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[–]hommIII[S] 759 points760 points ago

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On the very same day, his mother passed away from typhoid fever. Teddy was 25 years old and left with a new-born daughter.

[–]BioCal 369 points370 points ago

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Dang, my respect for Teddy has just tripled here.

[–]Humulus_lupulus 481 points482 points ago

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His sister took custody of his newborn daughter, and raised her while TR disappeared to the Dakota Territory to try his hand at cattle ranching.

[–]gnomesane 575 points576 points ago

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Oh.

[–]sgt_shizzles 152 points153 points ago

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Hey man, sometimes you just need to go rustle some bovines to clear your head, you know?

[–]SpudgeBoy 57 points58 points ago

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Or clear some brush.

[–]Ctrl-Z 50 points51 points ago

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or do a cowboy in the butt

[–]wrong_category_guy 2 points3 points ago

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hey man he was shot later in life so please be respectful of the elder/dead-president;gods of the untied-statues of ameica

[–]non_sequitur_MKE 49 points50 points ago

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be respectful of the elder/dead-president;gods

ph'nglui mglw'nafh Teddy R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn

[–]RyanFuller003 2 points3 points ago

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You just won Reddit with this comment. We can all go home now.

[–]PPSF 1 point2 points ago

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Dig some holes, burn some wood.

[–]crookie_joe 6 points7 points ago

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Everyday I'm rustlin'.

[–]cojafoji 93 points94 points ago

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This wasn't an uncommon occurrence back then. A lot of people left their children with established family in order to go and start a new life. Also, it's not uncommon to see that some men, whether they know it or not, see children born from mothers who later die of complications, as the cause of that death.

These may or may not relate to Teddy, but I just wanted to throw it out there. Remember, these are some hefty generalizations, so if you see a problem, tell me!

[–]SpudgeBoy 15 points16 points ago*

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Tyrion Lannister.

[–]Aquason 11 points12 points ago

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*Tyrion

[–]chemistry_teacher 137 points138 points ago

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Dang, my respect for Teddy has just returned to normal.

[–][deleted] 25 points26 points ago

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Teddy was one of the only president's who really cared about the American people, he actually proposed a second bill of rights that secured our futures. He died before he was able to enact it. (much to the relief of the ruling class)

I'm surprised he was never shot.

Reading his diary page legitimizes my current pain. Sux mang. Spending a lot time with someone only to lose them for no good fucking reason at all.

[–]temenel 170 points171 points ago

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He was shot, during a speech. He continued the speech like a paragon of manliness.

[–]armchairepicure 38 points39 points ago

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"[Roosevelt] had the manuscript of a long, 50-page speech in his coat pocket, folded in two, and the bullet was no doubt slowed as it passed through it. He also had a steel spectacle case in his pocket, and the bullet traversed this, too, before entering Roosevelt's chest near the right nipple. " source

[–]savageboredom 95 points96 points ago

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I don't know about you, but getting shot through 100 pieces of paper and a glasses still isn't something I want to do.

[–]d03boy 62 points63 points ago

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upvote for "a glasses"

[–]mikeymokey 1 point2 points ago

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"The case of the missing case"

[–]katarr 2 points3 points ago

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"Friends, I shall ask you to be as quiet as possible. I don't know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot; but it takes more than that to kill a Bull Moose."

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points ago

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Shows how much I know, which is very little.

[–]cosmicjive83 44 points45 points ago

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The Second Bill of Rights was proposed by FDR, not Teddy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Bill_of_Rights

[–]BlazmoIntoWowee 3 points4 points ago

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Well, look who can manage to keep his Roosevelts straight. La-de-da to you, sir!

[–]cos1ne 16 points17 points ago

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he actually proposed a second bill of rights that secured our futures.

Are you sure you aren't thinking of some other Roosevelt...? ಠ_ಠ

[–]masseyhall 29 points30 points ago

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FDR proposed the second bill of rights.

[–]PointlessDictator 16 points17 points ago

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I'm pretty sure that was FDR and not Teddy

and Teddy was shot, that's why he was called a Bull-Moose

[–][deleted] 16 points17 points ago

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He was already called a bull moose before hand. He was running on the bull moose platform. His response after being shot was to say "It takes more than a bullet to stop a bull moose".

