Comment on My brother wants to for Father's Day is volunteer at the local women's shelter. Not really a father but has two dogs. But is afraid to even ask because he is male. How does he go about this?

IWW4@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• ciapatri@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I’m purely speculating on this, but it’s possible they don’t have a good relationship with their father (e.g. could have been abusive to their mother) and they therefore want to do something to help women in similar situations rather than honour their father that day.

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  • IWW4@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Thats good speculation, but doesn’t make it any less weird.

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• CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Furthermore why would he need to be a father to volunteer at a women’s shelter on Fathers Day?

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  • IWW4@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    The whole thing doesn’t make any goddamn sense. If the guy wants to volunteer to women’s shelter, go for it what the fuck does that have to do with Father’s Day?

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• AA5B@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  This is the least weird thing … as a father, I always preferred an activity with my kids to celebrate Father’s Day, especially something that makes a difference. We generally did something like wilderness cleanup, or clean up grounds at community centers.

  As my kids become adults and are less available, it would be easy to say that Father’s Day no longer applies. But it applies to me if I say it does: taking care of people doesn’t just disappear. In the last couple years I’ve been putting some thought into whether I’d continue to meaningfully celebrate Father’s Day and how.

  If I were close to someone who was attacked, who I couldn’t protect, who I wasn’t able to sufficiently care for, who needed a womens shelter, why wouldn’t that be one of the possibilities?

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