Paternity?

By Iain Aschendale · Jan 23, 2019 · 918 · 11
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  1. TMW you're walking home from dinner with your wife and there's a group of young gaijin outside the local market enjoying a few (!) drinks and one of them shouts at you "Oh my god, is that my dad?!?"

    Well, true, I take my styling cues more from Leonard Cohen and/or Mad Men than from Jay Kay or P. Diddy, but considering that the young man shouting at me looked to be in his early 20s and I'm in my late 40s, I wondered what sort of point he was trying to make. I suppose if he could give me a list of his mother's tattoos and favored coital vocalizations we could tell for sure, but, well, yeah kid, I look old enough to be your dad because I'm old enough to be your dad.

    Doesn't bother me, does it bother you?
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  1. GrahamLewis
    Whatever else, he apparently succeeded in getting under your skin,
    GrahamLewis, Jan 23, 2019
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  2. Malisky
    Not at all. From the context I got that you shared the same dressing style so maybe he admired you? I'd find this somewhat flattering. "Yes sonny. I'm here to prove our existence to the world." When I was eighteen I met my favorite (at the time) writer and we had somewhat of the same style (hers was cooler though because it came with a big motorcycle and a leather jacket). I thought she looked very cool. I thought I'd look like that too when I reached her age.
    Malisky, Jan 23, 2019
  3. pyroglyphian
    Well, many congratulations if you are the father.
    pyroglyphian, Jan 23, 2019
  4. Manuforti
    You should have said "No but I banged your mum!" Then tried as hard as possible to look like you are serious about Jujitsu.
    Manuforti, Jan 23, 2019
  5. Cave Troll
    Maury Show, Japan Edition? :p

    I suppose some people are just weird like that, and
    like to point out the familiarity they see between you
    and someone that they know.

    Perhaps his dad, is your doppelganger and that is why
    he said it.

    Like a tootsie pop, the world may never know...:)
    Cave Troll, Jan 23, 2019
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  6. paperbackwriter
    I'd be in shock if someone said that to me.
    paperbackwriter, Jan 24, 2019
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  7. Alan Aspie
    Well...

    Young guy does not know who's his dad, but he's surely trying to find it out.

    If he asks every candidate that fits the description, he might find it out.
    Alan Aspie, Jan 24, 2019
  8. Manuforti
    You probably just looked a lot like his dad and he was engaging in a bit of self deprecation
    Manuforti, Jan 24, 2019
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  9. Iain Aschendale
    But isn't our job as writers to take what life throws at us and poke it like a loose tooth until a blog entry or ten volume series comes out?


    There was a movie starring Bill Murray similar to this, but the other way around :)
    Iain Aschendale, Jan 24, 2019
  10. GrahamLewis
    "But isn't our job as writers to take what life throws at us and poke it like a loose tooth until a blog entry or ten volume series comes out?"

    True enough, and you have well-described and successfully immortalized that encounter, at least for purposes of this site.
    GrahamLewis, Jan 24, 2019
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  11. Some Guy
    "Your mom is a nice lady."
    Some Guy, Aug 4, 2020
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