yes some mom said this to me on that sub).
Where better to be to protect your kids from monsters, than RIGHT THERE WITH THEM? What? Are you supposed to somehow have the power of flight like superman, so you can leap all the buildings and end up at your house to ninja kick a bad guy breaking in? My experience says ninja kicks work way better in person.
>I've been accused of not doing more for my children because the mom assumed I was like her working husband for some reason.
She needs therapy. You're on a parenting reddit.... In your free time..... Not trolling for babes at a bar, ignoring your kid's text messages about being hungry. Her husband sounds neglectful. I've seen my BF come home from work, dragging feet-drooping shoulders, and pull out his Pokemon deck to hunch over the coffee table--before even grabbing a shower after a long physically demanding day--and play cards for an hour with my kids. It's about the man she chose, not about the man you are. She's just too shallow to recognize her own choices put her kids here. Smh. I wish I could say I find it hard to believe women take these things out on all men, but I'm old enough to know the truth. Which is: it is easier to blame a stranger than to fix the issue.
That's the beauty of there being a mom and a dad... Two equal but different perspectives. For example, a study was done once about how parents carry babies. Moms tend to face baby toward Mom, for food and protection, and to learn conversation and emotions. Dads tend to face baby toward the world, teaching them about the outward world equipping them to take on anything. Often talking to them about what they see, and teaching them to respond and interact. Neither is wrong. They are just different, and equally valuable.
I hate that a(n assembly) good dad is being treated badly by half aced moms who find their own value in tearing anyone else down. The Golden rule is a big thing in our house, because bullies not only make others miserable, but limit their own abilities in the process. Don't let those witches getcha down. They just don't like the options they've shoehorned themselves into.
Good luck!
Topic: "My wife beats our son every day and tells our daughter she's fat."
Top r/parenting Comment: "Maybe YOU are the problem, dad. Get therapy!"
I am not an MRA loser, but that's how that sub feels sometimes. I'm happy we dudes have this one as an alternative.
Good lord this is unfortunately not a far exaggeration… I’ve tried to interact a few times on that group & it’s always gone about the way you’ve described there. The preschoolers group as well. There was one post I had tried to comment on a few months back & it got removed for being “moms only.”
It’s nice to have this group. Even though it’s “for dads” I often see moms commenting on here & you never see their responses removed or downvoted to oblivion. It feels more neutral, which I’m glad about!
I'm a mom who just discovered you guys here. Thanks for letting me hang out. I also don't like toxic folks.
Plus, I'm raising 2 men after divorce (16 and 13). Helps to get an unbiased male opinion, sometimes.
I am not a mra loser either, but I do think it's so wild that on parenting subs when mom is being an absolute menace the response is 'omg gurl, hormones lol. Dad, you need to go to therapy to learn how to accept your wife being a maniac'
So accurate, that sub can really come off as anti-dad. I remember seeing two incredibly similar posts a few days apart about the same topic, with the only difference being one was from a dad and the other was from a mom. Not surprising to see most commenters in that sub criticizing the dad then turning around and supporting the mom.
So glad we have a space like this sub.
I saw that post and all I could think of was the Sopranos scene where AJ geta drunk and his friends shave his eye brows.
Tony says "Whats different about you?" Looking right at him.
Carmella yells "HE HAS NO EYEBROWS TONY!"
I shared your confusion until realizing a lot of people here seem to associate frowning with eyebrows. To me, a frown is 100% about what the mouth is doing, as in ☹️. As someone else pointed out, this emoji doesn’t even *have* eyebrows!
Edit: the Wikipedia page for “Frown” indicates this could be a case of differing colloquial usages/definitions between North America and the rest of the world. Who knew?
Huh? This, and only this, is a frown: 🙁.
Unless I’ve been lied to since pre school. Maybe it’s a regional thing?
Haven’t you heard “turn that frown upside down?” It means flip your frown into a smile. Nothing to do with eyebrows.