[–]FinSamar 5 points6 points ago

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You're confused. The second bill of rights was FDR, not TR.

[–]chemistry_teacher 14 points15 points ago

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Teddy was one of the only president's who really cared about the American people...

This is of course arguable. Yet he was among the most prominent of American Progressives and I wish that line of political policy achieved far greater success.

[–]rbhindepmo 2 points3 points ago

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my favorite thing about Teddy Roosevelt is that he recovered from polio and won World War II.

(oh shit, that was some other guy?)

[–]reducereusereanimate 2 points3 points ago

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Except he didn't care so much for the Native American people, sadly.

[–]carrythefire 11 points12 points ago

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This was a common practice back then. It seemed untoward for a man to raise a daughter on his own. Also, this was a pattern in TR's life. Tragedy happens, get through it, don't talk about it, and then go on some kick ass adventure afterwards to forget about it. He did this for his entire life, and it almost killed him in Brazil.

[–]HSMOM 15 points16 points ago

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Common in situations like this, where the family raises the child. Same thing with my grandfather, only in his case, his mom took off when he was 18 months old. Then came the great depression, and his dad just couldn't work and watch him at the same time. So he went to go live with this aunt. No biggie.

[–]muffin_monster 15 points16 points ago

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In Bel-Air?

[–]HSMOM 2 points3 points ago

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Colorado, they were the poorest of the poor during the depression. Just farmers, who worked on other people's farms because they couldn't afford their own.

[–]ieatbees 1 point2 points ago

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....someone doesn't get something?

[–]DIGGYRULES 5 points6 points ago

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Yeah...I was going to say something about how I seriously doubted that Teddy Roosevelt was sitting at home washing diapers and warming milk bottles.

[–]Colbeagle 69 points70 points ago

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Yes a man who had the biggest impact on the conservation movement in America allowing national parks to show generations the wonder of natural environments, diligently worked to break monopolies abusing workers and consumers, and started the panama canal.

But you know all that garners 1/3 as much respect as raising a child in difficult circumstances when he was 25, because no one has ever done that before.

[–]frenzyboard 30 points31 points ago

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He believed in conquering the wild, but letting it stay wild so other generations could conquer it too. He's probably the best thing the GOP ever produced. He once said,

My father, Theodore Roosevelt, was the best man I ever knew. He combined strength and courage with gentleness, tenderness, and great unselfishness. He would not tolerate in us children selfishness or cruelty, idleness, cowardice, or untruthfulness.

I think if anything, that probably exemplifies what he tried to instill in his own kids.

[–]Byaaah 8 points9 points ago

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Such a boss that he snuck away from everyone he was traveling with on a presidential trip, to go into the woods with just John Muir to truly experience the California red woods and learn from Muir.

[–]spiraldroid 26 points27 points ago

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On Valentine's Day too, man I would be shattered.

[–]kingbinji 1 point2 points ago

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was valentines day invented yet?

[–]murderland 33 points34 points ago

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depends did she die after 496 AD?

[–]colusaboy 5 points6 points ago

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His mom and wife died in the same house on the same day.

He loved them both dearly.

Edit: at least that's how i remember it from reading Theodore Rex. Great,fantastic book btw.

[–]Ulvund 2 points3 points ago

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(hommIII was a great game)

[–]hommIII[S] 1 point2 points ago

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One of the greatest, in my opinion. Doom II, HOMM3 and Vampire: the Masquerade - Bloodlines seems to be the only games I can't quit installing on every new computer.

[–]the_aptly_named 10 points11 points ago

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I just got a little misty-eyed.

[–]NExusRush 6 points7 points ago

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That's from the cockles juice Teddy laid into space-time, on his deathbed. It is said when you think of TR... TR drops his Time Load on you as a blessing.

Also whenever you see Teddy battling Sasquatch or Teddy wrestling Tigers

[–]feltman 6 points7 points ago

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I would add that they both died in the same house.

