Iin, i believed that the man on the brawny wrapping was my father?

I was born in the mid 90's and lost my father when I was very young. There was a man on the Brawny (Brawny is a brand of paper towels) packaging and for some reason, I came to strongly believe that this man was my father.

Every time I would go to the store, I would ask if I could see "Daddy". I would get very upset if i couldn't go see him.

At first, my family was very puzzled but eventually, they came tolerate this. I think that they may have told me that this man wasn't my father but, I refused to believe it.

However, one day, when went to see my "father" and I was horrified to see that the company had changed the man on the logo. I was so upset. I wanted to believe that this was a mistake and that they would bring him back. I couldn't understand why they would do something so cruel to me.

Eventually, I had to learn to get over it but, it took me a long time. Is this normal?

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  • cockcabinet

    the brawny man is everyones dad

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  • squirrelgirl

    When I was a kid, I used to have a crush on the Brawny Man. Every time we'd go into the paper towel aisle, I'd pick up a package, swoon over him going "Ohhh Brawny!", and make out with him. I quit being in love with him after they changed the packaging. This is sadly not a troll post.

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    • regisphilbin

      lol

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  • MangoTango

    Because of this post, today at the store, I checked out the Brawny paper towel man. I can't figure why they did the update. I guess the focus groups liked this one? Creative departments do that sort of thing to appeal to their target audience.

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  • MangoTango

    This guy is a Brawny-Man replica.

    http://www.usgreenchamber.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Brawny-Man-Costume_USGCC-Blog.png

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    • Thank you.

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  • MangoTango

    Not normal. You are so cute. Like, faved this one!

    They did change him. Why?

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  • thegypsysailor

    Sometimes you feel like a nut and sometimes you are one.

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    • I was in pre-k or Kindergarten when this happened. I think I got over it in 1st grade.

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    • donteatstuffoffthesidewalk

      shut up tidy bowl man

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