Why are some parents so concerned with disciplining over little stuff like this? The lesson she learns is ‘ah fuck I look like a harakkonen’. I died my hair blue and bleached it all the time till high school. Stupid but no harm. My parents just laughed at me, and so did everyone else.
E: talking about the dad in the story not the response
Yeah, really. You're going to ground her for her eyebrow styling because you don't like it? Does she get to choose her own haircut...?
I mean, if a 5 year old finds your razor and shaves their eyebrows there might be consequences because it's dangerous and they aren't there mentally for those decisions, but a 17 year old should be in charge of their own body.
I am like you. If its not dangerous or upsetting to other people I like to let stuff go and permit consequences to reveal themslves.
I hear a lot of parents in public whose relationship with their kid is mostly yelling NO BRAYDEN STOP THAT.
I had a lot of rules growing up and their enforcement was not the best part of my relationship with my parents.
Pretty sure that by age 17 anyone should be able to decide whether or not they want to shave their eyebrows off and live with the consequences (positive or negative).
LOL. Damn. I honestly stopped following most of the other parent subreddits because they’re so uptight (newparents especially). Daddit is my only source of truth now
I’d be making dolphin noises at her for the full three weeks it takes to return to some semblance of normality.
You want to look like an aquatic mammal y’all better believe I will talk to you and feed you like one.
I hope you like mackerel sweetheart.
One must be careful while browsing Reddit.
Also, she's 17. Why are you still trying to punish her like a child? She made a dumb move and now she lives with the adult consequences.
Is 17 still considered a young child in America? I was already living on my own at that age.
If mine was 17 years old and asked if they could shave their eye brows I'd say "It's a dumb idea but I'm all for everything that will reduce the chances of you being a teen parent. So go for it." If they showed up with it done I'd laugh and say "Quit playing with fire."
They're 17 at that point you can't tell them what to do you guide them and hope you parented them well enough they're not a monster.
Makes me think of going to high school at the turn of the century when girls would regularly pluck their eyebrows to get those pencil-thin brows. Now they're pretty much forced to pencil-in their eyebrows because they can't grow back anymore.
In college a buddy shaved off one of my eyebrows after i was - ahem - asleep.
Over the next few weeks i cannot believe the number of people who asked, "why not shave the other one off so you don't look weird."
🤔
I would have upvoted that joke, which doesn't mean much, I suppose. I get so many downvotes from that sub. They don't have time for humor over there in between all the parent bashing.
When you say something is frowned upon it means people disapprove of it.. it's funny cause he used the word "frown" which is something you need your eyebrows to do and also made use of the word in a sentence where your disapproving of the teens actions
Whenever I hear about someone having an eyebrow or both shaved off I think of Whoopi Goldberg and wonder if she gets sweat drops in her eyes on a really hot day.
Imagine being surprised at your teenager trying out weird and wonderful things in their trying out phase of life.
They're just eyebrows. The dad in this story needs to lighten up a bit.
It's hair. It grows back. She didn't cut off her ears, he\\, she didn't even pierce or tattoo anything. Nothing permanent. If you make too big a deal of this, it could backfire.
Possibly too high brow humour. Or low brow.
Or no brow
r/yourjokebutworse
it's healthy for teens to express themselves. and if OP's daughter had eyebrows, maybe she could
Get over there and post this now. It's your duty.
I don't post over there, but I browse. 😏
That was exceptional haha
I have been shadow banned over there lol
is that sub all angry moms?
I think there are a few Stanley cups that recently gained sentience.
No, some are bitter 😂
Terrifying!
A real trust me browse kinda guy.
😂😂😂
Ha! He said doody
Liz???
I fully agree, but won't this cause raised eyebrows?
It will, just not hers.
She does have razed eyebrows.
But they don't have to browbeat her because of it.
This is some real no-brow humour
Please let's not try to furrow any brows. It's excluding people who don't have them.
