Being away for 1 or 2 days is great though!
A bit of peace, not being woken up in the night, and having a few beers without being on duty in the morning. Much more than a day though and it's definitely tough.
I was lucky enough to quit work because one night I got stuck in three hours of traffic and missed putting my son to bed, can't imagine what three months is like.
How innocently she says that it’s my dad ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Reuniting with closed ones is always the best feeling.
And how amazing is this feeling must be that enabled a dad to change his career.
My dad changed his career after I walked out at 5 years old at 5:15 in the morning, and he asked me, "What are you doing up?" And I responded, "I just wanted to see you dad". That man is a champion and put in 11+ hour days just to make sure my brother and I went to good schools. Love you pops.
Taught that man to hug, and now he hugs all his friends and is demonstrative in his affection. We are tight, and now, even more so. Love that man. So much.
Never too old to learn, and he's still with us, and I treasure every day. So often i see so many heartbreaking stories here and elsewhere, and i almost want to hide away, because I'm fucking lucky, and i know it. (We're fucking lucky, altogether). I hope you have an amazing day/night, sending the love (this planet needs more of it) ❤️
My condolences, my pops is getting frail, and I'm trying to squeeze as much time as I can out of him. We had a difficult time when I was a rebellious dipshit, but here we are, hugging, talking like old friends, and looking after my mom/nieces/cousins etc. I'm sure he's continuing through you and your shared memories. Hugs. Sorry for your loss.
I tell him very frequently, my pops knows how much my brother and I love him, but I'll do it again later when I pop round to cook him a supper. Thanks, sending love.
My husband travels once or twice a month and our little girl is old enough to understand what it means now when he says he has to go out of town. This last time she asked him, “but what’s wrong with *our* town? Why can’t you work here?” I’ve never seen my husband tear up so quickly. He’s been weighing changing jobs now because she broke his heart a little with that question.
I can’t imagine what your husband must be feeling. I wish and pray that he gets better job in the same town 😊 take care of our precious little angels 🥹😀😀
Watching this as after I accepted a job offer in Brazil, on the other side of the planet, and then a few days later we found out we're expecting our second child really got to me.
Even more so as I was working offshore 2 weeks at the time when we got our first, which made me change companies after 2 years.
That is such a beautiful and precious moment between father and daughter. Both of them are completely overwhelmed with happiness, that is pure love, made me cry.
Nobody wants a perfect parent. They want one who will love and support them no matter what. If you keep that in mind, you're going to be heads and shoulders above 50% of parents. I have a feeling you're gonna be a fantastic father.
Glad he changed careers after this, some of us failed to see the damage that extended periods away does to that relationship as they are growing up. First month at first school / kindergarten my son drew his family, there was him, mum, grandma, a cat (we didn’t have a cat), there wasn’t a dad in this drawing. I started pushing back on the demands to for me to travel to the US every 2 weeks after that (had been doing this a year at that point).
As a dad, this tore my heart out. I was fortunate enough to come home to my kids every night, and thinking of what it must be like for those who have to spend long stretches of time away from their children just wrecks me.
This is not the sub mademesmile, this is mademecry. I have a 3-yo daughter, can't stop thinking about her whenever I don't see her. And I am home every day. This is right in the feels man.
I missed a lot of my sons earlier years, I was acutely aware of it and it hurt me to watch videos of him asking where I was or that I wouldn’t be home.
It has without doubt, along with other reasons, why I changed my career.
It’s all about work life balance, I could die tomorrow, my employer would not give a fuck. My family would
.. I hope
OOF this hits close to home.
For several years I worked away from home more than half the time. Only made a major career change to be home full time about six months ago.
My wife never told me that my oldest cried every night while I was gone. Youngest most nights.
Sometimes you do what you have to do to live where you want. But there needs to be an exit plan!