[–]jivard_esq 2 points3 points ago

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He then immediately abandoned the child to return to New York assembly and then went out to hunt and check out his cattle stocks in the West and only mentioned his daughter once or twice (though, enthusiastically) in letters to his sister Bamie.

Edmund Morris's trilogy on Teddy are absolutely brilliant. I highly recommend.

[–]HeyRememberThatTime 188 points189 points ago*

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If this page gets you, you really need to read the two pages that followed spanning across Feb 16th, 1884 and Feb 17th, 1884. Direct image links for RES users: Feb 16, Feb 17.

Alice Hathaway Lee, born at Chestnut Hill, July 29th 1861. I saw her first on Oct __ 1878; I wooed her for over a year before I won her; we were betrothed on Jan 25th 1880, and it was announced on Feb 16th; on Oct 27th of the same year we were married; we spent three years of happiness greater and more unalloyed than I have ever known fall to the lot of others; on Feb 12th 1884 her baby was born, and on Feb 14th she died in my arms; As my mother had died in the same house, on the same day, but a few hours previously. On Feb 16th they were buried together in Greenwood.

On Feb 17th I christened the baby Alice Lee Roosevelt.

For joy or for sorrow my life has now been lived out.

*Edit: typo in date

[–]notlurkinganymoar 87 points88 points ago

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Should be a lesson for our emo readers out there. Teddy Roosevelt lost the love of his life at 25. He mourned for years and thought his reason to live had been eviscerated. He believed he no longer had a purpose in life. Then he went on and did some other stuff....

[–]pnt987 53 points54 points ago

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ie. became the most BAMFPOTUS in history

[–]Rhapsodie 28 points29 points ago

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I read as

BAMFOPOTAMUS

[–]slavik262 8 points9 points ago

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That's quite an acronym you have there.

[–]brettaburger 20 points21 points ago

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And yet I was able to figure it out in seconds.

[–]abnormalsyndrome 104 points105 points ago

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For joy or for sorrow my life has now been lived out.

painful

[–]chemistry_teacher 7 points8 points ago

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Sounds like traditional vows: for better or for worse, in sickness and in health...

[–]Decency 10 points11 points ago

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They married 1880, not 1850.

Thanks though.

[–]guydudeman 8 points9 points ago

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The top-right portion of the 8 is very faint. It almost got me as well, but then I figured it out.

[–]flexd 9 points10 points ago

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Seeing her first in 1878 kind of makes it obvious they did not marry in 1850 as well :P

[–]guydudeman 1 point2 points ago

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That's why I was confused.... "Why would they have married in 1850?!? ...Oooooohhhhh..."

[–]HeyRememberThatTime 1 point2 points ago

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Oops. Thanks. Was going too fast with the transcription to check the math. Corrected now.

[–]Worthlessfuckface 257 points258 points ago

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Reminds me of Stalin, on the death of his first wife, Ekaterina Svanidze- "This creature softened my heart of stone. She died and with her died my last warm feelings for humanity."

[–]telegrams 420 points421 points ago

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welp.

TIME FOR GULAGS.

[–]OverTheir 82 points83 points ago

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Quick, someone fetch me my mourning mustache.

[–]kitsune 56 points57 points ago

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Joseph Stalin was actually a fashionable, handsome hipster

[–]WILDCA 39 points40 points ago

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Damn Stalin you rockin that neckbeard.

Did not plan on saying that today.

[–]TheAntagonist43 16 points17 points ago

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Shit, I know plenty of women who would hit that.

[–]selflessGene 2 points3 points ago

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Well, he'd hit them too.

[–]thepenfifteenclub 1 point2 points ago

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He had the picture and many other pictures of himself repaired to hide his hideous pockmarks.

[–]wartexmaul 8 points9 points ago

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Fucking Keanu.

[–]OverTheir 1 point2 points ago

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Daaaaaaamn ;)

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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Surely you mean Broseph Stalin?

[–]ArrestedQuote 15 points16 points ago

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He’s hairless, Michael. It’s a condition. I hate the guy but at least he’s got balls. Satiny and smooth probably.