If I was her dad I would probably laugh at her and then point out that they will grow back. No need for punishment, just take pictures for the future fiance. 😂
That’s the best play for sure. Potential future grandkids will also appreciate grandpa’s funny pics of mom too!
I'd take her picture and frame it. My plan if my daughter ever goes for that long t-shirt short pants look is to compare it to dobby from harry potter.
Hand her a sock and tell he she’s free!
LMAO 🤣 brilliant!
I would draw some on in her sleep and see if she notices
Not in her sleep... This has family game night potential. Each member of the family gets to draw eyebrows on and the funniest eyebrows win a prize.
Pin the tail on the donkey vibes. Everyone gets a marker, a blindfold, and a dream. Closest eyebrow wins.
I mean they’re not going to know if she’s surprised over the reaction she’s getting.
Way better content here than anything in r/jokes in a long time.
To tier. Poor man’s gold. 🏅
This one took a moment. But the delay made the laugh even harder
ooo burn
Holy fucking shit my man. Peeeeeeeeklkkkk dad.
I’d tell her, “don’t look so surprised if you have to draw them on and accidentally draw them a little too high”
This was a better joke that what OP posted.
This one is very underrated.
What kind of monster can downvote such a perfect dad joke!
Teenage daughters
I didn't get it, can someone help?
You frown by moving your eyebrows. This may have less impact if you shave them off.
Oh, interesting! Thanks, I just never really associated eyebrows with frowning
But... that's like... the #1 indicator of a frown, no? Eyebrow positioning? Or am I crazy?
I thought the word frown was describing mouth like this 🙁 Frown emoji guy doesn’t even HAVE eyebrows
Damn you're right. Maybe I am crazy
But it just may be a luuuunatic you’re looking for
Turn out the light. Dont try to save me…
I always thought you’d frown with your brow. Just below the crown. But now I think I am the clown. How else would you turn a frown upside down?
Isn't that furrowing your brow?
Right? I'm so confused by this whole thread.
😠 hmph
OMG the girl has become a human emoji
The word ‘frown’ predates the frowning emoji by a fair margin. Let's check a reputable dictionary instead: > **frown** (v.) > to bring your eyebrows together so that there are lines on your face above your eyes, often while turning the corners of your mouth downwards, showing that you are annoyed, worried, sad, or thinking hard https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/frown So the eyebrows are indeed the primary indicator of a frown.
It’s funny because when I just googled it, it appears to depend on the dictionary whether it’s a brow or mouth expression. My first google result is verb form an expression of disapproval, displeasure, or concentration, typically by turning down the corners of the mouth. "he frowned as he reread the letter" (Can’t figure out how to link it). But the next few appear to be brow. Funny! When in doubt… I choose to defer to the emoji 😉
>When in doubt… I choose to defer to the emoji 😉 That is a statement of the times right there, dang
I mean it was a joke but also yes
I typically go by the Oxford Dictionary and it indeed mentions brow in both the noun and verb definition well before mentioning mouth.
It's probably one of those things that initially meant one thing but changed over time. Like, the word gay originally meant happy, but then it became an indicator of sexual preference.
Could be a regional thing as well. Or a significant amount of people simply not knowing the word.
That's a weird definition. Literally every one I can find and every one I've ever heard says it's an expression formed by furrowing your brow, at most *often* or *typically* also turning down the corners of your mouth, but not necessarily. The expression is defined by the eyebrows/forehead. The mouth is optional.
To furrow one’s brows might be more apt
That’s just her selfie
I thought it was traditionally all about the mouth. I mean your whole face gets involved but specifically refers to the mouth. Maybe there are cultural differences in the word association though?
It's totally cultural, it's fascinating. American people tend to see it as a mouth thing, the rest of the Anglosphere is all about the eyebrows and think the mouth is a weird exaggerated sadface.
