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Dad of the year, 2025

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  • jon-nycJ Online
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    "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
    -Cormac McCarthy

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    • jon-nycJ Online
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      Maybe not though because, based on the comments, it looks like he put her on the railing for a photo in the first place.

      Maybe he just saved himself from being the shittiest father of 2025.

      "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
      -Cormac McCarthy

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      • MikM Away
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        One does wonder how a five year old got over the railing.

        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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        • jon-nycJ Online
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          Still, he could have been a wuss like 89 and, after personally losing his child, grabbed a beer and waited for the cops to save her.

          So, you know.

          "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
          -Cormac McCarthy

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          • 89th8 Online
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            To be fair I did tell my 2 year old "I hear there's free ice cream on the far side of the parking lot... let's freak out mom for a few minutes wink wink"

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            • 89th8 Online
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              Back to the original story, regardless of how she fell overboard, would any dad here NOT jump in after your 5 year old? And yes, I know how difficult it is to keep someone above water when you have to tread water (lifeguard training back in the day...)

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              • jon-nycJ Online
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                Reflexively. Today the smart thing for me would be to call the crew and keep an eye on my son the lifeguard but i still wonder if I would reflexively jump in or at least start to.

                "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                -Cormac McCarthy

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                • MikM Mik

                  One does wonder how a five year old got over the railing.

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                  @Mik said in Dad of the year, 2025:

                  One does wonder how a five year old got over the railing.

                  When Karla and I were on a cruise 20 years ago, I leaned against the railing, and the entire section opened up. Turns out it was a gate that wasn’t secured. I was suspended over open ocean. I have no trust of cruises, and even less now after reading this.

                  The Brad

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                  • jon-nycJ Online
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                    You’re just protecting Karla. She lifted you up onto the railing for a picture, admit it.

                    "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                    -Cormac McCarthy

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                    • MikM Away
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                      Cruises are fine. It's the railings you should not trust.

                      But come to think of it, had Karla been out there without you for a while beforehand?

                      “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                        We were newly married at that time. In fact Lucas was a glimmer in my rum addled eye that trip…

                        The Brad

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                        • MikM Away
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                          Buyer's remorse? Works that way for pianos sometimes.

                          “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                            Yeah, I was thinking a competent parent would have prevented the kid from falling from a cruise ship into the ocean in the first place.

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                            • MikM Mik

                              Cruises are fine. It's the railings you should not trust.

                              But come to think of it, had Karla been out there without you for a while beforehand?

                              89th8 Online
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                              @Mik said in Dad of the year, 2025:

                              Cruises are fine. It's the railings you should not trust.

                              But come to think of it, had Karla been out there without you for a while beforehand?

                              Lol

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                                Saw this in a news report:

                                It is rare for people to fall off a cruise ship, but when they do, they often do not survive.

                                In 2019, the most recent year data is available, 25 people fell overboard and only nine of them were rescued, according to a Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) report.

                                "You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
                                -Cormac McCarthy

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