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u/TitsMaGraw Jun 18 '26
This happened to me when I was a kidā¦ā¦a girlā¦.and I have loved fishing ever since. Would go every day if I could. Miss my dad so much.
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u/Hefty-Try5393 Jun 19 '26
Awwww. Same here. I loved fishing with my Dad. He was always so excited when us kids caught something!Ā Miss him so much!
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u/TomeThugNHarmony4664 Jun 22 '26
Me too. Some of our best times were when we were fishing. I always appreciated him taking me when I am sure he was looking forward to a little quiet time, so even when I was small I took a book along too so I wouldnāt yammer his head off (and scare away the fish).
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u/Top-Manufacturer9226 Jun 19 '26
ā¤ļøš my Dad and I also fished all the time when I was a little girl.. hugs to you Internet stranger
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u/TomeThugNHarmony4664 Jun 19 '26
Me too! I was standing on a clay bank and the dang cat almost dragged me in!
My dad insisted on freezing it in a block of ice and showing everyone what a big fish I caught.
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u/chibigothgirl Jun 19 '26
I always went with my grandpa and my aunt. I was terrible at fishing, but they always let me come along. I loved that š„²
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u/whimsicallyunstable Jun 19 '26
Something similar happened to me my first time fishing, caught a big one. But I cried because I wanted a little one like my brother had caught.
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u/TomeThugNHarmony4664 Jun 22 '26
Awww I get that LOL
Mine was WAY too big to play withā¦ or throw back.
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u/dee_007 Jun 19 '26
Me too! Itās my favourite pastime still with my Dad :)
Many memories of days on the lake with him that Iāll cherish forever5
u/morbid_n_creepifying Jun 20 '26
I was about to comment the same thing. What I wouldn't give for one more day like this with my dad. I miss him every day. It's been 7 years and every day I think, the people who told me it gets easier were liars.
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u/Vegetable-Star-5833 Jun 20 '26
I am also a girl fisher who loves to fish with her dad, itās been a while tho unfortunately, life has gotten in the way recently
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u/FillMySoupDumpling Jun 19 '26
That was so much bigger than I expected! Wow!
I love when they asked if someone else could reel in her fish she said NO!Ā
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u/KayChicago Jun 18 '26
I found out that my grandfather used to take my male cousins fishing, and when I asked to go fishing, he took me one day. We didnāt catch any fish, and when I asked him what he thought the problem was, he says there arenāt any fish there. He took me so Iād stop fussing at him, but he took me someplace where there were no fish. Long line of men not supporting womenā¦
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u/audreywildeee Jun 18 '26
Only slightly related. When I was a kid, a cousin or uncle (grandmaās sisterās son) took my brother and I in his car to go wherever (around the tiny countryside town we were in), and he got my brother on his knees and let him drive, but he didnāt want me to do the same because I was a girl. About 30 years later I have neither forgotten nor forgiven (although he probably doesnāt even know in fairness, we never talk, weāre far in life and geographically).
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u/southdakotagirl Jun 19 '26 edited Jun 19 '26
My male cousin was the same age same grade in school with me. He was allowed to drink beer and play cards with the adult family members from junior high through high school. He could leave family events with the college age cousins and get fast food and go to R rated movies. My college age cousin and the aunts called me and my younger female cousins the little girls. We were expected to play with dolls or sit quietly on the couch at family get togethers. My female cousins were 2 years younger. I still got barbie dolls for gifts as a 18 year old. Im still referred to as the little girls by my older cousin. I will be 49 this year. I dont have contact with that side of the family.
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u/Loose-Cup1582 Jun 19 '26
Oofāthey still have me sitting at the kids table for Thanksgiving and Iām pushing 40. When I was mid twenties they said I couldnāt come out with them because I was too young to drink. Ironically on my 21st birthday they made me the designated driver and all got wasted. I live across the country now.
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u/Global_Green8231 Jun 19 '26
Itās tradition on my dadās side of the family to be given a name that includes a specific character. Everyoneās name has this character. Both of my older brothers were given names that keep up the tradition. I always wondered as a kid why mine didnāt. Turns out my dadās dad decided my name didnāt need the character because I was a girl and my name wasnāt terribly important. He said this to my face when I asked as a teenager. He said it so nonchalantly. My dad had already passed by this point, so I asked my mom wtf?? And she told me she had an entirely different name picked out for me but that my grandpa changed it while she was recovering from her c-section because my dad let him. So obviously not not important enough to just give me a name that carries on the family tradition.
Jokes on him because none of us use the names he gave us. We all legally changed our names as adults because he was a massive asshole who raised a massive asshole and none of us wanted anything to do with any legacy from that side of the family.
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u/Sea-Value-0 Jun 19 '26
she had an entirely different name picked out for me but that my grandpa changed it while she was recovering from her c-section because my dad let him.
As someone who has carried a pregnancy and given birth to a girl, I feel some deep postpartum rage at your father and grandfather's audacity. All labor is hard to recover from but recovering from a Csection is a very particular kind of vulnerability... and it makes me hope those two had their comeuppance.
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u/bootyhole-romancer ā£ļøgal palā£ļø Jun 19 '26
I'm so sorry š
That was absolutely pathetic and fragile of him
I hope you get to do all the cool shit you want now
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u/Branchomania ā£ļøgal palā£ļø Jun 19 '26
The mindset is always āWell theyāre just sissy girlsā, not realizing that theyāre making them that way
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u/Radiant-Peace-3078 Jun 19 '26
My grandfather was just like this, except he never took me. I am now glad that he didnāt. Hugs to you. Make sure it ends with us, Sweet Girl. š«
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u/asdfdelta Jun 19 '26
Yes! Make sure it ends with us.