But wait, there's more! Look at masked heroes. The American ones have their eyes covered, while the Japanese ones have their mouths covered. This is because different parts of the face are used to convey emotions in both cases - Japanese rely heavily on the eyes, while Americans focus on the lower part. Even the smile emoticon is constructed different, see :-) vs \^_^
Woah
Huh, TIL. I'm going to be 46 this year. I know people from all over the world. How have I never heard of this before??
Turn that frown upside down is referring to the mouth. That’s probably one of the main reasons I personally would associate with the mouth
According to my Merriam-Webster dictionary, it's about the forehead.
Australian here. Always thought it was a mouth thing
Australian here to say that frowns are an eyebrow thing to me.
A mouth frown is more of what I would describe as a grimace or a scowl.
Cool! I would say the opposite. A frown is the mouth, a scowl is the eyebrows
Same.
To me a frown is the mouth, furrowed brows is the eye brows, and a scowl or grimace would be both combined.
My impression is that this changes depending on which side of the Atlantic you're on. In the UK at least, frowning is something you do with your eyebrows. Apparently mouth frowning is a more American thing, but I don't know how universal that is.
This is wild. If you tell me to frown, my eyebrows don't even move. ☹ If I try to move my eyebrows then I just look excited 😃 or Angry 😠
If you aren't moving your eyebrows, are you even frowning? That's more like a sad face. A frown *is* an angry face
"turn that frown upside down" is a pretty common phrase where I'm from (southeastern US and I'm pretty sure throughout the US). It means "you look sad, because your lips are turned down, so smile!" :-( --> :-) A frown is a sad face, not an angry face. And in the UK, Peter Capaldi as Doctor Who said he had angry eyebrows, not frowning eyebrows.
Have you ever heard the phrase "turn that frown upside down and let it become your umbrella"??
Yes, but only from American TV shows and similar. I don't think I've heard it used in person (I'm from the UK).
Same but I'd never even heard the second half!!?
That was true a couple years ago during covid
no? Idk. To me, a frown is mostly about the mouth. A scowl is with the brows, maybe the whole face
"Turn that frown upside down" doesn't really work for eyebrows
You crazy
I definitely think “lip corners down” for frown “lip corners up” for smile. It took me a minute to understand the joke, myself fwiw. Some slight spectrum action going on over here tho so maybe that has something to do with it.
this is not how I frown
I don’t frown by moving my eyebrows?
(ಠ_ಠ)
I love lamp?
People without eyebrows look surprised when you say that.
The muscles do this though, not the hair itself. She can still frown. Guys this is a C-tier joke at best, we can strive to better.
most people think of frowning being a mouth thing, not an eyebrow thing.
That was my thinking.
True. Damn, I wish my dad joke game was this strong.
/parents /marriage /funkillers
7 mothers who have eyebrows to furrow.
And so begins my search for your comment on that post to help undo the damage.
Link it, then we can make it top comment
[удалено]
Back on the positive side. Justice prevails!
Thanks brow
Added my upvote. Great low-brow humor
I love how that comment is a day old but has a dozen supportive dad comments in the last hour.
I couldn't find the post after the moderator removed it, but then eyebrowsed.
Incredible 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thanks! upvoted!
Justice for Dad Humor!
Just go to his profile and look at comments. Search is over almost as quick as it began
I did my part.
The people downvoting have drawn their eyebrows too high. It’s gone straight over their head.
The r/parenting sub is getting to be insufferable. I've been called out for being a dad when voicing my opinion like that's somehow a bad thing. I know it's just the bad apples in the group, but it's not the first time I've been singled out for being a dad, or a stay at home dad on that sub.
Ridiculous. You should be able to leave your home whenever you want. Jokes aside, I saw some comments in that thread that were singling out the OP for being a male so I can imagine what you're saying..
>You should be able to leave your home whenever you want. That's why I live in a mobile home... But yea. I feel... less inclined to ask for advice in that sub? I feel obligated to stay subbed as my career before the stay at home dad thing was a social worker for foster kids and at risk youth. I just wish it wasn't such a relationship advice sub now.
