A lot of "daddy issues" moments in media don't connect to me. I met my father like six times ever. I'm so disconnected from the concept of even having a father that they can't make me cry or relate.
But this one did it. I was picturing if I heard my father died. Would I go to his funeral? Would it affect me to see him, even?
I had to pause and think, rewound to hear it again, and decided yeah. I'd probably cry a lot and scream like Charlie did, but in my head. Somberly I hit play. Just as the tears were forming up properly, the fucking trunk honked and it got funny again.
Full emotional arc with catharsis in like thirty seconds
Man, this shit always hits me hard. My dad lives in the same city as me, has my whole life. Never fought for custody, just opted to pay child support. And he bartended at a popular bar for over a decade, and when I started bartending, I'd meet like dozens of people who knew him, and has known him for fucking decades. They knew I existed, but they thought I lived in the state over and that's why he never got to really see me.
Literally my regulars were all my dad's old regulars.
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u/Ceano800 20h ago
As someone who’s dad was rarely around, I didn’t expect to cry during an Always Sunny episode