I mean, that's probably not gonna get the girl, but I think you taught her dad a little humility
Ideally sure, but I don't think the kinda guy that does that is big on learnin'
On the contrary: guys like that are big on fear. That's at the root of conservatism and toxic masculinity: fear of losing one's life, one's property, one's place in the social hierarchy.
When he saw another gun come out, he felt fear. Nothing teaches you better than that.
oh god. my first girlfriend's dad showed me his gun collection the first time I visited the house and I got so absorbed in field stripping his MAK-90 that I forgot she was there
I mean yeah, funny greentext, fake and gay and all, but is that an actual thing that happens across the big pond?
If someone did that in Europe they'd be in serious legal trouble if the threatened party sues.
Sounds legal overall for America. "Brandishing" is generally illegal, i.e pulling out your gun and pointing it at or actively threatening someone with it, regardless if you fire it.
Pulling out your legal gun in your home and setting it flat on your table? Hard to argue it was a threatening without a stated threat or some other action. It may have been one, but id be suprised if anyone would arrest someone over that.
OP pulling his own gun does make this a hilarious and potentially deadly situation. It's very possible the father is a scared pissbaby and just starts blasting.
So, what do we Europeans whip out and place on the coffee table to make a statement?
A bottle of wine. Good wine preferably.
Never had someone point a gun at me like that, but I dated a girl in college that had a dickhead 2nd amendment gun nut dad who never missed an opportunity to mention he had guns and wasn't afraid to use them if I "didn't take good care of his daughter." It didn't intimidate me in the slightest though, and just let me know he was a scared, insecure loser.
I had just finished my range day and I had my guns stripped for cleaning when my step daughter dropped of my son for his weekend visit with her boyfriend.
I wasn't trying to flex or anything, but I did find it funny. Luckily she married a different guy after college.
"Step daughter dropped of my son" has a real Alabama vibe.
I literally don't understand the relationships in his comment. I simply can't get my head around it
OP (dad), married a woman and accepted her daughter into the family, making her his stepdaughter. We'll call her Drake. Dad already had a son from a previous marriage. We'll call the son Josh. Drake and Josh became close stepsiblings. Drake started dating a boy, who we'll call Freddy. Drake introduced Freddy to Josh, and they hang out every week at Josh's place to play Overwatch. Drake brought Freddy to her house, where dad was cleaning his guns, just in time for Freddy to walk past on his way to Josh's room.
Thanks for sharing the rest of the post. But I'm confused about who is speaking what during the last three lines after "even on our dates".
GF: "Did you always have a gun?"
Anon: "I always carry"
GF: "Even on our dates? Did you think I was gonna rob you or something?"
Anon: "Muggers don't wait until it's convienient for you to get robbed, you know?"
GF: "Oh that makes sense."
Tbh i dont understand this. Probably because im european plus im tired but i cant figure it out.
Dad shows a gun to show OP he's a badass. Op doesn't realize and shows his gun.
Common American culture is that you're supposed to show your gun on the third date with the family, not the first. You're also supposed to have a Mexican standoff when you walk into the house, with dad aiming at you, you're aiming at dad, dog aims at GF, etc. And if he's lucky, they have a rousing game of Russian roulette before tapas.
Totally understandable if you didn't know. Just basic 2A knowledge every American learns about during elementary school.
I guess this is where the concept of the "nuclear family" comes from then? After the initial courtship hostilities, the escalation of the arms race is inevitable.
dad aiming at you, you're aiming at dad, dog aims at GF, etc.
The Aristocrats!
To give you a slightly more serious answer, there's a trope in America of the girl friend's dad doing something to "subtly intimidate" the boy friend by casually cleaning a gun or having one within sight the first time they meet. The implication of course is supposed to be something along the lines of "I've got this and if you try anything funny with my daughter, I'll use it on you"
It's dumb but I've also known more than a few people who have experienced this first hand.
It gives say-no-to-me-or-any-other-male-in-my-fam-and-we’ll-dump-acid-on-you vibes
It's a thing that basic dickhead fathers look forward to doing; threatening their daughter's boyfriend in case he ever thinks he and his girlfriend might ever want to have sex.
Repost + it's missing the rest of the joke at the end.
What is the part that is missing about?
The boyfriend interpreted as a bonding moment.
The father meant his placing the gun as a threat and got "called" on his bluff and gets angry.
I mean I kinda understand the threat and bonding mismatch from what we have. The part where he gets angry is missing.
I am pretty sure I am not allowed to pull out and place even an airsoft gun on the table where I live. The rules clearly state that it must be kept locked in a safe. That would be an easy way to get someone's license revoked if you record it...
Welcome to America
I don't think this is legal basically anywhere. In the US, this would be brandishing or threatening with a deadly weapon.
It’d be hard to prove brandishing. As another poster said, it’s a legal weapon, in the homeowners abode, placed on the table, not pointed at or waived at the person, with nothing said around it. It’d be really hard to prove anything. He’ll, look at the white couple that was literally brandishing their guns and they almost got away with it.
Yeah maybe. Doesn't seem to stop redneck fathers of teenage girls in conservative states. They consider it a rite of passage for fatherhood.
My FIL did a gun cleaning night when I was first taking his daughter out on dates. Had 3 guns disassembled on the kitchen table and let me know they'd be reassembled by the time I brought her home. He's a really nice guy, but yes, that shit is "normal" in the US
It isn't normal, the weirdos just think everyone else acts like them.
Hell, that could work fine. At least there's one big button issue they would agree on for sure.
Is that a "who has a bigger dick" competiton ?
No, whose is smaller.
Chad move!
There's my daily literal lol. Thanks OP!
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