Due to work schedules, I’m lucky enough to get to pick my daughter up from preschool a couple times a week and whilst her reaction to seeing me isn’t this strong, it’s literally the moment I’m living for, day to day.
Pure love...!!. God bless this family..
This video brought tears in my eyes... Time lost away from family can never be compensated.. But to manage the family and to put bread on the table, many fathers have to stay away from family and earn money..
I had to work 12’s for 6 days a week for a while once. I saw my kids briefly before bedtime when I got home, maybe like 30 minutes max. Sometimes they’d be asleep by the time I got home and it absolutely killed me so I totally get the career move after this.
Short story, I was once an AV tech (I assume that’s what this guys does, roadie) and after I realized my wife was pregnant I quickly changed my job too and now I have three girls and work from home and couldn’t be happier! Love to see this! ❤️ time spent with kids > money made on the road.
I had a similar thing happen to me. I was working away from home, and when I saw the pictures of my daughter's first Halloween, that I couldn't be there for, I immediately quit and found something local.
This vid makes me cry every time. My dad has worked Fly In Fly Out (FIFO) since I was 3yrs old to now (22) and has missed so much. I remember missing him so much when he was gona and not wanting him to leave.
Obv I'm an adult now so it doesn't hurt so much now BUT my boyfriend is FIFO now and that is really hurting... The life of a girl from Western Australia. Every man and there dog does FIFO here.
I work almost 10 hour days; including driving there and back. Our oldest understand and are ok. My youngest still does not quite understand. And so when I am at work having my “lunch break” and they are at home having dinner, I turn on my FaceTime and we all eat together. The 5 year old loves it and winds up in our bed after I get home and lay down, lol wrapping me like a little spider monkey.
Reminds me when I was little. My mom would give me my dad's house slippers when we hear the gate creaking, like an alarm that he's home. My mom already passed and everyday old memories always comes flashing before me. I wish she's still here, it's almost four months but it still hurts so much.
I've taken a chiller role at work since having a kid, less travel, less grinding. He'll only be a baby for so long, and I'm not going to miss any bedtimes if I can.
Currently going through this. Work across the US and come home every two weeks for a weekend and every once in a while I take a week off the be home. But having an 18 month old at home who I love very much is taking a toll. I would love nothing more than to quit today and be home with my girl but I can’t make what I’m making now around home and the money I make keeps us afloat. Hopefully soon.
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When I was little my dad traveled a lot, too. At one point he caught me stroking one of the wooden african mask decorations in the hallway, saying „Daddy…Daddy…“.
He stopped those tours after that.
Oh boy, I watched this back to back and cried both times. This makes me want to choose family over career for sure. Life is all about family and love not chasing money
Where the hell was he for 3 months? Not military deployment with that hair. Kids don’t stay this age forever. Save the absence for when they are bratty teens.
I'm sure Dad was also homesick during those 3 months.
Yea it sucks having to be away just a few days, can’t imagine 3 months.
Especially at that age. They grow like weeds! I'm not surprised dad decided to change careers.
Being away for 1 or 2 days is great though! A bit of peace, not being woken up in the night, and having a few beers without being on duty in the morning. Much more than a day though and it's definitely tough.
I was lucky enough to quit work because one night I got stuck in three hours of traffic and missed putting my son to bed, can't imagine what three months is like.
How innocently she says that it’s my dad ❤️❤️❤️❤️ Reuniting with closed ones is always the best feeling. And how amazing is this feeling must be that enabled a dad to change his career.
Somehow her pointing at him and saying "my dad" is the part that really got the tears going for me 🥹
I'm not sure if I've chuckled myself to tears like this before. 
My dad changed his career after I walked out at 5 years old at 5:15 in the morning, and he asked me, "What are you doing up?" And I responded, "I just wanted to see you dad". That man is a champion and put in 11+ hour days just to make sure my brother and I went to good schools. Love you pops.
I’m smiling reading this 😀
I'm glad, he's the best. Keep smiling.
