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Gov101

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71. That's not necessarily true

Sun Sep 15, 2013, 09:31 PM

Sep 2013

It's an identity more than an appeal to the opposite sex. What normal adults might consider pushing the limits of appropriateness, they just seem to see as bold fashion. Socially speaking if you want to fit in and have friends you can't be boring. One easy way not to at least not appear to be boring is to literally not appear to be boring.

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dad wears short shorts to teach daughter a lesson [View all] Liberal_in_LA Sep 2013 OP

my daughter wouldn't have said a word to her father because she wants the freedom to wear what she liberal_at_heart Sep 2013 #1

I don't know. Lieutenant Jim Dangle pulled it off just fine! NYC_SKP Sep 2013 #2

i Love it! dem in texas Sep 2013 #3

I salute you. Common Sense Party Sep 2013 #7

I so love this story. Barack_America Sep 2013 #4

Absolutely hilarious. Brilliant even. R B Garr Sep 2013 #5

Where's his torn wifebeater shirt? nt fadedrose Sep 2013 #6

Oh bother. hunter Sep 2013 #8

I WILL KICK NAKED MONO LAKE HUNTER ASS Skittles Sep 2013 #74

here's a better idea TorchTheWitch Sep 2013 #9

I'm guessing you are not a parent elias7 Sep 2013 #19

I am. And worked for me for 18 yrs seabeyond Sep 2013 #26

That was my thought. When niece lived with me. My house, my rules, my ok. But then, seabeyond Sep 2013 #25

Not a parent, eh? I find it's nearly always more effective to let my daughters come to the right Ed Suspicious Sep 2013 #30

I also would question whether you are a parent. Teenage girls just change their clothes riderinthestorm Sep 2013 #46

then you aren't paying attention TorchTheWitch Sep 2013 #48

Okay so you're not a parent but think you KNOW how to parent everyone else's kid riderinthestorm Sep 2013 #50

I graduated high school in the '80's TorchTheWitch Sep 2013 #59

Yup. Not a parent. Good luck with that shit. nt riderinthestorm Sep 2013 #75

I did the same with the 'sagging' thing Link Speed Sep 2013 #60

as a parent of 3 girls, i find that explaining things to my girls doesn't exactly ejpoeta Sep 2013 #76

Funny, and embarrassing, but not "teaching" any lesson SoCalDem Sep 2013 #10

No, actually, it's not natural. Igel Sep 2013 #21

That's not necessarily true Gov101 Sep 2013 #71

What a stupid, embarrassing idiot. delrem Sep 2013 #11

the "teenage daughter insisted on catting around town in short-shorts"? Warren DeMontague Sep 2013 #12

Who wears short shorts? Earth_First Sep 2013 #14

Totally. Warren DeMontague Sep 2013 #15

I'll up that one ismnotwasm Sep 2013 #56

You know, I see that picture and all I can think of is, "please don't smoke that thing, John" Warren DeMontague Sep 2013 #58

Yeah true that ismnotwasm Sep 2013 #61

I wore a dress through the Castro one Halloween. Warren DeMontague Sep 2013 #62

LOL ismnotwasm Sep 2013 #65

Heh. I also established that I look shitty in drag. Warren DeMontague Sep 2013 #66

Aw...Give "fucking goofy" a chance Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2013 #24

Maybe this is just me being a GenXer, but my father wore shorts that short ALL THE TIME. politicat Sep 2013 #13

Sweet Christ, the coaching shorts were awful. JoeyT Sep 2013 #37

Good try Dad... defacto7 Sep 2013 #16

Yes... Raine1967 Sep 2013 #28

I agree. I don't think public humiliation of children and teens is a good parenting tactic stevenleser Sep 2013 #42

The daughter insisted on "catting around town"? Nice. n/t pnwmom Sep 2013 #17

If by 'catting around town' they mean Raine1967 Sep 2013 #29

That jumped out at me too. Squinch Sep 2013 #31

His first mistake was naming his daughter Myley. Atman Sep 2013 #18

+1 n/t n2doc Sep 2013 #20

"catting around town" alcibiades_mystery Sep 2013 #22

She was an "unruly teen" jberryhill Sep 2013 #32

It's like he doesn't know how teens think. Brickbat Sep 2013 #23

He didn't teach her a lesson: he slut shamed her Raine1967 Sep 2013 #27

Do you really buy this? lunamagica Sep 2013 #45

Yes, I do. Raine1967 Sep 2013 #49

A teenage girl who likes to show skin does it because lunamagica Sep 2013 #51

You are proving the point of the link I posted. Raine1967 Sep 2013 #52

I do that after I sell you some swamp land eom lunamagica Sep 2013 #55

Are you done trolling me? Raine1967 Sep 2013 #63

You are the one who started with the insults. eom lunamagica Sep 2013 #64

You need a better definition of the word insult. Raine1967 Sep 2013 #69

There you go again. eom lunamagica Sep 2013 #70

Controlling Asshole Slut-Shames Daughter jberryhill Sep 2013 #33

+100000 NuclearDem Sep 2013 #35

Thank you. Gravitycollapse Sep 2013 #67

I keep rereading this trying to figure out what the lesson is. Brickbat Sep 2013 #34

The lesson is: An_enlightened_soul Sep 2013 #36

"I am as embarrassed by you wearing short shorts as you are by me doing the same thing" (nt) Recursion Sep 2013 #77

Seems there's another lesson here...it's possible to ignore something you don't like and enjoy Brickbat Sep 2013 #80

I think Myley should have taught him a lesson jmowreader Sep 2013 #38

my daught was thirteen with a womans body babydollhead Sep 2013 #39

Do you think it's any different in a one-piece? Dream on. pnwmom Sep 2013 #41

Slink around? gollygee Sep 2013 #79

She goes down stairs, alone or in pairs jberryhill Sep 2013 #81

"Catting around town" and "modest is hottest"... Vashta Nerada Sep 2013 #40

Many others have said the same thing and I agree. Disgusting rhetoric by Dad riderinthestorm Sep 2013 #47

no one wants to see man thighs.... alphafemale Sep 2013 #43

Well, that's point isn't it... CJCRANE Sep 2013 #44

I think it's funny. Quantess Sep 2013 #53

My Mister...who is the perfect compact model...wears shorter cut-offs. Not quite as short... Tikki Sep 2013 #54

Yawn... nomorenomore08 Sep 2013 #57

This is slut shaming garbage. Gravitycollapse Sep 2013 #68

Dad who wears "Best Dad Ever" shirt.... that he gave himself Warren DeMontague Sep 2013 #72

RAPE CULTURE, anyone? alp227 Sep 2013 #73

"Catting around" ?? gollygee Sep 2013 #78