Twitter Thread of Present Dads Gets 27M Views, Many Get Chest Pains Over Wholesome Videos and Pics

Twitter Thread of Present Dads Gets 27M Views, Many Get Chest Pains Over Wholesome Videos and Pics

  • A Twitter post went viral as people were encouraged to share pictures and videos of their present fathers
  • Twitter users had varying reactions to the social media post where people were celebrating having amazing fathers
  • People gathered under the thread, and many Twitter users lamented after seeing posts of others appreciating their dads

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South Africans are always happy to see present fathers. Online users reacted to a Twitter post about dads.

Twitter thread of present dads
A Twitter thread of present dads left many people invested in seeing pictures and videos of the doting fathers. Image: @khethiii_m
Source: Twitter

The Twitter post about fathers received thousands of likes and comments. Twitter users opened up about their relationships with their dads.

Twitter user encourages posts about fatherly love

A popular Twitter user, @khethiii_m, wrote a tweet that triggered some netizens. The post broached the topic of present fathers.

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In a post, the Twitter user wrote:

"Present father thread."

SA peeps appreciate present fathers

Many responded to the prompt with videos and pictures of their fathers. Some showed their dads' texts and how they often go the extra mile for them.

One lady posted a clip of her dad seeing her off at the airport. She wrote a sweet post gushing over her dad.

See the posts of happy dads below:

Present fathers leaves some tweeps sad

While many showed off their dads, others admitted they wished they had fathers in their lives. Tweeps wrote that the present father thread made them emotional.

Some netizens said they were surprised to see many posts of present dads. Others complained that they did not have fathers.

@msjentu said:

"Mine is present but absent, don’t know if that even makes sense."

@khusaaaaa added:

"Hate you for this thread."

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TBTaughtyou wrote:

"There are more fathers present out here than I initially thought, must be nice."

"Pain that never goes away": Woman breaks down about absent father

Briefly News previously reported that the pain of growing up without a father is all too familiar to many Mzansi people.

One woman detailed the trauma of having an absent father, and her transparency resonated with TikTokkers.

She uploaded a clip on her TikTok page @relebo_hile, where she broke down in tears. She complained that people rarely talk about the suffering inflicted by fathers who abandon their children.

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Rutendo Masasi (Human-Interest editor) Rue Masasi is a Human Interest and Entertainment writer at Briefly News who graduated with a BA (Hons) in English from Rhodes University in 2018. Rue also has 2 years of experience in journalism and over four years of experience as an online ESL teacher. She has also passed a set of trainings by Google News Initiative. You can reach her via email: rutendo.masasi@briefly.co.za