> Being a dad is a long, emotional, draining, and lonely journey.
This is a strong, negative and questionable statement.
This is a strong, negative and questionable statement.
Draining can be seen as negative but, if you see it in the same vein as "working on complex problems all day is mentally draining" (which is how I assume it was meant), then it loses that negative connotation.
That really only leaves lonely. When you consider how many moms groups there are, all boosting each other up with discussions of how wonderful they are (and, in some contexts, reassurance that they're not bad moms because of something)... dads (in general) are lonelier; they just don't have as much available support. It's not like that for all dads but, as a group trend overall, I'd say it's a fact.
Of course it's long, it's something you start often in your 20s or 30s and hopefully do for the rest of your life.
Of course it's emotional. It's one of the largest life experiences many of us will go through.
Of course it can be draining at times. It takes a lot out of you, and it can be hard after
Painting people as helpless and pathetic because they're finding something hard and still doing it and while seeking help to improve seems ridiculous.
Perhaps the issue people are having with this is that they're inserting "and not worth it" or "not rewarding" at the end, which isn't there. With "but worth it" added, would so many of you disagree?
Being a dad is fire and ice. Some wonderful times, some hard times. Not lonely at all. I get to help good, small people become good, big people, and I grow along the way.
This is also something that could be spoken from the perspective of that person.
"Being a dad is a long, emotional, draining, and lonely journey _for me_."
Perhaps the context here is that of single fathers?