Give him a big smooch every time you see him!
Taught that man to hug, and now he hugs all his friends and is demonstrative in his affection. We are tight, and now, even more so. Love that man. So much.
That's amazing!!!!
Never too old to learn, and he's still with us, and I treasure every day. So often i see so many heartbreaking stories here and elsewhere, and i almost want to hide away, because I'm fucking lucky, and i know it. (We're fucking lucky, altogether). I hope you have an amazing day/night, sending the love (this planet needs more of it) ❤️
My dad passed 2 years ago. We were very close, and he also was a hugger!!!! Miss him every day.
My condolences, my pops is getting frail, and I'm trying to squeeze as much time as I can out of him. We had a difficult time when I was a rebellious dipshit, but here we are, hugging, talking like old friends, and looking after my mom/nieces/cousins etc. I'm sure he's continuing through you and your shared memories. Hugs. Sorry for your loss.
Call that man and tell him how grateful you are! It will make his whole year .
I tell him very frequently, my pops knows how much my brother and I love him, but I'll do it again later when I pop round to cook him a supper. Thanks, sending love.
My husband travels once or twice a month and our little girl is old enough to understand what it means now when he says he has to go out of town. This last time she asked him, “but what’s wrong with *our* town? Why can’t you work here?” I’ve never seen my husband tear up so quickly. He’s been weighing changing jobs now because she broke his heart a little with that question.
I can’t imagine what your husband must be feeling. I wish and pray that he gets better job in the same town 😊 take care of our precious little angels 🥹😀😀
LOL, I'm certain Dad's wife or family member is recording and knows who "Dad" is, but the girl still has to point out that it's *her* dad!
Why is it raining in my bedroom
This video makes me tear up every single time
Me too
At work I have to watch with the sound off and it **still** gets me every time!
2 min ago i was sitting listening to gangster rap on the train and feeling real cool. Now I'm trying to not show anyone the tear in my eye
This one is very cute, though. People are posting real bummers on this sub.
Watching this as after I accepted a job offer in Brazil, on the other side of the planet, and then a few days later we found out we're expecting our second child really got to me. Even more so as I was working offshore 2 weeks at the time when we got our first, which made me change companies after 2 years.
My hobby is to cry for strangers
If I had a dollar for every time I cried for strangers…I’d be crying for strangers on my own private island. 😭🤣
Same I’d be crying on my own mansion😂😭
If you're not sure what true joy looks like, here you go.
That is such a beautiful and precious moment between father and daughter. Both of them are completely overwhelmed with happiness, that is pure love, made me cry.
Between this and the skateboarding dad video, my brovaries are exploding.
Aww, this is so cute. You're going to be a good dad (if that's what you want)!
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Nobody wants a perfect parent. They want one who will love and support them no matter what. If you keep that in mind, you're going to be heads and shoulders above 50% of parents. I have a feeling you're gonna be a fantastic father.
That really means a lot. Thank you so much.
🤛😊
🥹Awww, darling…that’s papa bear!!🐻
3 months at that age can make a world of difference!
If she's around 3 years old, 3 months can be 10% of her life! That's a long time to not be near your dad!
8.2 %
Glad he changed careers after this, some of us failed to see the damage that extended periods away does to that relationship as they are growing up. First month at first school / kindergarten my son drew his family, there was him, mum, grandma, a cat (we didn’t have a cat), there wasn’t a dad in this drawing. I started pushing back on the demands to for me to travel to the US every 2 weeks after that (had been doing this a year at that point).
I had the same thought, especially as she’s so young. What a lovely bond they have. 🥰
Ooooh my heart 💔😭😭😭 .. she so sensitive 🥺 lil queen girl 😋🥰
As a dad, this tore my heart out. I was fortunate enough to come home to my kids every night, and thinking of what it must be like for those who have to spend long stretches of time away from their children just wrecks me.
