Chad Miller helps you to understand your Dumb Ass behavior and whether it is more situational or chronic.
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I don’t want this to sound like a hate speech…but I really, really, really don’t like Douchebags. Especially when their douche behavior risks other people’s lives and even their kids!
Don’t get me wrong, we all have those moments where we occasionally act a little like a douche. I mean come on, we’re only human. But this is for the douches out there who day in and day out consistently make others angry, spread negativity, and risk lives.
What does this have to do with my parenting blog? I’m not quite sure. Maybe it’s an attempt to prevent this terrible behavior from being passed on to the offender’s children. Before we dive in, let’s clarify the different titles and severity of the Douchebag.
The Junior Douche
Douche in training. Your bad behavior, although not as consistent and severe, will form a gateway to more sinister acts as you progress. Break the cycle and make a change while you still can!
The Stupid Douche
Your ignorance and stupidity are no excuse for acting like a douche. Your behavior stems from not knowing how to act or appropriately treat others.
The Douchebag
The original if you will. You consistently and unashamedly participate in douchebag activities that make enemies, cause negativity, and hurt others.
The Royal Douche
You are an elitist amongst the douches. Sometimes referred to as the king douche. Your douche reputation precedes you and lingers in your victims’ minds long after you’re gone. Your actions can silence an entire room within seconds and leave people in awe, danger, and disgust.
17 Signs you Might be a Douche
Non-driving Offenses
- You cut in line without asking others if they are waiting or mind. Douchebag!
- You politely ask a parent how old their baby or toddler is and then follow up with a derogatory comment like “Oh, he’s so small.” Yeah, that’s exactly what a parent wants to hear about how their kid is not developing as fast as other children. Thank you, Stupid Douche!
- You stand by as your kid is rude and disrespectful to others, even children. I guess it’s fitting that your kid acts like that given you are a Douchebag.
- You use and abuse Mother Earth by littering. Make a little effort to throw away your trash and don’t be a Junior Douche.
- You hurt, abuse or neglect pets. Yes, we’ve all accidentally killed poor Goldie the fish, but the owners who mistreat the animals that you see on the ASPCA commercials are Royal Douches.
- Somebody goes out of their way to help you for free and then you complain and whine about it. I am guilty of this one, just ask my wife! Junior Douche!
- You use your toddler to show off and one-up other kids. Uh…again guilty as charged! Lol, I can sometimes be a little competitive, and a Junior Douche.
Driving Offenses
- You have a train horn on anything that is not a train. Scaring people while they’re driving is dangerous and that makes you a Douchebag.
- Your ridiculously loud diesel truck blows black exhaust smoke on people and cars. Hey, I like built trucks, but not damaging or poisoning others. That makes you a Douchebag.
Daddy Angry, Daddy Smash!
- You don’t stop for people walking on crosswalks or in parking lots, even when it’s raining! God forbid you have to wait from the comfort of your dry car while someone carries groceries and a toddler in the rain. You sir (in the black Acura MDX that almost hit me the other day) are a Royal Douche.
- You fail to pass other drivers when in the left lane, thus blocking traffic. The left lane is for passing! If you’re on the highway, the fastest way to piss off other drivers is to block them in the left lane. Get the bleep over you Stupid Douche!
- You speed down neighborhood streets when children are playing. I think this qualifies for Royal Douche.
- You pull in or out of a parking space as the person next to you is getting in or out of their car. I was almost hit by a Stupid Douche who couldn’t wait 3 seconds while I was getting my son out of his car seat.
- You neglect to pull over for ambulances and emergency vehicles. Someone could be dying in that ambulance and that makes you a Royal Douche.
Don’t hurt the baby!
- You fail to stop for school buses as they load and unload children. Nice! Risking the lives of children makes you a Royal Douche!
- You blast super loud bass or smoke cigarettes while your baby is in the back seat. Really? You’re a Stupid Douche.
- Finally, for you Fast and Furious wannabes, gunning your car in a parking lot doesn’t mean your car is fast. It actually means that you’re a Douche. If you want to get noticed, how about doing something meaningful with your life.
Do you have any suggestions or additions to this list? Please post a comment below and I will add it. Thanks for reading and good luck out there!
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Chad Miller “Dad the Mom” is a stay-at-home dad and author of the book that helps teens succeed, Major Lessons For Minors. He also owns DadtheMom.com, which is geared towards Dads and Fatherhood. You can find and follow him on Facebook and Twitter.
Originally published by Dad the Mom
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