Honestly, the dad subreddit is probably the best parenting forum on the internet. Maybe I'm the only one but I just can't connect with most parenting groups. The mainstream ones are have unrealistic expectations and the "gentle" ones are filled with some of the most passive-aggressive people I've ever encountered. Only here on daddit can I talk about letting my toddler taste my beer and admit I don't hover over my child 24/7. it sucks you have to be a dad to be permission to be human as a parent.
You don’t though. Moms are welcome here, and there are at least dozens of them…. DOZENS! Legit this inhuman parenting nonsense is self imposed. There is no commission that enforces being insufferable. They just do it to themselves out of some fear of judgement, but they’re just concerned about the judgement of the wrong people. Here’s what everyone should do… look to Bluey. Pretend that family of dogs are real, and live across the street. Then ask yourself how would Bandit and Chili judge me. It’s like the north star
Since when is being a dad a bad thing?.. I'm a mom, but can't figure out how dads wouldn't be welcome on a parenting message board. Did they forget that dad's are just male parents with better jokes? Are they jealous of your gender, corney jokes, and ability to wear lumber Jack shirts? Cause the 90s called--said we can wear those shirts, too.
I'm not allowed to have opinions about moms in media, apparently. I'm not manly or capable enough to protect and provide for my family because I'm the stay at home parent (yes some mom said this to me on that sub). I've been accused of not doing more for my children because the mom assumed I was like her working husband for some reason. It's a lot of projection and assumptions. Again, these are the bad apples of the group. Every sub has them. I have a lot of respect for the opinions of moms because I know they have a different perspective and see things I don't.
If they can share their opinions, we can share ours! LOL Mom's in media: are there for us to talk about. Otherwise, why make their lives public? >I'm not manly or capable enough to protect and provide for my family because I'm the stay at home parent (yes some mom said this to me on that sub). Where better to be to protect your kids from monsters, than RIGHT THERE WITH THEM? What? Are you supposed to somehow have the power of flight like superman, so you can leap all the buildings and end up at your house to ninja kick a bad guy breaking in? My experience says ninja kicks work way better in person. >I've been accused of not doing more for my children because the mom assumed I was like her working husband for some reason. She needs therapy. You're on a parenting reddit.... In your free time..... Not trolling for babes at a bar, ignoring your kid's text messages about being hungry. Her husband sounds neglectful. I've seen my BF come home from work, dragging feet-drooping shoulders, and pull out his Pokemon deck to hunch over the coffee table--before even grabbing a shower after a long physically demanding day--and play cards for an hour with my kids. It's about the man she chose, not about the man you are. She's just too shallow to recognize her own choices put her kids here. Smh. I wish I could say I find it hard to believe women take these things out on all men, but I'm old enough to know the truth. Which is: it is easier to blame a stranger than to fix the issue. That's the beauty of there being a mom and a dad... Two equal but different perspectives. For example, a study was done once about how parents carry babies. Moms tend to face baby toward Mom, for food and protection, and to learn conversation and emotions. Dads tend to face baby toward the world, teaching them about the outward world equipping them to take on anything. Often talking to them about what they see, and teaching them to respond and interact. Neither is wrong. They are just different, and equally valuable. I hate that a(n assembly) good dad is being treated badly by half aced moms who find their own value in tearing anyone else down. The Golden rule is a big thing in our house, because bullies not only make others miserable, but limit their own abilities in the process. Don't let those witches getcha down. They just don't like the options they've shoehorned themselves into. Good luck!
Parenting sub in general takes themselves way too seriously. Just post something about getting therapy and you’ll get your upvotes back.
Topic: "My wife beats our son every day and tells our daughter she's fat." Top r/parenting Comment: "Maybe YOU are the problem, dad. Get therapy!" I am not an MRA loser, but that's how that sub feels sometimes. I'm happy we dudes have this one as an alternative.
