Haha! That’s great! She brought out her Godzilla toy, as she’s definitely team Godzilla! These are some of the best things to bond over as Dad’s, because we secretly love it too..... When we had our daughter I knew right away I would get her into things that I liked, so it wasn’t a chore to bond over cultural passions. I didn’t want to watch Frozen or my little pony 30 times.
It’s been shockingly successful. She’s massively into Marvel, and so I’ve been “forced” to watch the entire MCU 3-4 times. Her favourite character is Thor, much to the chagrin of her mother - and do we’ve watched Ragnarok about 15 times. As movies your kid wants to watch on repeat go, this is as good as it gets. We even dressed up as Thor and Valkyrie for Halloween.
Her other favourites are Godzilla, so this was great, Star Wars, and Transformers. She watched the whole Mandalorian series with me. As 5 year old girls go, she’s pretty fecking cool!
Oh and of course, she’s a massive Manchester United fan. Which has not been easy to do, because (a) I live in Chicago now, and all the sports around her are American, and (b) my brother is a sneaky, dirty bastard Liverpool fan, and he secretly tried to get her into Liverpool.
For years she couldn’t even say Manchester United. She used to cheer us on calling us “Runcher Uniteds”. Now she very confidently corrects everyone by calling us “Manched Uniteds”. It’s too cute, so I never correct her. Anyway, the key thing is that watching Marvel and Utd games has become legitimate bonding time. As was screaming at the TV together, staying up late to watch Godzilla and Kong throw down! This is the secret to keeping your sanity during parenting.