What's the meaning of life to you?

What's the meaning of life to you and what keeps you going?

 

My 3 year old son, the drive to give him all the things growing up I never had.

 

^^^this.

 

What keeps you going?

 

Mine drives me crazy from time to time but wouldn’t trade him for anything. Had him when I was 21 now 25 really woke me up. Got my shit together and became a dad. Trying my best to provide for him and make sure him and his mom don’t go without. Worked more over time since he was born than I ever thought I would.

 

Having a child is what makes a man. It's very easy and natural to be selfish. Its very hard to do what you do. That's why your a man.

 

Well..... since I have one in college and one that’s a junior in high school life in general keeps me going. Experiencing new things....

 

Couldn’t agree more. Long days at work aren’t much fun but when he is standing on the front porch waving when I come down the driveway makes it all worth it.

 

All I can do is smile and think of my little girl doing the exact same thing

 

Sometimes I get jealous seeing all the 40k trucks with 20k in mods but I see my kid and all of a sudden 285s vs 265s dont matter anymore

 

Sold my Cummins year after he was born. Couldn’t justify the 700$ a month and I rarely drove it. That 700$ a month can go toward his college fund

 

I feel like having a kid and being there being a father working your ass off to make sure he is very well taken care of and headed down the right path makes you a man. Loving and protecting him with everything inside you.

Being a dead beat drug addict sorry example of a dad makes you a sperm Donor not a dad.

 

Meaning makes it sound so definite. I don't believe in meaning, makes it sounds like I was put here or something. I just pursue my interests to my content, usually learning a new skill, and try to be a decent human.

 

We are blades of grass in the wind

 

It's easy to tell the guys who have kids...

 

Easy to tell which ones are there for there kids to

 

Obviously being a dad isn’t the only way to be a “Man” i posted what I thought made somebody a man. I understand being a dad isn’t for everyone. But I feel like it makes you grow and become a better person. Teaches you a lot of patience.

 

We proving superiority by procreation again?
I volunteer with disabled children, helping them ride horses as therapy. I love every moment of it, that said I never want children of my own.

But if it makes you feel like more of a man, more power to you I guess.

 

You absolutely cannot be a man if you are a shitty father in my book.