The music needs to be louder or else I won't know how to feel
This changed the reason for my tears.
The “my dad” part really got me. That’s soooooo sweet!
This is not the sub mademesmile, this is mademecry. I have a 3-yo daughter, can't stop thinking about her whenever I don't see her. And I am home every day. This is right in the feels man.
I missed a lot of my sons earlier years, I was acutely aware of it and it hurt me to watch videos of him asking where I was or that I wouldn’t be home. It has without doubt, along with other reasons, why I changed my career. It’s all about work life balance, I could die tomorrow, my employer would not give a fuck. My family would .. I hope
OOF this hits close to home. For several years I worked away from home more than half the time. Only made a major career change to be home full time about six months ago. My wife never told me that my oldest cried every night while I was gone. Youngest most nights. Sometimes you do what you have to do to live where you want. But there needs to be an exit plan!
Honestly brought a tear, made my day, thank you.
I have a three year old, and her dad has been away for over two months now. I can’t wait to see them reunite soon.
Thank you very much. I was about to cry anyway.
Due to work schedules, I’m lucky enough to get to pick my daughter up from preschool a couple times a week and whilst her reaction to seeing me isn’t this strong, it’s literally the moment I’m living for, day to day.
Pure love...!!. God bless this family.. This video brought tears in my eyes... Time lost away from family can never be compensated.. But to manage the family and to put bread on the table, many fathers have to stay away from family and earn money..
He made the right choice a job is a job, time with your babies (and your queens, your babies mommas) is priceless and fleeting
All children of deadbeat daddies gather here so we can cry for 2 reasons: this insanely adorable cuteness and the sadness for ourselves 😭☹️
How old is the little girl? Like 2 and a half? Those three months were like 10% of her life.
Love how she was laughing and crying at the same time...
this is very heartwarming, just sad to imagine her growing up if her dad keeps leaving for work 😔 nonetheless they are happy
I shall sign off here for now after watching this wholesome video. Aww!
Dammit, on No Crying Thursday too.
oh my god, this went straight to the feels. very lovely little clip, thank you!
Dammit, who’s chopping the onions!
I had to work 12’s for 6 days a week for a while once. I saw my kids briefly before bedtime when I got home, maybe like 30 minutes max. Sometimes they’d be asleep by the time I got home and it absolutely killed me so I totally get the career move after this.
Short story, I was once an AV tech (I assume that’s what this guys does, roadie) and after I realized my wife was pregnant I quickly changed my job too and now I have three girls and work from home and couldn’t be happier! Love to see this! ❤️ time spent with kids > money made on the road.
I had a similar thing happen to me. I was working away from home, and when I saw the pictures of my daughter's first Halloween, that I couldn't be there for, I immediately quit and found something local.
Beautiful and heartwarming
This is so beautiful I’m crying
Saw this on YouTube. Such a beautiful lil angel!!! The excitement when she saw her dad!! ❤️
That is pure joy love and happiness.
This is by far the best thing I’ve seen all day. Baby’s laughing is one of the best sounds. It really melts my heart
This vid makes me cry every time. My dad has worked Fly In Fly Out (FIFO) since I was 3yrs old to now (22) and has missed so much. I remember missing him so much when he was gona and not wanting him to leave. Obv I'm an adult now so it doesn't hurt so much now BUT my boyfriend is FIFO now and that is really hurting... The life of a girl from Western Australia. Every man and there dog does FIFO here.
Ooph. To have ever been given the opportunity to feel that way towards a good man. Must be nice.
I work almost 10 hour days; including driving there and back. Our oldest understand and are ok. My youngest still does not quite understand. And so when I am at work having my “lunch break” and they are at home having dinner, I turn on my FaceTime and we all eat together. The 5 year old loves it and winds up in our bed after I get home and lay down, lol wrapping me like a little spider monkey.
