my 50 year old dad and i have started playing duos together and i feel like it’s the most bonding experience we’ve ever had (getting constantly killed by tweens)
(or anything your dad’s really into). Not gonna stop talking about it! learning chess has really opened up insight into my dad‘s life that i didnt even know I was missing. He messaged me today when I’d just played a game on chess.com saying “ahhhh a draw” cause he’s been watching it 😭
When he added me I discovered that in 2016 he wrote little summary blogs for his games and I don’t know why but it’s making me want to actually cry. We played a game at my dining table the other day and he taught me some stuff and then he called me after watching me play a game online to say that the way I doubled my rooks was almost exactly the same as the way he’d shown me in our game.
my dad is just one of the girls. i call him every day and we gossip and bitch and try to solve the world's problems. love that guy. we even have 2 matching tattoos. that's twin fr.
