I assumed the role of family patriarch over the past couple years. Mostly due to there not being any other viable options. I’m what holds us together it’s an interesting dynamic

@William Russell <:chad:359013583469805568>

I’d imagine your dad has too much clout to over throw lol

my old man rose from a welfare family to upper class/high bougie, owns his own company, etc. he's the patriarch lol

How much younger is the next male? @William Russell

It’s important to do if there’s a vacuum. A death of a grandparent can leave a vacuum and literally dissolve a family in some cases

2nd oldest

My brother is a criminal tho

oof

Ahh I see

Good on you

I’ve taken the younger male cousins under the wing

Thanks it wasn’t planned but interesting in retrospect

@Sam Southern - TN yea your dad is Chad

I’m hosting thanksgiving this year def unusual I’m 27

if my mom's dad was still alive, he'd be the unquestioned patriarch. He was the first of his family line to move from farming to white collar jobs, and he took the Old South, Old White money and multiplied it immensely through his job. Absolutely sucks that the cancer took him far too early, I never got to know him on the level that I now wish I had.

Tfw no patriarch in family
Tfw family is individualistic and non-communicative
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@DeusVolk become who you are

@DeusVolk time to become the patriarch

We all long for the America that once was

On it. About to wrangle these Dem-Boomers

Will post progress pics

Sam and I have the benefit of living in Dixie where the Patriarchy is considered noble and not evil.. at least not yet

Patriarchy is the way of the South. Long live Dixie!

Gender roles are apparent in my community and people like it like that

Religion is the basis I think

My grandfather was born in 1910. Had 7 kids and had his own oil company where his wife kept the books. Everyone in the town knew him, and he knew everyone. Definitely the patriarch. I would love to be the man like that

Sounds like quite the man

Now men are goofy and dumb and women make the wise choices don’t you watch tv?

Hahaha

My great grandfather started Pickett Slide rules. Made a ton of money that then corrupted the family for a generation.

Rise and decline.

Wealth without values...

Divorce has rektd my family since like 1900

Trad values>errthang

Dang. That is when divorce rates were low too

Yea at some point they went from wealthy to share croppers because of it from what I’ve studied

Gender equality was in the cotton fields

Men and women working together for the first time and my family members couldn’t resist

I say equality.. I mean they worked together

My great grandma used to tell me the story of falling in love with my step ggrandfather in the cotton fields and leaving my biological ggpa who passed away before I was born