Seriously. Got promoted two years ago and finally got my financial act together. Before that I was living paycheck to paycheck, no emergency fund, credit card debt everywhere. Started tracking every dollar, cut out the stupid spending, started investing in a 401k. Just hit 50k in savings and my wife...
Patriots playing at 8. Probably gonna be late but I already told the wife I'm staying up. She gave me that look but I'm pulling the dad card and saying I need this. Who's everyone rooting for?
My 7 and 10 year olds have gotten into Roblox and I'm not totally sure what it is. Seems like a game where kids can make their own games? Looked into it a bit and some of the games seem sketchy. Plus there's a chat feature. I've turned off chat but now they're asking why they can't talk to their fri...
My youngest is 18 months and still not sleeping through. I've been running on fumes for months now. I'm irritable, everything feels harder, I'm snapping at my wife and kids over nothing. Went to the doctor and he basically said I'm dealing with exhaustion related anxiety and depression. We're workin...
I believe in old fashioned accountability. When my kids mess up, they face real consequences, not participation trophies or excuses. My wife thinks I'm too hard sometimes but I grew up with a father who held me to high standards and I turned out fine. I'm not talking about being harsh, just consiste...
Just wanted to share because I've been hesitant about it for so long. Been dealing with depression off and on for years and finally took the leap. My therapist is actually really good and last week we had a breakthrough moment where I realized a lot of my patterns come from stuff I never processed. ...
Everyone talks about how being a dad changes you but nobody mentions that you end up working your butt off trying to be good at both. I went from being a guy who could focus completely on my career to someone who feels guilty at work for missing stuff at home and guilty at home for thinking about wo...
My son is begging for a smartphone. He's responsible with his iPad and does ok in school but I'm worried about what he'll do with it when I'm not looking. What age did you guys let your kids have phones? Any recommendations for parental controls that actually work? Don't want to be the strict dad bu...
Caught my son on a gaming subreddit yesterday. He's only 8. Had to have a talk about internet safety. He seemed to understand but I'm paranoid now about what he's getting into online. Downloaded some monitoring software but feel weird spying on him. Other parents dealing with this yet?
Had to report some dishonest behavior at work today even though the guy is popular and everyone likes him. Did it respectfully and went through the right channels. It might make things awkward but a man has to have integrity. My kids are watching how I handle this. That matters more than being liked...
Saw a young guy yesterday who didn't open the door for his date. Just walked right through and let it close on her. That bothered me all day. I know times have changed but there's a difference between being respectful and being a pushover. My wife still appreciates when I open her car door even afte...
Being home with the baby was incredible and hard and wonderful. Now I'm back at work and I'm honestly not sure which place I want to be. Miss my newborn constantly. Miss adult conversation. Miss my kids too. The reentry is way harder than I expected. My coworkers are acting like I've been gone for a...
Took them to the farmers market and let them pick out whatever weird looking produce they wanted. They got some purple cauliflower and these tiny orange carrots. Roasted everything with a little olive oil and salt. They demolished the whole tray. Sometimes the trick is just letting them choose.
Told him if he kept eating sweets he'd get a sugar rush. He goes 'Dad, I'm already a sugar rush. I'm your son.' Had to leave the room so he wouldn't see me cracking up. The kid's got dad joke energy at 9 years old. I'm either the best influence or the worst one, there's no in between.
Been thinking a lot about this lately. My old man made me shake hands and mean it. You give your word, you keep it, period. Now I'm trying to instill that in my 12 year old and it's harder than I thought. He wanted to back out of helping his scout leader because his friends were doing something else...