Rob Scharbach: Man joins Taylor Swift Reddit community to bond with stepdaughter Sophia, calls himself a 'proud Swiftie'

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Rob Scharbach has found a unique way to connect with his stepdaughter! The youngster is a huge Taylor Swift fan and the father made use of Redditors on the Taylor Swift subreddit to work on the relationship between the two. "I’m a very proud 'swiftie dad' to my 13-year-old stepdaughter. She is obsessed with all things Taylor, talks about her all day every day, sings her songs constantly, already has her Speak Now TV vinyl preordered, and she’s going to one of the Minneapolis shows next month with her mom ..."

He continued, "I joined this subreddit just so I could see Taylor news in my feed and I just want to extend a thank you to all you die-hard fans for all the topics and talking points you’ve provided," the 42-year-old wrote. The father further wrote in his post, "My daughter’s face lights up like you wouldn’t believe when I start dropping knowledge or asking if she’s heard the same rumors, etc. I’ve always had a very close relationship with her, but this has just enhanced that connection so much and I love it. So thank you, all of you, for being such a wonderful fan base. I’m glad she’s a part of it."

'It became a lot of fun'

Surprised after his post went viral, Scharbach told People that he met stepdaughter Sophia when she was just five and ‘couldn’t stop listening to Taylor Swift.’ "Everything is Taylor Swift in our house, so she kind of takes over the house with all that stuff and I started getting more interested. So I started looking up some stuff, and that led me to the subreddit, and I joined it and started reading up and learning all that stuff,” he shared with the outlet. "I had a really good time, just kind of dropping new stuff and being like, 'Hey, did you hear this?' And then she would come back with, 'Yeah, I know and I read this.' It became a lot of fun."

'They really are a community'

Thankful to the online community of Swifties, he acknowledged, "I think the Taylor Swift fan base is especially fantastic because they really are a community and feed off each other and people come in with all different things and there are discussions. And then there are people sharing their own stories, everyone's engaged in it."