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Mouth-Pastry

I'm still coming to terms with the fact that 2002 was over 20 years ago.


writergeek313

I’m a college professor, and I mentioned something about 9/11 in my first-year class last week. Then I realized I was the only person in the room who was alive when 9/11 happened.


OwlLavellan

I'm a college secretary. One of the Faculty I work with walked into my office saying "well, it finally happened." They had this exact same thing.


Careful_Swordfish742

I hope this doesn’t come across as insensitive but I feel like 9/11 is our generations Great Depression or Vietnam war. “Back in my day…” and “you weren’t alive when this happened but it was crazy…” etc etc. same with the war in the Middle East. we saw a historical event ourselves and watched it become a historical event (almost, still pretty recent in my opinion). But historical events are happening across the world every day. We are just living through it instead of reading about it in a textbook.


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Just wait until people dont believe Covid was a thing because it’s so nuts


Nocty3248

People already thought Covid wasn’t a thing in 2020. By 2040 people will claim it was good for us or something.


GarthVader45

I remember people saying they were trying to get it so they could “strengthen their immune system the natural way”, which is practically claiming it was good for us.


hell_ORC

Well for those who were unvaccinated and had it and survived without consequences that is technically true.


Dull-Geologist-8204

That has always been a thing. Check out chicken pox parties.


viola-purple

There will be more pandemics coming up


nobody_smith723

it was kinda interesting to watch aprox 2 million americans die. a 9/11 every 1-3 days (more americans dead than every war we've fought) and half the nation get violently upset at the thought of doing anything to help their fellow americans


kawaiifie

Just checked and it wasn't 2 million, the number of American deaths from covid is 1,175,172. That's of course still a fucking lot though - in fact, it's more than the amount of American soldiers who died in every war since the Civil War **combined**. Yes including WW1, WW2, Korea, Vietnam, Gulf war, Afghanistan, Iraq... The number for all those wars is only about 1,164,900 which is insane to think about. And yet 9/11 still means more to national identity than so many deaths from the pandemic. It's mindblowing to think about.


daaaayyyy_dranker

I remember thinking this way about Operation Desert Storm


IrascibleOcelot

I thought the seminal event in my life was seeing the wall come down. I mention it today and kids would probably say “what wall?”


Ferocious77

Old enough to remember the wall. Served in the Middle East, and am currently in Baghdad. It's weird that I lived through the history that my kids learn about in school.


Tight_Syllabub9423

I am particularly irritated by people demanding sources for my personal experience. I was there, I was one of the people involved. I'm a primary source. And yeah, that doesn't necessarily make me a reliable and trustworthy source. But still. ETA Not 9/11 or the Berlin Wall in my case.


ViaNocturna664

When it happened, I thought it would become the defining event of my generation, something that would go down in history as the most (in)famous event of the beginning of the third millennium. Now, several terrorist attacks later, coupled with an economic crisis, wars and a goddamn pandemic, it feels like just another bad event. It's like you said - for us who were in their early twenties in 2001, Vietnam is as distant to us as 9/11 is to people who are 20 today.


Joeman180

I think Covid will be the next gens “9/11” like our kids won’t be able to understand it


Independent_Plum2166

Well there’s a disease subset of history, from the Black Plague, to smallpox, Spanish flu to Polio, and now Covid.


Cpt_Soban

I volunteer for search and rescue and help out the Cadet section of the group- Much the same, none were even BORN when 9/11 happened. They were discussing it one training day and I said "oh yeah I remember watching it live on TV, I was your age then" they couldn't believe it. That said it's hilarious to tell teenagers that "yes I have a gaming PC *and a steam account*". First time I mentioned it- One looked at me stunned and said.... "But you're *old!*" (I'm 36).


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My steam account is older than a few of my junior colleagues.


FormerlyShawnHawaii

Lol, I remember, years ago, playing Call of Duty and these kids were griefing me for being “an old guy that still plays cal of duty”. “Do you idiots think call of duty and video games are designed by a bunch of 12 year olds?!” They became silent after that lol


Gildardo1583

>. "But you're > >old! > >" (I'm 36) HAHAHAHA


moustachiooo

In my early 20's, I remember sparring with this dude and he told me to slow down as he was 36, I replied something to the effect of 'damn, yr really old. ' I'll be crossing 50 soon :-(


JoMamaSoFatYo

Oh my dear god…are we really considered “old” now?… 34F here I mean, I DO get called “ma’am” at times, but gotdamn…😭 When Halo Infinite came out a few years back, I played and actually bonded quite well with a young group of guys, youngest one being like 15. I called him a squeaker and his older brothers (20’s) loved it and joined in. Then, of course, I had to let them make fun of me for being old enough to be his (squeaker) mom as well as being married…🤣


cracksilog

Just to put in perspective how old we all are: Kids born after 9/11 are now old enough *to drink*. And we’re so old that they don’t remember a time where you could smoke but not be able to drink legally


ChewySlinky

I’m “old” enough to remember them raising the smoking age, one of my friends was pissed even though neither of us were 18 to begin with lmfao


Dragonborn83196

I was pissed when it happened because I was 20 the year it happened in California, and California did it before everyone else. I know smoking is not healthy but I pretty much already had the habit. Luckily I had some coworkers that were willing to help me out.