[–]Kerafyrm 1 point2 points ago

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Well, I hope you also brought a spare bowl of candy beans.

[–]test_alpha 1 point2 points ago

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Mourning mustache missing. Instead fetch genocide mustache.

[–]almondz 5 points6 points ago

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I can picture him saying this to himself in the mirror, right after wiping those cold pearly tears from his eyes and mustache.

[–]bunnybunbun 1 point2 points ago

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You figured it out!

[–]waaaghbosss 15 points16 points ago

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Wife dead? Better starve to death 5 million Ukrainians!

[–]Worthlessfuckface 4 points5 points ago

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Gotta break a few eggs to make an omelet, eh?

[–]PirateZero 7 points8 points ago

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That would be a lot more affecting and touching if the reason she died wasn't because she killed herself because she was so horrified by what her husband had done.

[–]Worthlessfuckface 5 points6 points ago

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Second wife.

[–]ColHunterGathers 1 point2 points ago

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Umm, wasn't he a psychopath that emotionally, if not physically, abused her?

[–]Worthlessfuckface 3 points4 points ago

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Nah. That was his second wife. Her official cause of death was "Illness" but it's also believed that she shot herself or something. His first wife died of Typhus. He was kind of a huge dick to his kids, his son tried to shoot himself because he was so mean and he missed. Stalin just said "He can't even shoot straight." Second son got captured in the war, let him die "..You offer to return one of my sons, but you have a million of them.." yet he kills so many of his "Sons" He loved his daughter, Sveltana (from his second wife) though.

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[–]Lyeta 1 point2 points ago

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and now is one of those times where the crying just happens.

[–]cuezak 142 points143 points ago

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I love things like this where a very strong man, a leader, is shown to be just as vulnerable as the next guy. Seeing how much someone is in love with another person is an amazing thing.

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[–]michalube 23 points24 points ago

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and Marie Curie assumed Pierre's position at the Sorbonne after his death in 1904 and carried on their work until her own demise. Invention, creation and discovery are some of the purest ways to keep a dead lover alive.

[–]Caedus_Vao 1 point2 points ago

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Yes, and presided over the largest Empire that the modern-day world has ever seen (or will see). She was like....a female Teddy Roosevelt who stayed at home and churned out kids, while her armies told the natives all about Christianity and stiff upper lips.

[–]thespoon 44 points45 points ago

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Agreed. However, he was not the roughrider cowboy we think of, but a privileged, scholarly individual. Not trying to slam on Teddy, but there is quite a gap between "Teddy the man" and "Teddy the myth."

http://delanceyplace.com/view_archives.php?1604

Not saying he wasn't an impressive man, he gave a 90 minute speech after being shot! But he was also an expert at crafting an image of how he wanted to be perceived.

[–]CassandraVindicated 125 points126 points ago

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I think if you give a 90-minute speech after being shot, you're allowed a little indulgence when it comes to crafting an image.

[–]DeeWall 61 points62 points ago

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[–]notlurkinganymoar 20 points21 points ago

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Hmmm. It's unconventional, but I'll allow it.

[–]skankingmike 27 points28 points ago

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He was actually a cowboy though. And he did lead a ground campaign in Cuba giving up a very cushy post as head of the navy.

He also went on various safaris and after presidency he went down to the Amazon to map the fucking thing out.

I don't care what people want to make into myths, the fact of the matter is this man DID do shit. Unlike 99% of modern day politicians and regardless if you agree with his morals he had them for better or worse.

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Yea, "going down the Amazon" doesn't fully convey the enormous difficulty of that voyage though! River of Doubt is a great book about the expedition, if you're interested.

[–]skankingmike 1 point2 points ago

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Oh I know I plan on reading more about it. I know a lot of people mythologize Teddy, but the man did have a huge set of balls. His Amazon trip is often over looked and sadly often ignored.

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But he was also an expert at crafting an image of how he wanted to be perceived.