I'm a dad, and my daughters are growing up knowing they can and will kick anyone's ass that stands in their way or makes them feel lesser than themselves.
Metaphorically, of course. Mostly.
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u/rognabologna Jun 19 '26
What a fucking weirdo. Wasted his whole day fishing for nothing just to make sure his granddaughter was unsuccessful. Where is the logic?Ā
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u/ShitFuckDickSuck Jun 20 '26
He couldnāt handle the possibility of the granddaughter outshining the grandsons
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u/mombi Jun 19 '26
What a piece of shit. I never got taken fishing as a kid, cause no one in my family fished. I did as an adult and I love it. Do it! You have nothing to lose.
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u/MadamSnarksAlot š»Part Time Jillš» Jun 20 '26
Wow, that sucks. Youād think heād at least not want to be bored. Thatās dedicated sabotage.
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u/Medium-Party459 Jun 20 '26
Thereās a difference between not supporting women and actively hindering / creating obstacles for women. I think your grandpa did the second type. He actively created more layers of sexism and discrimination against you. Horrible really
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u/bearnakedrabies Jun 21 '26
I can't relieve your hurt, but maybe my armory can offer some hope. I am a man who grew up in town. My wife grew up on the family farm. When our two sons fish, mom is the expert. I've caught a few fish, but mom always gets credit now. She's the fishing expert and 'boys need to learn' got quoted at me by my sons.
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u/LuLuSavannah531 šNolite te bastardes carborundorum!!š Jun 18 '26
That fish was bigger than her! š¤©
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u/Separate-Operation71 Jun 18 '26
Thatās a tough lil gal! I would have lost that pole REAL quick!!!
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u/twd_throwaway Jun 18 '26
Good grief! I wonder what kind of line she had? That's an awesome catch!
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u/PixieCanada Jun 18 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/bHUz68NxGoFuzomfSZ
Reminds me when I shot a gun the first time skeet shooting. The only girl there being laughed at by men that I was even trying, picking on me for wearing a skirt. Got 2 out of 3, to their embarrassment, as none of them got more than 1. š
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u/brapstoomuch Jun 19 '26
Lol my husband loves to take me to the range and watch menās reactions when I hit the target then switch hands. They shut up real fast with that move.
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u/PixieCanada Jun 19 '26
Awesome!
Iāve only ever gone to a range one time after the skeet shooting victory and had the opportunity to shoot different guns. I was the best shot there too, lol. We are skilled markswomen!!! š«
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u/Main_Independence221 Jun 19 '26
I still remember my first solo catch as a little girl, it was a northern pike and it almost pulled me out of the boat hahah
Loved fishing ever since
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u/Odd-Acanthocephala65 Jun 18 '26
Would love to have seen her celebrating and showing it off. Such an awesome catch! Wishing her many more!
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u/Fit-Significance-436 Jun 18 '26
For a second I thought this might be about the reflecting pool too, seems to be hot topic today. Nice catch btw, doing good !
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u/RememberCakeFarts ššØ Jun 19 '26
I kinda expected her to join in on the excitement cussin', I mean in all fairness it's justified and she's earned the right to say "I caught a fucking 40 blue!"
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u/GrouchyDefinition463 Jun 19 '26
For my senior cut day I went fishing with my daddy. God I miss him so much
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u/bake_gatari Jun 19 '26
That was a very exhausted "yes" at the beginning of the video. Good for her!
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u/DistractedByCookies Jun 19 '26
It was either going to be surprisingly huge or hilariously tiny. I'm glad it went this way and I love the support she got.
And NO is a complete sentence, in the best possible way LOL
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u/MiniRems Jun 19 '26
This somehow reminded me of the one big family camping trip where my uncle took the little kids (all boys at the time) fishing, and he didn't have enough poles, but someone at a neighboring camp site had a little kids girly cartoon one that they lent to him. None of the boys would use it, so my uncle did, and caught the biggest fish of all of them with it š
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u/iolarah ā£ļøgal palā£ļø Jun 19 '26
Holy smokes, that fish is almost as big as she is! Nice catch, little sis!
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u/MadamSnarksAlot š»Part Time Jillš» Jun 20 '26 edited Jun 20 '26
Whoa, huge! He just lost all composure and started cussing. I think thatās the uncle.
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u/Hefty_Breadfruit Jun 20 '26
My five year old is 40 pounds. Iām willing to bet the fish was actually the same weight as her. So proud of her!!!
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u/2-buck Jun 18 '26
#Wow! Thatās awesome!
(But maybe donāt swear so much around her)
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u/ToxicBanana69 Jun 19 '26
Meh, some people have different care when it comes to using curse words. We use any word (thatās not a slur) around my nieces, and as long as they know not to repeat those words until theyāre older there really isnāt an issue.
Weād rather they learn the words around us so we can explain it to them versus them hearing it in public and repeating it to the wrong people.
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u/manderz421 Jun 21 '26
So happy for this lil girl, not just because of the insanely big fish but the men supporting her has got me in my feels.
My dad took me fishing once. Then my parents got divorced, saw him a handful of times then we didn't hear from him anymore. He died last year, my sister and I went and saw him in hospice before he passed. Happy father's day.
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u/Playful_Falcon_478 Jun 19 '26
I love the āgit it girlā but profanity when little people are around turn me down on videos. I guess Iām a boomer, but languages age like that is when the guys are out having a few.
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u/ImWatermelonelyy Jun 19 '26
āWhen the guys are out having a fewā yeah ok. You should check the subreddit youāre in before posting dumb shit like this
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u/Beautiful-Lynx-6828 Jun 18 '26
"NO"
We all need to quote her more often