It’s Father’s Day weekend, so you’re likely spending more time with Dad than you have all year. But when you’re not around, Dad misses you. He wants to stay in touch. And he wants to understand your generation.
So he texts.
And anyone with a texting dad knows there’s nothing quite like a dad text. Mom may text in full sentences and sign each message with x’s and o’s—and she’s your go-to when you need to get out of a fight—but Dad is wily and weird. He’s gonna text when you least expect, and if he texts something that actually makes sense, you’ll have to roll your eyes and groan.
In the spirit of celebrating our year-round dads, and not just the goofball you get on Father’s Day, here are some all-time classic dad text moves.
1) The unprovoked burn
Don't text random cute monkey pics to your dad pic.twitter.com/MMcb47qWqh
— Jill (@jill_edwaards) June 6, 2016
2) Should probably just download Snapchat
quality dad text pic.twitter.com/33XLPUdIy9
— Evie (@eviesanidiot) June 6, 2016
3) The joke you walked right into
The most dad text ever?4) May or may not be trucker code
View post on imgur.com5) When dictation to Siri goes wrong
My friend’s dad uses the voice record method to text…6) Come on, Siri
https://www.instagram.com/p/BGKiE6btmV2/
14) Experimenting with emoji
https://twitter.com/danimccl/status/743500083577131009
15) His wisdom is endless
https://www.instagram.com/p/BFWt9kFmSRk/
22) You sure can
my dad got a new phone and learned how to text 😂 pic.twitter.com/SlhzhrT3sz
— kt (@katieerocheleau) June 6, 2016
23) Love talking to you, too, Dad
https://twitter.com/alexisdburch/status/742499626272489472
Happy Father’s Day to all you texting dads out there. Keep those thumbs strong and the jokes corny. Oh, and one more thing: 😂😂😂