But just that is part of leadership and image is what gives people the authority to lead. Many great leaders graft their image and it often takes lot's of balls to do it. For example Charles de Gaulle holds the record of surviving 31 assassination attempts between 1958 and 1965, but he never showed any fear. Once he even slowly light up the cigarette in the middle of the street when all others were seeking cover under rifle fire (just to show that he did not give a shit). Someone said that when de Gaulle walked it was like statue was being moved. That image made him strong leader who could lead country that was in big turmoil.

You can seem more self evident manufacturing of image in Russian if you look at Vladimir Putin. Russia is country that is lead with the threat of violence, so his macho gangster imago helps to keep him in the power.

[–]TheCodexx 14 points15 points ago

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Yeah, but he deserves that image. I think everyone realizes that he wasn't quite the bull moose he was made out to be, but it's more fun to talk about his achievements and not his flaws.

Besides, in another century he'll just be another figure that historians like to gloss over their flaws.

[–]Differentiate 4 points5 points ago

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Yeah, they already put his face on a mountain

[–]jackisbackforgood 5 points6 points ago

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Theodore Roosevelt is an immensely complicated and impressive man. His life and character can't be written into one book, much less quotes from an email.

In addition to his "manly" and "physical" exploits, he was a scientist, who enjoyed studying and cataloging songbirds as well as warships.

Suggested reading: The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Rex

Those are a good place to start.

[–]Byaaah 2 points3 points ago

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Didn't he start and roll with the rough riders? His very own idea/creation, to take some badass cattlemen with him because he knew they would possess the best skill set for the mission. Teddy was the man.

[–]latticusnon 1 point2 points ago

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He was a scholarly individual and a roughrider cowboy. He set hunting records in Africa that weren't bested for decades. He managed to be a man's man while also intelligent.

[–]david-me 5 points6 points ago

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""It takes a strong man to make a tender chicken"

[–]AsAChemicalEngineer 1 point2 points ago

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There is some notion that he journeyed to the wilderness to die in his youth.

[–]DearBurt 48 points49 points ago

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Valentine's Day ... bummer.

[–]justshutupandobey 102 points103 points ago

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Also, he not only never spoke her name again, but never allowed anyone else to speak her name in his presence. That included their daughter, Alice Longworth Roosevelt, who never heard her father speak her mother's name.

[–]babooshkaa 139 points140 points ago

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I find that strange.

[–]justshutupandobey 41 points42 points ago*

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His belief was (and he told this to a friend who also lost his wife), that the pain had to be buried as deep inside as possible or it would destroy you.

This is the opposite of the current opinion that feelings should be shared.

I personally don't agree with either viewpoint. These opinions are like fads that change from time to time. What is considered "right" and "correct" now, would have been considered "strange" and "wrong" then. And vice-versa.

When I first read this story (see White's "The Making of Theodore Roosevelt") I also thought less of Teddy. His reasons are still not reasons I agree with, but there is another thing to consider:

Names have power. And people think, wrongly, that if they know a person's name, they then know the person. Allowing them to use her name, or speaking her name to them shows disrespect to her name and to her memory. They cannot know Teddy's wife as he knew and loved her, but sharing her name with them lets them think (wrongly) that they do. Other people do not have the right to use her name.

-- Just another viewpoint.

[–]dezmodium 1 point2 points ago

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Everyone grieves differently. If that's what he needed to do to deal with his loss, then its best to just let it be. Far be it for anyone around him at the time to belittle his mourning by telling him he is doing it wrong.

[–]HumbleBumbleBee 1 point2 points ago

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Names have power.

Voldemort

[–]DFWPhotoguy 53 points54 points ago

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In his biography, the way I interpreted this was that he mentally had to purge her from his mind.

We have to start this conversation by saying Teddy was not a normal human being. The way he did things, his thought process, his life up to that point was not typical by any stretch and we do him a disservice by comparing how people typically morn a loss with how he did it.

My main takeaway was that he purged her memory as much as he could, save for a very few limited memories. He took only the sweetest memories he had and kept those for himself and did whatever it is that his brain did to process things and forcibly removed all the other 'trivial' memories and removing them. Not because he didn't love her, but because he wanted only the purest of thoughts and memories of her. I find this to be one of the most powerful acts of love a person can do. He couldn't dwell on her, be angry she was gone, hold on to trinkets of memories. He felt it would muddy his memory of her if he didn't hold on as tightly as possible to only the very sweetest of memories of her.

