A neighbour called Dave

[KhakiOrca]

Does everyone know a Dave?
The Daves I know are middle aged (obviously because it was a popular name back then)
But they all seem to be on benefits, drive a motorbike of some sort , smoke weed and have a few vicious dogs.
What are your experiences of Daves?

We have 3 daves at work who all work in the Cyber/Tech team and mid 40s+ and refuse to be called David.

I have a neighbour called Dave. He is a middle aged man who was privately educated, works in banking, drives a sensible (but expensive) family car and he has an adorable Labrador called Millie.

Your idea of Dave is wrong. I know loads and they aren't as you describe. There are many various kinds of Dave. I also know a child called David

My next door neighbour is called Dave….. during lockdown I purchased many a David Austin rose. My garden was beautiful. I am friends with Dave on FB.

When I returned to work in the summer of 2020, I discovered that Dave had gone into my garden, taken pictures of said Flora and Fauna and posted it to his FB under the illusion it was in fact, his garden!

He's 70s, still works one day a week in his own business, has his own flat, still works out, no pets but is very into collecting houseplants, drives a car and neither smokes or drinks alcohol.

Im 42 and know LOTS of Daves! It seemed a peak name choice in my town when I was born it seems. None of the Dave's I know are as you describe.

One is a postie, one works in retail, ones a pub landlord, one is a solicitor, one works in IT, etc. That's just off the top of my head.

This sounds more like a very local and specific neighbourhood issue? 🤔 That perhaps is not just limited to people called Dave?!

Nope, don’t know any Daves or Davids. Which surprises me.

I have two cousins both called Dave, one in his 40’s and one in his 60’s. Neither match your description in any way.

Is this some weird attempt to trick people into providing, and laughing about, equivalent male stereotypes to “Karen” which everyone has been (rightly) saying is misogynistic and ageist across the site for the last few days? (ie to say there is a male equivalent and it’s okay to laugh about it when it’s a man)?

A Canadian comedy group made a song about the Daves they know…😂

The Dave I know is our COO, earns about £300k a year, drives a Jag F Type. Guess he could smoke weed and no idea if he has a dog.

The Daves I know don't fit that description at all!

Both very fit and into sport. Both gainfully employed.

Is it Caveman Dave?

Both my brothers-in-law are called Dave. One is a teacher, one is a professor. Both have dogs but don’t smoke weed.

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Weirdly I have neighbours on either side of me, both strictly Davids not Daves.

I can only think of one Dave I know. He's a retired physics teacher, has one smallish car, looks after his grandchildren after school, I think he has a cat but I'm not sure.

I know a good few guys called David and Davy but only one Dave. Is that weird?

A friend is married to a Dave, they’re in early 30s.

He’s a complete dick though. Really immature and a lazy parent. Really don’t like him.

Just to add he works in IT and pre kids drove a white BMW. Now it’s a more sensible Qashqai, still white though.

Caveman Dave lives in a cave. He doesn’t wash and he doesn’t shave. Wild animals don’t frighten Dave. At bears and tigers he will wave.

Love this book!

All the actual Dave’s I know, apart from Caveman Dave, are mostly smart scientists aged 25-50. I know a nice teenage one. And a few others who are nowhere near your stereotype.

The only one I can think of is the guy who picks up the wee and poo samples from work to take them to the hospital path lab for processing.

If you'd started a thread asking if everyone knew a Karen there would be uproar.

The Dave I know is a vicar!

Oh no this thread has made me realise I don’t have many Daves in my life! We used to have a cat called Dave, in the 80s before it was fashionable. But I moved to Scotland and where Daves would be, there are more Andys, Ians and Kens. I do know one who is a musician and drives a van. Dog lover but not scary dogs.

Decades ago i used to work with a very traditional, snowy-haired senior manager called David. NO-ONE would have ever dared to call him Dave!

I have an ex called Dave.
He is a nice bloke and is now married to a lovely wife. They both have good jobs and the kids are at uni doing some sort of science degrees.
I've never known him to be on benefits, do drugs or have vicious dogs so not fitting op's stereotype of Dave's
He likes mountain biking though.