Dads don't care about their yard looking nice. They just want to be left alone for a couple of hours each week. amirite?

I just don't want a yard full of fleas and ticks.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

I do it to make the neighborhood jealous. Almost every time I do it one neighbor nearby will suddenly cut theirs. It's the equivalent of yawning. It is contagious to neighbors

by Anonymous 3 years ago

It's so true, I'll hear my neighbor start his lawnmower and get a little whisper in the back of my mind telling me I need to mow mine as well.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Haha, the best kind of flex

by Anonymous 3 years ago

We were the first this year. Felt like Queen of the neighborhood. Our next door neighbors were next.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

So true! I pulled my mower out and my neighbor came running over say "Don't you do it!! Cause then I'll have to do it too!", I was kind enough to delay it a week for him, looked like rain anyways.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Its less about the grass looking nice and more about it not looking like crap.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

I do like the freedom away from screaming kids, however, I also like a nice lawn and garden.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

My dad used to crawl over the lawn manually pulling out weeds. He wanted a perfect lawn.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

My dad used to walk around weekly with the poo shovel. We had no pets. Back then no one picked up their dog poop.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Maybe you were an annoying kid?

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Some people do chores and take care of thier yards. Not just eat junk food and play video games all day.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Same.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

I have to disagree. My dad, myself (f) and my eldest son (35) are pretty keen gardeners. Gardening most of the time is an excuse to be outside.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

It's a productive family bonding activity

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Smart dads get their kids to help, or get the kids to do it on their own.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Once my neighbor cuts his I have 72 hours to respond.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

My Dad just liked to compete with the neighbours

by Anonymous 3 years ago

It's a healthier habit than crack cocaine

by Anonymous 3 years ago

My dad would have to heavily disagree with this sentiment

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Took my dad 25 years of marriage to agree to hire a lawn crew because he is ultra meticulous. Cameras for the neighbors who don't pick up after their dogs on his lawn (can't believe that actually worked..!) Not sure what he does to be left. He's not out on the lawn though; just poofs.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Nope, my dad just likes his yard to look nice.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Ha, ha- I bet this is true!

by Anonymous 3 years ago

My dad came through one afternoon and said to me, "Son, it takes years to master the harmful illiations of the day, but only a day to take a year for a ride." From that point on, the boat never worked and my friend said it wasnt.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

If this is true, surely that's a really sad situation, no?

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Unless they ask you to help them.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Yes, I used to wonder as a teen why my dad spent so much time doing DIY on house, building 2 cars, rebuilding his garage 3 times. I have 4 kids now and I don't sit down lol

by Anonymous 3 years ago

This will make where I'm from sound much smaller than it is, but a girlfriend from my HS/College day's Dad would come home and mow the lawn every single day. It's a big lawn and all, but he 100% did it to avoid being inside. He rarely even came into the house from work. Just straight to the tractor. Not that small a town but again… I was fly fishing just the other day with my friend, who grew up in the house next to said exgf and mow happy father. His parents and her parents still live there and he mentioned that he mows the lawn every single day to the complete annoyance of my friends dad to this day. My friends Dad literally cuts the lawn with an old school manual push grass cutter to this day because it apparently is better for the environment and doesn't cause noise pollution. Still can't believe those two ended up living directly next to each other for the last 40 years like that.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

That's insane.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

I took up marathon running when I had young children…

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Beer and ride

by Anonymous 3 years ago

This is why we need to normalize child-less families and having them when and if you want them and not because we're told to and expected to. Resulting in husband who can't stand their families, wives who can't stand their husbands, and kids seeing constant toxic relationships duct taped together "for the kids".

by Anonymous 3 years ago

I'm not allowed to smoke a cigar in the house. So my yard gets mowed twice a week

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Naw, they care. Doesn't matter if you're worth a billion dollars if Frank across the street thinks your yard looks like crap. He'll make fun of you.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

This is my personal hypothesis when I see 30 boats on a lake with a single occupant on a windy, rainy day on a lake that contains at most, 1 pound fish. They don't want to fish, they just want to get away from their wives and kids.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

As a lawn obsessed person… no. Although it is a nice side bar.

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Speak for yourself

by Anonymous 3 years ago

Clearly OP isn't a dad

by Anonymous 3 years ago

This explains almost all "male" activities.

by Anonymous 3 years ago