Swiftie Dads

In 2023, millions of fans went to stadiums to see Taylor Swift's Eras tour. Most of the fans were young ladies, many of them too young to drive to concerts. Tickets were very expensive, and often out of reach for entire families. So the fathers of fans who were lucky enough to get tickets took their daughters to the arena, and then waited in the parking lot for hours to take them home. With so many other men in the same boat, they had a community of sorts in the parking lot. After all, they had a few things in common. 

Hearing the music through their children, some of these dads are Taylor Swift fans themselves, and some are not, but they all love their daughters. Paul Scheer noticed the parking lot phenomenon and spent several evenings outside Swift's concerts in Los Angeles talking to these dads, 50 of them, to see who they were and how they felt about what they were doing. You might need to grab a hankie. (via Metafilter)