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My son is 6 weeks old and I'm not gonna lie, the constant anxiety is exhausting. Is he eating enough? Why is he crying? Is that rash normal? Should we
I work with a bunch of guys who I genuinely like and respect. We hang out on weekends sometimes. But I feel like I'm hiding a huge part of who I am by
My doc suggested I try SSRIs for anxiety and I'm hesitant. I keep thinking I should be able to handle this on my own, like it means I'm failing someho
I swear my 10yo has developed a physical reaction to my jokes. It's like he can sense them coming. Even the good ones get eye rolls. Am I just bad at
So my 10-year-old comes home asking why the Hendersons are filling their hot tub in the backyard at 9pm. I guess he was being nosy looking over the fe
I make $75k gross. After taxes ($15k), my wife's full-time daycare costs ($21k), and commuting/lunch out ($4k), my actual take-home is... basically no
Looking for someone who specializes in dad anxiety/stress. Ideally someone who gets the specific pressure of being the "breadwinner" type role while a
Seriously. My house is not clean. My car has a thousand snack crumbs. I'm wearing the same 3 shirts on rotation. But my kids are thriving and I'm not
Quick celebration post because I need to document this before I jinx it: our 6 month old slept through the entire night. All of it. No dream feed, no
Not an ad or whatever but genuinely surprised by how much I'm using it. Has specific meditations for parents/stress and some are literally like 5 minu
She lets the kids stay up til 10pm on school nights and eat cereal for lunch. CEREAL FOR LUNCH. Then Monday morning rolls around and they're absolute
My 9yo and 7yo were fighting about a toy for literally 20 minutes this morning and I genuinely lost patience. Sent them to their rooms. Now I feel gui
Had my first kid last year and I gotta say, nothing prepared me for how much better everything got. Like yeah, the sleepless nights are real and my ca
Started buying used furniture and reselling it for extra cash. Making like $200-300/month on 5-6 hours of work. Question: does anyone else do this? Tr
Planning to take the kids (6, 9, 11) to Tahoe next summer and want to get them into snorkeling. Don't want to spend a fortune on stuff they might hate
My son won't stop talking about T-Rex vs Triceratops. Like, he's legitimately trying to correct me on pronunciation of "Parasaurolophus" and I had to
Real talk, I'm struggling here. My buddies want me to join their volleyball league again and I said yes thinking it would be fine but now I'm looking
Okay this is driving me crazy. I took my kids (7, 9, 12) to what I thought was a "easy" trail at Mount Tamalpais last weekend. It was like 3 miles rou
After 18 MONTHS of my 3.5yo refusing to cooperate, we finally turned a corner. Stopped forcing it, let him set the pace, and suddenly last week he's l
Been a SAHD for 18 months and I'm fried. Like completely cooked. My oldest is 4, youngest is 15 months. I love them but I am bone-tired and tired of b