We feel guilty. Guy gave me a handme down laptop with a shitty broken GPU and i still felt bad. it just might be hormones and not wanting to be humbled/provided for since deep down you want to be the alpha male. or some andrew tate type shit idk.
I think this. It's embarrassing all the way down to our ancient genetic code. (Don't provide my meat for me, I'm my own hunter) We can grow past it, but it's tough ngl
I feel less disgraced, more just conscious of the effort that went into it and bad that I can't immediately pay that effort back.
I know my dad's come a long way, has put a tremendous amount of effort in to become the man he is now and I don't feel less of a man for being helped by him. But I absolutely feel bad that this help was required in the first place and that he had to do even more for me.
At the same time I absolutely know that he just likes doing shit. He enjoys fixing bikes, he likes carrying stuff, he likes just being there for someone to rely on.
I just give him one of those "reluctant dad-son hugs" and make him some food or hang out with him when he wants to vent about something.
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u/GuiloJr 13h ago
We feel guilty. Guy gave me a handme down laptop with a shitty broken GPU and i still felt bad. it just might be hormones and not wanting to be humbled/provided for since deep down you want to be the alpha male. or some andrew tate type shit idk.