The top 10 ways dads show love from doing DIY, to paying dinner bills and sending an iconic emoji

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Dads prefer to show their affection by paying for meals, fixing things around the house – and the thumbs-up emoji.

A poll of 2,000 adults revealed 49 per cent reckon their dad would describe himself as ‘not good at emotional stuff’.

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Instead, lending tools, helping with house moves, and checking the tyres and oil in cars were other ways dads show their affection.