An absorbent towel paper product having a machine direction and a cross-machine direction orthogonal to said machine direction, said absorbent towel paper product characterized by at least two plies of an absorbent towel paper web and further characterized in that each of said at least two plies of absorbent towel paper web is further characterized by: a) from about 20% to about 90% by weight of the dry fiber basis of said absorbent towel paper web of a soft wood pulp fiber mixture characterized by: i) from about 18.5% to about 88.5% by weight of the dry fiber basis of said absorbent towel paper web of soft wood pulp fiber wherein soft wood pulp fiber is refined at a delivered energy of less than 25 kWh/bdt before being added to said soft wood pulp fiber mixture; ii) from about 0.25% to about 5.0% by weight of the dry fiber basis of said absorbent towel paper web of a cationic strengthening polymer; and, iii) from about 0.05% to about 20% by weight of the dry fiber basis of said absorbent towel paper web of cellulose nanofilaments having an average width ranging from 30 nm to 500 nm and an aspect ratio ranging from 200 to 5000; and, b) from about 10% to about 55% by weight of the dry fiber basis of said absorbent towel paper web of a hard wood pulp fiber mixture; c) not more than about 10% by weight moisture; d) further characterized in that each of said at least two plies of said absorbent towel paper web is further characterized by a Total Tensile Strength Index ranging from 10 N•m/g to 18 N•m/g; and, e) further characterized in that each of said at least two plies of said absorbent towel paper web is further characterized by a Cross-directional Wet Tensile Strength to Cross-directional Dry Tensile Strength Ratio value ranging from 0.20 to 0.50. a) from about 20% to about 90% by weight of the dry fiber basis of said absorbent towel paper web of a soft wood pulp fiber mixture characterized by: i) from about 18.5% to about 88.5% by weight of the dry fiber basis of said absorbent towel paper web of soft wood pulp fiber wherein soft wood pulp fiber is refined at a delivered energy of less than 25 kWh/bdt before being added to said soft wood pulp fiber mixture; ii) from about 0.25% to about 5.0% by weight of the dry fiber basis of said absorbent towel paper web of a cationic strengthening polymer; and, iii) from about 0.05% to about 20% by weight of the dry fiber basis of said absorbent towel paper web of cellulose nanofilaments having an average width ranging from 30 nm to 500 nm and an aspect ratio ranging from 200 to 5000; and, i) from about 18.5% to about 88.5% by weight of the dry fiber basis of said absorbent towel paper web of soft wood pulp fiber wherein soft wood pulp fiber is refined at a delivered energy of less than 25 kWh/bdt before being added to said soft wood pulp fiber mixture; ii) from about 0.25% to about 5.0% by weight of the dry fiber basis of said absorbent towel paper web of a cationic strengthening polymer; and, iii) from about 0.05% to about 20% by weight of the dry fiber basis of said absorbent towel paper web of cellulose nanofilaments having an average width ranging from 30 nm to 500 nm and an aspect ratio ranging from 200 to 5000; and, b) from about 10% to about 55% by weight of the dry fiber basis of said absorbent towel paper web of a hard wood pulp fiber mixture; c) not more than about 10% by weight moisture; d) further characterized in that each of said at least two plies of said absorbent towel paper web is further characterized by a Total Tensile Strength Index ranging from 10 N•m/g to 18 N•m/g; and, e) further characterized in that each of said at least two plies of said absorbent towel paper web is further characterized by a Cross-directional Wet Tensile Strength to Cross-directional Dry Tensile Strength Ratio value ranging from 0.20 to 0.50.