Lmao I say this all the time. After he defeated Freiza, he took a whole year off of parenting and being a husband so he could he learn instant transmission (come on did that really take a year to learn?) Then like you said, after Cell he chose to stay dead but CLAIMED he would check on Gohan and Chi chi from time to…

I said the same thing! I definitely think Vegeta raised Goten while Goku was willingly dead. I mean Trunks and Goten are best friends so he probably came around all the time to play. I’m sure some of those times Vegeta had to scold them for being trouble makers and I’m sure he trained Goten a little as well.

I had that theory too! But just about Goten. I had idea for a fan fiction where Chi Chi and Yamcha had sex and she got pregnant and to cover it up, they gathered the dragon balls and wished that Goten had Goku’s DNA and then she just styled his hair to look like Goku’s