​Things You Rarely Hear

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In these "things you rarely hear", there is some humor (hopefully), but they also have "things to think about.". Here are a few lines I assume you are not likely to hear very often - although quite a few people live within these circumstances.

It’s all about wisdom, listening, learning, and choices folks.

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1. Hey, if your friends are doing it, it must be okay.
2. I’ve learned so much in my safe place!
3. ​I wish I had a good reason to be on Dr. Phil’s show.
4. If only I had quit school earlier.
5. Getting my girlfriend pregnant opened so many doors.
6. I learned a lot about life watching the Kardashians.
7. My parents made me too independent.
8. ​Being a teen parent is so much better than hanging out with friends.
9. I never knew 'one night stands' could be so fulfilling.
10. No dear, you hold the remote.
11. Personal hygiene is so overrated.
12. I just LOVE living with my parents.
13. Yes, I find Birkenstocks very sexy!
14. I found my best friends through sexting.
15. My kids never liked being read to.
16. Heroin made my life so much easier.
17. If I had it to do over again, I would.
18. Those nicotine stains give you character. 
19. I do love rhubarb.
20. Knowing my kids’ friends never was a good idea.
21. Hey, did you enjoy your overdose as much as I enjoyed mine?
22. What an awesome shopping cart! Where did you find it?
23. My dad knows so much more than me.
24. My kids think I’m too easy on them.
25. I wish there weren’t so many parks!
26. My wife hates jewelry.
    
27. I try not be consistent. It's too predictable.
    
28. Where can I buy that T-shirt? It’s so clever!
29. My kids love finding those little needles on the sidewalk.
30. That book, The Power of Dadhood, was terrible! *

 
Michael Byron Smith, Helping Fathers to be Dads Blog
* I'm crossing my fingers on this last one!