When I read that chapter on how he handled things I was struck by how it was really one of the most logical ways of processing death that I had ever read and it made me think what strength it took to do this. His shrine to her was only the best of memories. That to me is love.

[–]kayoss 4 points5 points ago

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What was the title of the biography? It sounds like a very interesting read.

[–]DFWPhotoguy 6 points7 points ago

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The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris. Its part of a three part trilogy.

Its 741 pages long and doesn't even cover his presidency. Just the time of his life up-to that point. Which is insane.

What I love about this book though is that it paints a picture of what life was like during his time better than any other book I have read. Its a real window into the transition from the late 1800s into the early 1900s.

A million times over, purchase this book. Its 10 dollars on amazon and will blow you away.

http://www.amazon.com/Theodore-Roosevelt-Modern-Library-Paperbacks/dp/0375756787

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If he wasn't a President he wouldn't have the same leeway he has though. That seems to me the problem.

[–]estefuego 2 points3 points ago

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So... he never spoke her daughter's name..

[–]TheBeardofWin 35 points36 points ago

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One of the sweetest damn things I've ever seen.

[–]Wrym 18 points19 points ago

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Reminds me of this heartbroken work.

The stars are not wanted now: put out every one;

Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun;

Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood.

For nothing now can ever come to any good.

[–]billmalarky 42 points43 points ago

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Must. Not. Cry at work...

[–]xoe6eixi 5 points6 points ago

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There goes my 7 minute allotment for the year.

[–]AvatarOfErebus 8 points9 points ago

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Makes. Heart hurt.

[–][deleted] 11 points12 points ago

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If anyone wants a good biography that deals with this topic, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt is one of the best books I've ever read.

[–]ElBiscuit 2 points3 points ago

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Right there with you. Almost done with that one right now ... already have Theodore Rex and Colonel Roosevelt on the shelf for after.

[–]DFWPhotoguy 1 point2 points ago

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Ditto. Almost done with The Rise right now as well and I find it absolutely insane how our political environment now looks SO FREAKING MUCH exactly how it looked then.

But yes, this is probably the best biography I have ever read and one of the most amazing books I have had the pleasure of experiencing.

[–]codewench 47 points48 points ago

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Y'all are missing the real thing we learn from this.

That guy had amazing handwriting.

[–]Caedus_Vao 9 points10 points ago

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You would too, if the school master rapped your knuckles with a birch rod for wobbly "t's".

[–]larkham 10 points11 points ago

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Read this in Ron Swanson's voice.

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[–]hommIII[S] 4 points5 points ago

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TIL Teddy Roosevelt's second wife was named Kermit as a middle name.

[–]Lanbeast 34 points35 points ago

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Made me think of my fiancee, and then my heart dropped.

[–]thatfookinschmuck 115 points116 points ago

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Made me think of the trebble, and then the bass dropped. wub wub wub

[–]whattothewhonow 19 points20 points ago

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Made me think of G-Funk, where the rhythm is the bass and the bass is the treble

[–]iSmokeTheXS 1 point2 points ago

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So did I. If I were in a similar situation, I can't imagine having the power to even write those words.

[–]FrostWalkers 8 points9 points ago

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I felt the same way when my two daughters died the same day. My wife took it just as hard as me, but she was always stronger than me.

But hey there is always another light about to be lit in your life. Now we have a son and and another daughter. We wouldn't if we handnt hung in there.

[–]worried_monkey 5 points6 points ago

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How did this terrible thing happen? I am sorry for your loss and glad that you found a way out.

[–]FrostWalkers 9 points10 points ago

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At the age of one they both got a horrible case of pneumonia. They were hospitalized, but their immune systems were shot. I felt like the worst parent in the world, but the doctors said there was nothing i could have done.

[–]lanbanger 6 points7 points ago

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Jesus dude..big man-hugs :-((((

[–]MananWho 6 points7 points ago

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I have a feeling that if we turn to the next page, it'll give us the location of the Chamber of Secrets.