No_Bookkeeper_6183

I’m old enough that when I was in high school there was a outdoor smoking area for students


Mehmeh111111

This confused the hell out of me. I had no idea they raised the smoking age from 18 to 21.


Sea_Insurance_1756

Me too. I thought the smoking age was still 19 in AL and 18 nearly everywhere else. Had no clue it was raised to 21, here or in any other state. Apparently, if it doesn't affect you, no one much cares


ensalys

Wait, the USA smoking age is under the drinking age? That's some insane shit.


TheRealKingBorris

It used to be 18 for tobacco, now it’s 21.


nbandqueerren

Wait... they upped the smoking age from 19?


Honest_Roo

I feel you there. I’m a much older college person. Was in class when I realized what day it was. The teacher wrote the day on the board. No one said a word about it. Weirdest moment. Especially as a veteran


butt_cheeks69

Just wait until someone glances at your ID and says, "you're old enough, I see the 19".


Alric_Rahl

Yeah, that shit hits different.


Beowulf33232

It's so much fun to mention being born in the late nineteen hundreds, and watch people think for a moment.


Ok_Square_2479

Even more alarming when the year is 1919


SeoulGalmegi

Right. I was like that can't possibly mean she was born in 2002, that would make her only..... oh, wait....


SillyNuffer

I feel the same like 2002 was like 5 years ago lol


3rDuck

I *still* remember that the mascots were named Powder, Copper, and Coal.


MrHyde_Is_Awake

My "baby" was born in 2001, and invited me to a pub to catch up. They ordered us a few pints of beer.


ParkingNecessary8628

Right. I am old... ancient..I graduated from college 1995...I am a dinosaur 😂😂😂


beaglemomma2Dutchy

19 years ago. I got married in 2003 and my 20th Anniversary is in 2 weeks.


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You mean 5th anniversary. Congratulations by the way!


Odsoone

man, i just tried to to the quick math in my head and was like wait, isn’t this illegal?


VTGCamera

Exactly, and someone from 1974 maybe has grown up kids.


The_Merciless_Potato

And here I am trying to figure how tf 4 years went by since 2020.


Brilliant_Canary_692

Bless you for thinking we're in 2022 when we're closer now to 2024


acnocte

The facepalm is clearly wishing your bf a happy Father’s Day when you point out he abandoned his children to hookup with you


ZERO-ONE0101

it’s not real though someone took this couple’s photos off the internet and then wrote some snarky caption


Gloomy-Impress-2881

Rage bait. The internet is fuelled by it now. It always sort of has been but now more than ever. It's all so tiresome.


ZERO-ONE0101

clicks = money I wonder if it’s culturally possible to make it lame to have strong opinions about people you don’t know


Void_Speaker

I feel like every time we have a big revolution in technology, and it starts mixing with the profit motive, shit gets worse. The Industrial age made us all disaffected and swimming in pollution. The Information age has turned everything into bullshit and infotainment.


DorkyMcDorky

>Rage bait. There's no more real facepalms. 1/2 these posts are troll farms and meant to be rage bait. I didn't scroll far enough yet, but someone is going to turn this into a sexist argument below - because it's a troll farm. Most of the accounts that troll are no more than a couple months old.


kantoblight

So, a perfectly happy couple going on with their lives suddenly wondering why random people hate them.


LSUguyHTX

I figured, dude does not look 49


DeflateGape

I could believe 49, but he’s pretty buff so he’s in great shape for 49.


DorkyMcDorky

>he’s pretty buff so he’s in great shape for 49. Which would make the age difference believable... However, the wording is CLEARLY made to make rage bait.


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That’s what I was thinking, why is Bob Saget built like fuckin Clark Kent hanging out in Thailand?


mortimus9

And it’s so obvious too. It’s amazing how easy people choose to be mad at random strangers.


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CheshireKetKet

Yep. I dated a girl who cheated on her ex with me. And then she cheated on me. Fair. I walked into that one. Learned my lesson the first time, so not in vain.


