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Dad's a Cuck
Paperback
Series: Rejected Children's Books (Funny Books for Adults)
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Feb 15 2021
Pages: 28
Weight: 0.20
Height: 0.07 Width: 8.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Your mom is a hard worker. Your dad is a hard worker. They both take care of the house. And somewhere in the arrangement of how this household operates, a dynamic has emerged that this book is prepared to name directly while most conversations around the dinner table are not. Dad's a cuck. The book says so on the cover. The interior explains the situation with illustrated cartoon art and the patient clarity of a guide written for the child who is old enough to notice things but not old enough to have the vocabulary for what they're noticing. Now they have the vocabulary.
This adult parody book takes a very specific and very modern relationship vocabulary word and places it inside the illustrated children's book format with the commitment of an author who decided the bit was worth executing fully. The result is dark, funny, and uncomfortably recognizable to anyone who has ever watched a relationship from the outside and understood more than they were meant to. Children understand more than they are meant to. This book meets them where they are.
This Book IS For:- Adults who have encountered the word in contemporary culture and appreciate seeing it deployed with maximum comedic commitment
- Anyone who finds the tension between children's book aesthetics and very adult content reliably funny
- Fans of dark humor about domestic situations that doesn't flinch from what it set up in the title
- Gift-givers who want to hand someone a book that explains a complicated situation simply, accurately, and via cartoon
- People who are personally navigating this situation and have not yet reached the stage where it's funny to them
- Dads who suspect this book may be about them and are right
- Readers who believe this specific word should be kept out of illustrated format for reasons they will not fully articulate
- Anyone giving a book gift to a family that is currently in mediation
- Divorce parties, which have become a legitimate social occasion and deserve gifts that acknowledge the full context
- Bachelorette parties, specifically for the friend who kept saying she had a bad feeling about the relationship
- White elephant exchanges where the group is close enough that this is funny rather than concerning
- Gag gifts for the friend who has been explaining someone else's relationship dynamic for six months and is tired of being subtle
Some situations require a book. Not a conversation, which can be interrupted. Not a text, which can be screenshot and distributed. Not a subtle hint, which can be ignored. A book. A physical, illustrated, clearly titled book that names the situation directly and can be handed to a person without saying another word. This is that book. It does the work you didn't want to do out loud.
It costs what a sympathy card costs. It communicates significantly more than a sympathy card. And unlike a sympathy card, which acknowledges a situation without addressing it, this book addresses the situation clearly, with illustrations, and in rhyme. Dad's a cuck. The book is out. Everyone can move forward now with shared vocabulary and cartoon art as the foundation.
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