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Jan 13, 2023Liked by Vineland

"Hand to God, I only got laid in situations where the father did this stunt. When the father wasn’t there to see her off like this, it was a dry night." Interesting. Maybe the stunt wasn't the cause here, but a symptom of something else, along with the daughter's views on getting laid. Classier girls go together with classier dads, perhaps.

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"When a woman gripes that her husband lavishes more attention on his Camaro than on her, maybe she should think about what she’s really complaining about."

Brutal. Wives on suicide watch.

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"Any man who must say, "I am the king" is no true king. I'll make sure you understand that when I've won your war for you."

—Tywin Lannister

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcOWcrVU9FI

"An important thing that has been drilled in with him since his youth — because it's very much Lord Tywin's philosophy — is that you don't make threats and then fail to carry them out. You threaten someone and then they defy you, and you don't carry it out, then who's gonna believe your threats? Your threats have to carry weight. And that's drilled into Tyrion all his life."

—George R. R. Martin

https://ew.com/article/2014/06/16/game-of-thrones-finale-martin/

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Father of daughters here. The energy you emanate as a father to your daughters consistently will make that moment when the boy is there. Your daughters will channel the anima energy you keep in the home and, as the father, very little will need to be said. There is an understanding that you wield the power of the gods and ancestors, nothing performative happens. Steady wolf energy, as it were.

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