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CheshireKetKet

This. Like. I'm not monogamous myself. I'd be chill if she'd just talked to me about it. (I didn't know I wasn't monogamous back then. But I've never really been monogamous?) People wanna hate on poly, but accepting it into society would save so many relationships and save everybody's time. Like. Just admit you need more than one partner. And get with someone who consents to that.


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Candy_Says1964

That also happens when you “rescue” someone from some BS situation they’re in. Eventually someone else will “rescue” them from you.


chaostheories36

I think that’s less important than how easy it would be to just leave her, a girlfriend, than it was to leave a wife and three kids. He might cough one day and be gone


cyrixlord

he'll cheat on her when shes old enough


cyrixlord

I had no idea that was a flex. wow


VTGCamera

If he's born in 1974, his kids were probably born in the 90s? Maybe they're grown ups now... I don't think they're infants, but only they know for real


ndoty_sa

I was born in 74, had my first kid at 27 or 28, around 2002.


Either-Percentage-78

I was born in 74 and my kids were born in 09 and 14.


mixmastakooz

‘74 and my kid is almost four months!


VTGCamera

So, more than 20 years old... still young to get their father lost if they used to have a good relationship


airwalker08

I was born in '74 and my kid is 10


Kingkongcrapper

She says abandoned which infers they are likely still in school. Let’s say he started late at 30 and went every two years starting in either 2003 or 2004. That would be 18, 16, and 14. It’s likely he’s been checking out his kid’s classmates.


VTGCamera

Agree... even if they are early 20s, if they had a good relationship is a shitty situation.


thesqrtofminusone

Lol 30 is not ‘late’ to be starting a family


[deleted]

I’m sure she sees him as her daddy lol


johnnypurp

I bet his kids are around his Gf’s age


ppw23

Possibly, I can’t imagine at any point in my life thinking that breaking up a family would be something to be proud of. I had a friend who was married and very promiscuous. She met some guy online that was married with his first child on the way. I asked her if she just enjoyed competing with other women constantly. I pointed out she should walk away from the guy since they didn’t really have a relationship and encourage the guy to work on his relationship or leave it. I wouldn’t want to be any part of that equation. I no longer speak with her. Got tired of the sleazy drama.


johnnypurp

I think they get off on the thrill of doing things they’re not supposed to be doing.


KelenHeller_1

I think it's more like, "he's married and has kids, but I'm so sexy and incredible he dumped them to be with me."


ppw23

That’s part of it, but it’s a bit more malicious I’m afraid.


johnnypurp

I would probably have so much stress /anxiety if I was in a situation where I had to hide a relationship from my wife. Idk how people can do it without remorse.


SunshotDestiny

Not to mention the future one when she gets left by him for another woman.


Independent-Tap1315

Just because he was born in the 1970’s doesn’t mean he has to wear pants from the 1970’s.


twohedwlf

Those are 90s.


KNT-cepion

Those are hideous.


Nuclear_eggo_waffle

those are 90s


hayitsnine

“Elephants frolicking on the shore with a young piece” is the name of this set of PJ’s.


jGor4Sure

Nothing says “Bangkok” like a pair of Khao San Road Elephant pants.


ppw23

That was my overall impression from this post.


internetALLTHETHINGS

Those are a popular staple for Western travelers to SE Asia. My husband and I did our honeymoon there 7 years ago and every white girl was wearing some crazy loose fitting elephant pants.


smorkoid

Those are popular among the Thailand traveler crowd


Dutchie_in_Nz

I bought these EXACT same pants in Bangkok a few months ago. Same colours and everything. I feel a little sick now.


Independent-Tap1315

I ![gif](giphy|RmWrAFLqhUtdm)


Low-Librarian-2733

I’ve seen this couple on tiktok, weird age gap but I don’t recall her saying he left his wife and kids for her? Probably a ragebait post but also maybe I didn’t see that part


WhatIsThisAccountFor

It’s definitely to get clicks and views. No way she’d be posting about this if it actually happened


DorkyMcDorky

>Probably a ragebait Probably? I mean, it's simply a wrong post and the admins should remove it. They won't because ragebait fuels this sub


Cocksmash_McIrondick

Fuck the age gap, wtf is that man?? Jacked af for no reason with a Millhouse face and forearms longer than her…


Amkha

WTF did I just read?!?! 🤦


kingbob123456

My ex dumped me to date her math teacher after we graduated high school (he’s 52). Life’s weird sometimes


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LOL dude that sucks... RIP in piece.