[–]Cursance 1 point2 points ago

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We would have to flip to mid-June.

[–][deleted] 34 points35 points ago

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It was a rough point in my life...

[–]skrillex 11 points12 points ago

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ಠ_ಠ

[–]OverTheir 1 point2 points ago

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Sonny?

[–]shiftyeyeddogg 2 points3 points ago

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At least you rode it out and made it over the hill.

[–]knirefnel 20 points21 points ago

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I challenge your Teddy Roosevelt diary entry with Carl Friedrich Gauss' diary entry lamenting the loss of his young wife and infant child:

Lonesome, I sneak about among the happy people who surround me here. If for a few moments they make me forget my sorrow, it comes back later with double force. I am of no value among your happy faces. I could become hardened toward you, which you don't deserve. Even the bright sky makes me sadder. Now, dear, you would have left your bed, now you would be walking at my arm, our darling at my hand, and you would be rejoicing in your recovery and our happiness, which we would each be reading in the mirror of the other's eyes. We dreamed of a more beautiful future. An envious demon–no, not an envious demon, the Unsearchable, did not will it so. O Blessed One, already you see clearly now the mysterious purposes which are to be attained through the shattering of my happiness. Aren't you permitted to infuse several drops of consolation and resignation into my desolate heart? Even in life you were so overrich in both. You loved me so. You longed so much to stay with me! I should not yield too much to grief, were almost your last words. O, how am I to begin shaking it off? O, beseech the Eternal–could he refuse you anything?–only this one thing, that your infinite kindheartedness may always hover and float, living, before me, helping me, poor son of earth that I am, to struggle after you the best I can.

This entry was found in a stack of Gauss' papers, stained with tears.

[–]ilikemustard 1 point2 points ago

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Shit, son.

[–]zachxter 6 points7 points ago

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back when presidents were intellectual.

[–]lanbanger 1 point2 points ago

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The equivalent GW Bush diary entry just boggles the mind...

[–]silverscreemer 1 point2 points ago

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Deer Diray,

X

I done lost my Larry the Cable Guy Delux box set.

[–]Cursance 7 points8 points ago

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He hated being called Teddy after this - it was her pet name for him.

[–]jsellout 7 points8 points ago

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hmm it kind of feels wrong to be reading this.

[–][deleted] 7 points8 points ago

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Anybody who's interested in the life and works of Theodore Roosevelt should check out the new subreddit I made yesterday. It's a place to learn about the man himself and also hopefully a hub for all things that he loved such as literature, politics, conservation, and the outdoors.

Cheers and good post. This diary entry of his has always fascinated me the most about him.

[–]The_Seeker 4 points5 points ago

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Theodore Roosevelt was a bona fide bad ass. No doubt about it.

[–]swoodmanroxu 2 points3 points ago

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Whoa, let's not overstate the whole family thing. Once he settled down after losing his mother and wife on the VERY SAME DAY, which mind you, was Valentine's Day, he was a family man. He was very active with his children throughout their life and into adulthood. Read before you accuse him of being a bad father.

[–]NorthernBoreus 9 points10 points ago

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I showed this to my girlfriend and said, "Isn't this sad?" She looked over my shoulder and said, "What's sad is that people are reading his diary and putting it up on the internet."

[–]lobsterknuckles 2 points3 points ago

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Every item a very well renowned person owns transcends status into an artifact, or treasure after they die. An artifact or treasure that can be decided to be displayed at will by kin.

[–]moonlapse 2 points3 points ago

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Teddy is a fascinating guy. Highly reccomend that everyone at least read the wikipedia page on him and the wars he was involved in. More if you are a history baus.

[–]jennaberry 2 points3 points ago

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I can't decide if I want to name my first son Theodore or Atticus. I want him to have a real badass name.

[–]concussedYmir 11 points12 points ago

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Name him both. Theodore Atticus has a nice ring to it.

[–]kraydel[!] 8 points9 points ago

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Thadicus.

[–]Caedus_Vao 5 points6 points ago

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Roosevelticus Von Testeronestein.

[–]Bromleyisms 2 points3 points ago

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Attidore.

