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Before There Was “Dad Bod” There Was Lebanese Dad Gut

The internet was exploding last week over an unknown blogger’s declaration that we have entered the
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Lebanese dad gut is the rotund belly Lebanese men acquire after years and years of chain-smoking, eating his mom’s home cooking, in particular the sweet stuff, drinking arak, and most of all, not giving a fuck.

A man with a true Lebanese dad gut will take you out to dinner, order everything on the menu. You know instinctively that he won’t judge you for eating the last piece of sojuk, in fact, he likes a woman with a healthy appetite. Like his father before him, he will insist, absolutely insist, that you order dessert. And then he will pick up the check, whether or not he wants you to sleep with him.

Lebanese dad gut is more than a physical attribute. It’s swag. He’s a man who’s comfortable in his own skin. He doesn’t spend 24 hours a day chugging steroid-infused protein shakes and working out at the gym. He’s not going to mansplain postmodernist theory to you. Though he’ll probably try to mansplain some other shit. Let’s be real. He’s Lebanese. He’s a man. He can’t help it.

Now, chub chasing is not a new thing, and big-boned bros have been scoring with the ladies since the time of the ancients. I would hypothesize that at a subconscious level, we may even prefer a partner with a rotund tummy because a big belly is indicative of a relaxed mind and inner calm. Try it. Stop sucking in your stomach for a second. Breathe out. See how relaxed you feel? Yeah, your gut is hangin’ out right now. But hey, it’s sexy.