#daywithdad

[thedeltaz]

Our Dad turned 65 today! So we took him to see Space Shuttle Endeavor. He’s wanted to see the shuttle for years. Our Dad has always had our back, always supported us playing music and we’re so proud to call him Dad. Love ya Dad happy 65th! To many more years of exploration 🎉 🍾 #dad #happy65thbirthday #happy65 #spaceshuttleendeavor #spaceshuttle #deltaz #californiasciencecenter #plaidshits #dadhats #daywithdad #happybdaydad (at California Science Center)

[color-me-young]

Yesterday I went out with my dad to get some supplies for some handiwork we’re doing over vacation.  I am a 21 year old female home from college. Once we got home, my dad told me that he counted the young men (ranging 20-26 years old) that tried to interact with me.  I say tried not because I turned away, ignored them, or shut them down but because I did not recognize that they were trying to get my attention.  

My dad, having once been a young man himself, obviously is more versed in young male communication.  6 young men tried to get my attention.  6 young men that I did not notice and he did. I did not notice one of them.  How did they try to interact with me? “Hello.”’s muttered under their breath, head nods, and ‘ridiculous actions’ as my dad described. 

How is this significant? These young men all count me as a girl who ignored them. A girl that shut them down. A bitch. A cunt. In my town a lot of young men complain about the ‘quality of women’. At the same time I was feeling undesirable because since being home not one man had tried to flirt with me.  

A lesson for the lads: SPEAK UP. ‘Let me get that for you [door, package, something out of reach, etc].’ even an ‘excuse me’ as you pass her by goes a long way. Women do not have super sonic hearing. If you're talking under your breath and I'm having a conversation with someone else I WILL NOT HEAR YOU. Girls do not speak boy.  We don't look for head nods as a synonym for ‘hi’. For all we know you had a crick in your neck.  

A note for the ladies: People are not perfect communicators. A lot of communication is not through what you hear but what you see. Or in situations like this, what you don't hear or see.  Just because men are not going out of their way to talk to you as they do in romantic comedies doesn't mean you are unattractive or undesirable. You never know who tries to talk to you when you're distracted or the signals that are just not being properly conveyed between the sexes.  

[timhiatt]

Getting the Cuda out today. #ducktailrun2017 #daywithdad

[harlowejeansmom]

Family walk down memory lane 🌿⛪️ #stpiusxschool #sundaywalk #holycrossseminary #stpiusxchurch #nostalgia #childhoodmemories #fathersdayweekend #daywithdad (at Holy Cross Seminary)

[upsidedownamy]

DAY 145 #handstand365_2017 for @inversionjunkieapparel #daywithdad #sundownadventureland #handstand365_familyedition (at Sundown Adventureland)

[jesuis-joy]

Hey papa. #daywithdad #somewhereinpennsylvania

[mr-adventurer]

A few months back we had a fun day out working downtown #daywithdad #kcstreetcar @pierponts #dinosaur #roar @warbyparker #thelittlemomments (at Union Station Kansas City Inc.)