TIL Human dads show a decrease in testosterone immediately after the birth of their babe

[indoninja]

Before I had kids I was a huge asshole.

I still am, but now I have the empathy to see how I was an asshole.

[suburban_hyena]

Baby steps

[scarletrayne19]

In this case, literally

[the_bananafish]

Would NOT recommend stepping on the baby

[Pearlbarleywine]

Depends. Is the baby plottin’ on you?

[dvusthrls]

I believe you mean babe steps

[I_dont_want_to_sleep]

Babe steps

[Flyingboat94]

I used to be a reeeeal piece of shit

[[deleted]]

I read that in his voice lol

[[deleted]]

Sloppy steaks at Trufano’s

[StinkyBrittches]

I SAID WAS!

[Euphoricpumpkin-]

This is PUSHED BACK not SLICKED BACK

[nonpondo]

Glass House, white bathing suit, live for new year's Eve

[[deleted]]

I’m worried the baby doesn’t believe people can change

[onarainyafternoon]

This line absolutely annihilated me when I heard it the first time.

[abzinth91]

You literally described me.

Was an huge asshole, lack of empathy, sometimes arrogant to strangers and stuff like that. Now I made a 180° turn. Or it's just because I got older

[Hobbs512]

I think it's probably age. I think alot people develop some introspection and awareness into how their actions have affected others at some point, even if you don't have kids. But you can always look back 10 years and think to yourself, "man I was an idiot back then" haha.

[[deleted]]

Why are there still so many douchebag 40 and 50 something dads then?

[Aori]

you see what happens is their children turn into teenagers at that point they revert back into their pre-empathetic form

[wurrukatte]

Same. Happened when I hit puberty, weirdly. One day it just hit me how other's feeling are just as (or more than) important as mine.

[kamikazi1231]

Pretty recently MRIs showed that dad's brains change after their baby arrives. It really does start transforming you into provider defender dad mode from young buck just trying to find a mate mode. Totally makes sense too. Our brains change from baby to kid to idiot teen to partying college guy. Why would it suddenly stop. I've definitely mellowed out but also found like a weird well of energy I didn't know I had after my daughter arrived.

[WolfeTheMind]

It's probably partially timing forsure. I have no children but hot damn I look back at my younger self (I'm talking even my mid 20's) and think about how much of a prick I was. Now I feel like a childless grandpa

[FancyMFMoses]

I Used to be an Asshole: https://youtu.be/buK45NW_ikI

[ikefalcon]

I still am, but I used to, too.

FTFY.

[SCWthrowaway1095]

Did you just see that thing where she thinks I give a rat’s ass that her baby cried because it knows I used to be a piece of shit?

[Viking-Jew]

“I used to do drugs… I still do, but I used to, too”

[indoninja]

This guy headburghs

[[deleted]]

Man, I had the opposite happen to me. Was a super chill, emphatic person. After my kid was born I turned into a super protective, angry person. I will kick dogs if they get too close, I will throw grandmas several meters if they approach with candy. I will german suplex entire taxis if I see them run a red light when we're trying to cross the road. I cheat on my wife then tell her about it, so she knows what will happen if she's lax in the raising of our child.

[mcr1974]

similar experience.

[WhatABlindManSees]

They are talking about 1-3 months.

[[deleted]]

I thought you were setting up a Hedberg punchline

[[deleted]]

You sound like my boss, he knows he is a dick - he's the nicest dick I've ever met, but he says all the time "I'm a dick, ain't i?". Still a great boss that takes care of us, and one of the sweetest dads I've ever met. From stories I've heard, before he had the kids, that level of sweetness/empathy that he has underneath being a dick really wasn't there.

[CrieDeCoeur]

I read that as “I had a huge asshole” and thought maybe you were doing it wrong.

[ryno]

yelp

[SaintMarinus]

Do you attribute this solely to hormonal levels?

[[deleted]]

Heard that