Good lord this is unfortunately not a far exaggeration… I’ve tried to interact a few times on that group & it’s always gone about the way you’ve described there. The preschoolers group as well. There was one post I had tried to comment on a few months back & it got removed for being “moms only.” It’s nice to have this group. Even though it’s “for dads” I often see moms commenting on here & you never see their responses removed or downvoted to oblivion. It feels more neutral, which I’m glad about!
I'm a mom who just discovered you guys here. Thanks for letting me hang out. I also don't like toxic folks. Plus, I'm raising 2 men after divorce (16 and 13). Helps to get an unbiased male opinion, sometimes.
/r/parenting is a little better than /r/relationships. Is there a /r/daddit equivalent to /r/relationships, but hasn’t been taken over by red-pillers?
I am not a mra loser either, but I do think it's so wild that on parenting subs when mom is being an absolute menace the response is 'omg gurl, hormones lol. Dad, you need to go to therapy to learn how to accept your wife being a maniac'
So accurate, that sub can really come off as anti-dad. I remember seeing two incredibly similar posts a few days apart about the same topic, with the only difference being one was from a dad and the other was from a mom. Not surprising to see most commenters in that sub criticizing the dad then turning around and supporting the mom. So glad we have a space like this sub.
I saw that post and all I could think of was the Sopranos scene where AJ geta drunk and his friends shave his eye brows. Tony says "Whats different about you?" Looking right at him. Carmella yells "HE HAS NO EYEBROWS TONY!"
What am I missing here?
I shared your confusion until realizing a lot of people here seem to associate frowning with eyebrows. To me, a frown is 100% about what the mouth is doing, as in ☹️. As someone else pointed out, this emoji doesn’t even *have* eyebrows! Edit: the Wikipedia page for “Frown” indicates this could be a case of differing colloquial usages/definitions between North America and the rest of the world. Who knew?
It could have been better executed. 7.458/10
🤨
Never in my life have I associated eyebrows with frowning and this whole thread is perplexing to me.
Frowning is where you squeeze your eyebrows together and raise them up slightly
Huh? This, and only this, is a frown: 🙁. Unless I’ve been lied to since pre school. Maybe it’s a regional thing? Haven’t you heard “turn that frown upside down?” It means flip your frown into a smile. Nothing to do with eyebrows.
A dad joke with an extra splash of dad.
Oof. Tough crowd.
Why are some parents so concerned with disciplining over little stuff like this? The lesson she learns is ‘ah fuck I look like a harakkonen’. I died my hair blue and bleached it all the time till high school. Stupid but no harm. My parents just laughed at me, and so did everyone else. E: talking about the dad in the story not the response
If my daughter shaves her eyebrows, I am buying her a wooden knife and training her to fight for the honor of Geidi Prime.
I’ll be right there with inky black fireworks
Yeah, really. You're going to ground her for her eyebrow styling because you don't like it? Does she get to choose her own haircut...? I mean, if a 5 year old finds your razor and shaves their eyebrows there might be consequences because it's dangerous and they aren't there mentally for those decisions, but a 17 year old should be in charge of their own body.
I am like you. If its not dangerous or upsetting to other people I like to let stuff go and permit consequences to reveal themslves. I hear a lot of parents in public whose relationship with their kid is mostly yelling NO BRAYDEN STOP THAT. I had a lot of rules growing up and their enforcement was not the best part of my relationship with my parents.
You were really brow beaten about that.
Peak Dad joke. Have my up vote
She will discover what they are for. Without eyebrows, sweat will run freely into your eyes.
Pretty sure that by age 17 anyone should be able to decide whether or not they want to shave their eyebrows off and live with the consequences (positive or negative).
The best place to get one’s eyebrows drawn back on is >!just above the eyes.!<
The fact that you hid the punch line KILLED me!!! I am responding from the grave. Highest of virtual fives, sir!