[–]DirtychrisT 2 points3 points ago

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What is this warm beating feeling coming from my chest?

[–]grahamcrackuh 2 points3 points ago

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such a fucking badass

[–]EbonMane 2 points3 points ago

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14th of February. What a Valentine.

[–]elnrith 2 points3 points ago

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in one line this man managed to put across all the pain he was feeling...it leaves me speechless really

[–]isitiswhatitis 2 points3 points ago*

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"He never spoke publicly about her again."??? I would not think this "diary" entry would have been considered "public", at least not at the time.

*EDIT: dairy/diary Duh, thx laryrose

[–]laryrose 5 points6 points ago

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It looks like some dairy entries are very public.

[–]Happy_Kitteh 2 points3 points ago

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That is achingly beautiful.

[–]rangoeltango 2 points3 points ago

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On Valentine's Day? That is so sad.

[–]bakupl 2 points3 points ago

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This is the most romantic thing I have ever seen. Tragiclly unfortunately.

[–]BrockLanders34 2 points3 points ago

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Read the Rise of Theodore Roosevelt; Teddy is one of the most bad ass mother fuckers ever to live.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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It is now officially manly to keep a diary.

[–]jerryher 2 points3 points ago

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Teddy was one bad ass dude, but even the most hardened man can have his heart broken. Some men break, other men like Teddy become Batman. True story, Christopher Nolan based his Batman off of Teddy Roosevelt.

The Psychology Of The Dark Knight: Batman Unmasked http://www.youtubeloop.com/v/nGJXF3uJuXI#s=496&e=581

[–]exjentric 3 points4 points ago

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I wish I could read more of the words on the next page. I see "Alice has passed away..."

[–]knowhatimsayin 1 point2 points ago

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This strikes a chord with me in that I feel I would handle the situation similarly. I lack a lot of emotional sentiments to say the least, but I feel this is more powerful statement than a man crying on his knees.

[–]grandplans 1 point2 points ago

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soulcrushing

[–]Cursance 1 point2 points ago

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He hated being called Teddy after this - it was her pet name for him.

[–]mitchk10 1 point2 points ago

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My heart just broke a little.

[–]williamspam91 1 point2 points ago

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I saw this on Modern Marvels...

[–]jntwn 1 point2 points ago

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Nice penmanship.

[–]baticrease 1 point2 points ago

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On Valentines day?!? Bummer... Probably didn't carry much significance back then... Anyone?

[–]lonely_puppet 1 point2 points ago

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I wish I could feel that strongly about anything.

[–]chemistry_teacher 1 point2 points ago

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Before there was Hemingway, there was TR.

[–]gonosis 1 point2 points ago

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I have nothing but respect for the man, but reading his diary entry makes me feel like i'm violating his sanctuary..

[–]pcnerd37 1 point2 points ago

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It always sucks to lose somebody.

[–]piss_n_boots 1 point2 points ago

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In addition to everything already mentioned I'm really intrigued by the date format here.

Month / day of week / day of month / year

[–]bboots100 1 point2 points ago

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I never cared much for Teddy Roosevelt, but this was very touching.

[–]fxpstclvrst 1 point2 points ago

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I was cleaning out my grandma's house last winter, and I came across a diary she'd stuck in the back of a drawer. On the cover was embossed the year, 12 years before i was born, that her husband and daughter died in an accident. On the date page of the accident: "John and Catherine - gone!" I do not know that I have read a more heartbreaking sentence from that day to this.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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Oh wow, I teared up when I read that :(

[–]ttufan09 1 point2 points ago

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He hated being called teddy btw.

[–]VL3500 1 point2 points ago

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And it was Valentine's day. Fucking life, man.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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Teddy Roosevelt's tears gave birth to Chuck Norris.

[–]i010011010 7 points8 points ago

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"I wish I remembered to ask her where she put my car keys"

[–]bnizzz 2 points3 points ago

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If that happened today it would have been a Facebook/Twitter/Google+ status update

[–]Bromleyisms 1 point2 points ago

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and accompanied by the words "Cut my wrists and black my eyes"