Kaiju_zero

I couldn't care less about how different the age is between a couple. But being so 'happy' that he left his wife & three kids should tell you that he will likely leave you, too.


Professional_Link630

Probably not without knocking her up first then finding an even younger thing. Ew.


Ok_Square_2479

She's not smart enough to realize that


UnfortunatelySimple

To be fair, it's all how you read it. If he had kids before he was 30, then his kids are past 18. So when it says left his wife and kids behind, he may have left his adult kids and wife that was all but ex wife other than name. Or they could be young kids and a very sad wife. Bit hard to judge anything from this post other than the age gap.


BroItsJesus

Yeah, he's around the same age as my parents and I'm married with kids of my own. It's still creepy but it doesn't necessarily mean he didn't finish raising his kids


Positive_Opossum99

Totally not the point and not in any way condoning this dumpster fire but.... the man's lookin good for 49. Just sayin.


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AletzRC21

His face is, maybe his body hasn't caught up with his age. But he looks like a younger Bill Gates


veilosa

he is like the Asian gold digger's dream man. white. tall. big nose. not fat. money. all other aspects of character and circumstance don't matter after that.


Ecstatic-Compote-595

big nose?


Goochmohawk

A narrow nose is viewed as high class moreso than a less protruding but wide nose in SEA typically, but it’s a bit more complicated.


smorkoid

Really? He's about my age and he looks much older than me


Inevitable_Count_370

You won the genes lottery.


smorkoid

Maybe, but especially in that first picture I thought he was pushing 60


YesMan847

hate to say it but it's true. he has the body of a fit 20 year old. face is decent too. he was probably very handsome when he was young.


KingKFCc

Probably shitpost tbh


Kavoglio

Go to Thailand and you’ll see this everywhere


smorkoid

Usually a bigger gap


Inevitable_Count_370

Huh? A BIGGER gap?? 😐


smorkoid

Yeah, it's not unusual to see some bald retired dude with a wife in her 20s


deutschHotel

Bragging about ruining a marriage. That's classy.


pokpokza

He left his wife and children for her. It is his fault lol. If you lose to temptation it is always your fault. You have a choice and you choose to cheat.


Inevitable_Count_370

He is the cheater and no one denies that. He is 100% at fault. But she is also at fault for having no problem going with a married man and bragging about it.


deutschHotel

You have a choice to do heroin, doesn't make the drug dealer any less of a piece of shit.


gypsycookie1015

![gif](giphy|bcs2sG50Bjxihh8AlD)


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Mic drop.


HauteToast

She’s got agency too. She could have chosen to walk away but here she is, bragging about it which meant she made an active choice to be a part of this.


kgro

“Elephant pants” is a derogatory term in Thailand directed at the “spiritual” white people who can’t think beyond stereotypes and are wearing elephant patterned pants that are not representative of Thai culture, but is a recent design by a commercial enterprise to sell to tourists. And she knows it


Own_Abbreviations859

People who abandon their children are the scum of the Earth, every child deserves a loving a caring mother and father


313_YAMEII

I feel bad for his ex wife and his kids.


wilmaismyhomegirl83

“Hi I married a sex tourist that left his family for me!”


SoliusNoctis

He abandoned his wife and bailed on his kids to chase a young piece of ass. Not worthy of respect.


CayseyBee

My son was born in 2002. I was born in 78…he’s 4 years older than me…🤮


wordnerdette

Yeah, i’m about the same age gap with my son as this couple. Ew.


[deleted]

Sorry, but your Son can’t be 4 years older than you.


smorkoid

Not with that attitude


JinnJuice80

Happy Father’s Day to the father that abandoned his kids! Yay 🙄🙄🙄


ALPHA_sh

so she wishes a happy fathers day to this guy for... not being a father?


BadHairDay-1

I am his exact age. My youngest child is her age. Eww. How is this okay?


OkBackground8809

She looks like a child next to him; it's a little creepy.


BenTheSurvivor

I've never gotten the logic behind "Oh sb cheated on their partner for me", Like yes this person is capable of cheating on their partner, so there is a high propability they will do the same to you.


ParkingAd5312

Is that Bill gates on TRT?


MapleSyrupYYC

People overlook the 26 year age gap between Celine Dion and her late husband, Rene Angelil. He was a married man with 3 children who left his family. I guess when you're famous it's different.


BrinedBrittanica

pretty sure most people think it’s gross he groomed her


grammarchick

I knew there was a huge age difference with those two, but I didn't know he abandoned a family to be with her. Good grief.


sdswiki

I'm 45, my step monster is 30. My dad had me at 35..... She is a vile human being, just like my father, the both of them.


redditronal

Is this Bill Gates’ GMO clone?