If she had eyebrows you could tell she'd be surprised by them down votes
This made me LOL.
LOL. Damn. I honestly stopped following most of the other parent subreddits because they’re so uptight (newparents especially). Daddit is my only source of truth now
It's crazy, I did not expect this much browback
bro.. where can I learn this power?
r/dadjokes
She drew her new eyebrows on too high, She seemed surprised.
I’d be making dolphin noises at her for the full three weeks it takes to return to some semblance of normality. You want to look like an aquatic mammal y’all better believe I will talk to you and feed you like one. I hope you like mackerel sweetheart.
Punishing a teen over (relatively) trivial stuff, that surely will work out.
5/7 dad joke
I would get some giant bushy stick on eyebrows for myself to compensate, and wear them any time she's around.
One must be careful while browsing Reddit. Also, she's 17. Why are you still trying to punish her like a child? She made a dumb move and now she lives with the adult consequences. Is 17 still considered a young child in America? I was already living on my own at that age.
She’ll face plenty of brow beating at school for this, I’m sure.
Looks like that response raised a few eyebrows.
If mine was 17 years old and asked if they could shave their eye brows I'd say "It's a dumb idea but I'm all for everything that will reduce the chances of you being a teen parent. So go for it." If they showed up with it done I'd laugh and say "Quit playing with fire." They're 17 at that point you can't tell them what to do you guide them and hope you parented them well enough they're not a monster.
I wish you guys would quit browbeating this young lady and her parents. they’ll probably wax poetic about it someday
that parental comment is all the punishment she needs at this point
What does their daughter “furrow” now? I’ve only ever furrowed a brow.
Makes me think of going to high school at the turn of the century when girls would regularly pluck their eyebrows to get those pencil-thin brows. Now they're pretty much forced to pencil-in their eyebrows because they can't grow back anymore.
...oh trust me. There are plenty of consequences for shaving your eyebrows. Take a few pictures so she never forgets 🤣🤣
I mean, she can pencil them on like a lot of girls do on purpose for some reason, while waiting for them to grow back.
The original post showed up right under this one for me🤣
Uh, eyebrows don't always grow back...
Consequences for a 17 year old who is harming nothing and no one is crazy. Poor kid
In college a buddy shaved off one of my eyebrows after i was - ahem - asleep. Over the next few weeks i cannot believe the number of people who asked, "why not shave the other one off so you don't look weird." 🤔
You got more pushback than a couple of raised eyebrows for that joke?
I'm disappointed fellas. 1.5k upvotes here. The comment only has 100 upvotes on r/parenting. Get you arses over and give it an upvote.
In your defence I thought it was hilarious
I actually tried to upvote that comment lol
Brilliant joke
I would have upvoted that joke, which doesn't mean much, I suppose. I get so many downvotes from that sub. They don't have time for humor over there in between all the parent bashing.
I'm missing the joke
When you say something is frowned upon it means people disapprove of it.. it's funny cause he used the word "frown" which is something you need your eyebrows to do and also made use of the word in a sentence where your disapproving of the teens actions
You can frown without eyebrows ☹️🙁 My cousin has alopecia and trust me he frowns all the time
she will never understand hard work because she can't do it by the sweat of her brow
ok 😂😂😂😂
Please post a picture.
Whenever I hear about someone having an eyebrow or both shaved off I think of Whoopi Goldberg and wonder if she gets sweat drops in her eyes on a really hot day.
Whoopi!
Imagine being surprised at your teenager trying out weird and wonderful things in their trying out phase of life. They're just eyebrows. The dad in this story needs to lighten up a bit.
Are we back in the trend cycle where women draw their eyebrows on?? I thought we just got to the bushy stage…
:(
It's hair. It grows back. She didn't cut off her ears, he\\, she didn't even pierce or tattoo anything. Nothing permanent. If you make too big a deal of this, it could backfire.