A rare, but wonderful thing to find in a friend, family member or spouse is a secret keeper.
To know know when you share something in confidence, they keep it.
But more than that, they keep things to themselves even when you don’t specifically ask them not to share it.
The same should be true of you.
As a man, keep things in confidence.
Some things shouldn’t be told.
They’re personal. Private. Worth keeping only between the two of you.
And God warned long ago about those who don’t do this.
“The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person's innermost parts.” Proverbs 18:8 World English Bible
“The words of a tale-bearer are as self-inflicted wounds, And they have gone down to the inner parts of the heart.” Proverbs 18:8 Young’s LIteral Translation
Whether you go with “dainty morsels” or “wounds” the message is clear. You have someone (a talebearer, or gossip) sharing info they shouldn’t be, and the effect hits home at the very core of your being, in addition to hurting the one you betray with these words.
With the former, it’s like sweet, dainty morsels, so “delicious” to share and get the scoop on, but the damage you’re doing is far more than you realize, both to yourself and the one you’re talking about. If you value the relationship, you keep it to yourself. Otherwise, you’re undermining it and causing hurt.
With the latter, you’re causing wounds, ones that go deep and are destructive to any relationship.
Notice that no matter what translation you go with, it hits “home” and deep, at the very center of your being.
In Jesus’ name, shut your mouth.
The world doesn’t need to know every detail, desire or “delicious” info you have to share about someone you’re supposed to care about.
Inevitably, some idiot will repeat what they heard when you’re all gathered around, and this time, it may be about you, when you didn’t even realize anything had been shared.
Thankfully, I’ve never experienced this when I’ve been in the room (although I’m sure we’ve all been talked about behind our backs), but I’ve been around others who’ve shared way more than they should about their spouses and friends with others present.
Medical conditions. Sexual things or problems. Embarrassing issues. Concerns or worries. Sins they’re struggling with. Any number of things.
And yet these will come up and are presented in different ways, sometimes as a “haha” moment, or a playful (or spiteful) jab.
Even a politel
... keep reading on reddit ➡I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
Do your worst!
They were cooked in Greece.
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
Don't you know a good pun is its own reword?
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
It really does, I swear!
Because she wanted to see the task manager.
Two muffins are in an oven, one muffin looks at the other and says "is it just me, or is it hot in here?"
Then the other muffin says "AHH, TALKING MUFFIN!!!"
But that’s comparing apples to oranges
Heard they've been doing some shady business.
but then I remembered it was ground this morning.
Edit: Thank you guys for the awards, they're much nicer than the cardboard sleeve I've been using and reassures me that my jokes aren't stale
Edit 2: I have already been made aware that Men In Black 3 has told a version of this joke before. If the joke is not new to you, please enjoy any of the single origin puns in the comments
They’re on standbi
A play on words.
My daughter, Chewbecca, not so much.
Pilot on me!!
Nothing, he was gladiator.
Or would that be too forward thinking?
Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.
This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.
If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.
Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.
What did 0 say to 8 ?
" Nice Belt "
So What did 3 say to 8 ?
" Hey, you two stop making out "
When I got home, they were still there.
A rare, but wonderful thing to find in a friend, family member or spouse is a secret keeper.
To know know when you share something in confidence, they keep it.
But more than that, they keep things to themselves even when you don’t specifically ask them not to share it.
The same should be true of you.
Some things shouldn’t be told.
They’re personal. Private. Worth keeping only between the two of you.
And God warned long ago about those who don’t do this.
“The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person's innermost parts.” Proverbs 18:8 World English Bible
“The words of a tale-bearer are as self-inflicted wounds, And they have gone down to the inner parts of the heart.” Proverbs 18:8 Young’s LIteral Translation
Whether you go with “dainty morsels” or “wounds” the message is clear. You have someone (a talebearer, or gossip) sharing info they shouldn’t be, and the effect hits home at the very core of your being, in addition to hurting the one you betray with these words.
With the former, it’s like sweet, dainty morsels, so “delicious” to share and get the scoop on, but the damage you’re doing is far more than you realize, both to yourself and the one you’re talking about. If you value the relationship, you keep it to yourself. Otherwise, you’re undermining it and causing hurt.
With the latter, you’re causing wounds, ones that go deep and are destructive to any relationship.
Notice that no matter what translation you go with, it hits “home” and deep, at the very center of your being.
In Jesus’ name, shut your mouth.
The world doesn’t need to know every detail, desire or “delicious” info you have to share about someone you’re supposed to care about.
Inevitably, some idiot will repeat what they heard when you’re all gathered around, and this time, it may be about you, when you didn’t even realize anything had been shared.
Thankfully, I’ve never experienced this when I’ve been in the room (although I’m sure we’ve all been talked about behind our backs), but I’ve been around others who’ve shared way more than they should about their spouses and friends with others present.
Medical conditions. Sexual things or problems. Embarrassing issues. Concerns or worries. Sins they’re struggling with. Any number of things.
And yet these will come up and are presented in different ways, sometimes as a “haha” moment, or a playful (or spiteful) jab.
Even a politely worded “Did you know…” but all you’r
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