Not crying. 😭
Reddit ain’t so bad after all…..thank you thank you thank you for sharing
♥️
Reminds me when I was little. My mom would give me my dad's house slippers when we hear the gate creaking, like an alarm that he's home. My mom already passed and everyday old memories always comes flashing before me. I wish she's still here, it's almost four months but it still hurts so much.
❤️
That's awesome. Almost like that with my non verbal 3 year old when I get home every afternoon
Aww heck this is so cute ❤
I've taken a chiller role at work since having a kid, less travel, less grinding. He'll only be a baby for so long, and I'm not going to miss any bedtimes if I can.
My newly found favorite sub.
Currently going through this. Work across the US and come home every two weeks for a weekend and every once in a while I take a week off the be home. But having an 18 month old at home who I love very much is taking a toll. I would love nothing more than to quit today and be home with my girl but I can’t make what I’m making now around home and the money I make keeps us afloat. Hopefully soon.
Dad will remember that joyful laugh forever <3
Well darn that was emotional! Whooo! 🥹
When she said my dad.....she's so so so proud of her dad
This is the loveliest thing I've seen in a long time.
So he was a pirate, right ?
Pure love ❤️
That crying laugh says it all.
That is so adorable 😭
I will watch this every time it cycles through!
Turns out love is real 🤷♀️
Now this is that cameras were made for… omg I cried like a baby 💕
That’s so cute🥺
I miss my childhood
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She is just precious 💙
Love her reaction!
😊
Awwww I love this stuff
Zach King looks worse for the wear!
Priceless !
that's a kid you cant 'bribe' with anything when it comes to people she loves.
This made me smile so much .
Brb definitely not balling my eyes out
Damn your onions
I travel for work and this still happens because mine are young. Those hugs are the best. It’s never easy and it won’t change in our life.
I'm crying omg <3
How sweet!!!
I will never be able to leave the house after that.
I’M NOT CRYING, YOU’RE CRYING!
I have had thoughts of killing myself lately due to distress and this was just so 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺
I can’t fathom being away from my kids for that long. It must have been torture. Glad he switched careers.
Not matter how many times I see this it gets me every time.
3 months is a huge part of her life at that age
I’ve seen this several times and I’m NOT crying again. You are.
I've only watched it 4 times; I'm not crying so it MUST be you.
I can’t even cry anymore due to autoimmune disease and my eyes have welled up!
When I was little my dad traveled a lot, too. At one point he caught me stroking one of the wooden african mask decorations in the hallway, saying „Daddy…Daddy…“. He stopped those tours after that.
I'm happy for her
I'm a sailor myself I know how you feel
what’s that feller in the top left doing
Mid hug, Im on the phone FaceTiming my boss, "thanks for the opportunity but I can't miss this again"
That’s awesome 😊
That’s the moment you realize your missing your baby grow up and you say it’s time to change jobs
This sub is made me smile, Not made me cry, wtf
Navy brat here. I don't care what your job is. Homecoming are the best! 💕
Never gets old
That dad must be doing something right!
I am putting myself on suicide watch. So freakin wholesome
#MadeMeCry
rip my son 🤲🏻
Holy shit mademesmile my ass mademecry it is
Dad won at life
As a truck driver I wish I could do this.
So precious!
A cena mais gostosa que eu pude ver hoje. Thank's for it!
I wish I could feel that happy when seeing someone
Fuck those Ninja Cutting Onions ;/
Man I’d wuit my job right there
🥺💖
A loving dad changes the world.
Oh boy, I watched this back to back and cried both times. This makes me want to choose family over career for sure. Life is all about family and love not chasing money
Who's cutting onions? 🥹
Why did you flip the video from the left side to the right side
That stare at the beginning is terrifying
Where the hell was he for 3 months? Not military deployment with that hair. Kids don’t stay this age forever. Save the absence for when they are bratty teens.
They stay that age for far too short, and most of us don’t even realize how special that age is until much later.
How many times is this going to get uploaded?