Agreeable-Agent-7384

White guys leaving their wife for young Asian woman from another country should be it’s own category in divorce proceedings at this point.


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originalschmidt

There was this dude that went to the church I grew up in and he was married 2 kids, boy and a girl. Nice quiet guy, family seemed happy.. they hosted a foreign exchange student from an Asian country, I can’t remember which but the guy ended up falling in love with her and leaving his family as well but continued working at this Baptist facility that hosted summer camps and retreats. He stopped going to our church after he left his family but I ended up working at the facility one summer as a staffer/camp counselor and idk he was cool but it was really strange seeing him with that young girl and knowing a bit of what went down.. This reminds me soo much of that, the guy even looks similar to this dude, tall white nerdy look guy..


mr_wrestling

This has to be bullshit


TalsarGeldon

Bet she calls him "daddy" too.


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If they’ll do it with you, they’ll do it to you - - Dr. Phil.


FluphyBunny

Once she gets a kid he’s done. Or if his money runs out he’s done. Seen so many idiots fall for this.


7ofeggs

oh god 🤢 i was born in 2002 and my dad was born in ‘73. YUCK! that’s a little too close for my liking


Xostean

Christ, I was born in 92 and I think if I had to deal with a 21 year old I’d shoot myself, F in chat for the weird 1974 cradle rocker


Galvanized-Sorbet

That’s so sweet. I wonder what her expiration date is?


Amandastarrrr

Happy Father’s Day to the man who left being a father for me! 🤦🏼‍♀️


Apprehensive-Fun-567

If she's over 18 then it isnt an issue, it just means he's a generic two-timing dickhead.


GemoDorgon

Idc about age difference, nor leaving your wife, you know, sometimes things just don't work out. But leaving your kids to go fuck your girlfriend? :-/ that's the action of a shit dad.


Snoo3544

Happy Father's Day yeah. Totally. Abandoned his own kids to be your sugar daddy. Oh boy he's gonna have a ride awakening in 10 years time.


basicmemeheir

Mail order brides will do anything for a visa


SailingSpark

when I was 20, my uncle, my father's older brother, married a girl younger than me. She was less than half his age.


jncarolina

I barely manage 5 years with my younger wife people don’t understand that difference.


MalandiBastos

Chad


CountBlah_Blah

I thought this was swole Bill Gates for a minute until I read lol


R9D11

I guess Woody Allen is his favorite director?


JustLike_OtherGirls

So she "Happy FATHER's day" to a deadbeat guy who left his kids to be with his mistress? The irony...


MonkAny

That's fucked


Remarkable_Major_17

Fuckin weird . 🤷🏽‍♀️


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Too bad he doesn’t consider himself a father anymore. Better double up on the birth control because he won’t consider himself a father when you get pregnant.


AgainandBack

I used to work with a guy whose stepmother was about 15 years younger than he was. His father had been married five or six times, and this wasn’t the first stepmother younger than he was.


nezumysh

So *how* exactly is this guy a father?


2lamoon

🤮


Material-Display8107

That girls family should be alarmed


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Are his kids adults? Was she an adult when they started dating? Had his marriage broken down? If yes to all three...who cares!


wigzell78

Fathers Day is for fathers, not your daddy.


1ShyOrange_

This is so disturbing....


RustyKjaer

"He left his three kids #happyfathersday" How can you be oblivious?!


Hour-Ad-7889

How is him leaving his wife and kids a flex? How is being vapid a plus point? How.


Competitive_Salad351

Happy Father's day to my BF who LEFT HIS WIFE AND FAMILY TO BE WITH ME?? WTF GIRL? Petty University is in session 🙏


TheSlyFox312

Congrats on being his mid life crisis!


bharatki

What's so lucky about a man who left his 3 kids for you???? Someone willing to leave his kids can never be worthy in my eyes And look at the irony she is wishing him father's day while he left his kids 😂


JustGimmeTheDopamine

"we will always work it out" like he clearly couldn't do with his wife and 3 kids


CataOrShane

People that abandon their children don't deserve celebrations about parenting


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Idgaf about age gaps but leaving his family like that makes him a dickwad.


UnhappyStrain

Are we gonna talk about how cursed that was? Abandoning wife and 3 kids...


Pandalf82

I don't judge the age gap, but Bragging about someone who left his family for her is VERY cringe. And there is an urban legend : The way you got him is the way you lose him. So prepare for that.


TopRestaurant5395

The upgrade of all upgrades. 🤣


ScarcitySweet2362

what a beautiful love story! so it's never late for us to find happiness and live near the ocean?