Taking the boys on our first real hike, like 4 miles roundtrip. My 5yo is worried about bears and my 8yo just wants to know if there's a snack stop halfway. Should I pack way more water than I think we need? And is there anything I should know about that trail besides the obvious snake thing? We're ...
Started this project 3 weeks ago and honestly thought I'd give up after day one. Got the platform secured to the oak tree in our backyard and we just finished nailing down the floor boards. My son did like 60% of the hammering himself which was both impressive and terrifying. Planning to add walls t...
I thought I'd just get a basic grill but now I'm that guy who spends way too much time researching temps and techniques. Made reverse sear steaks last weekend and my family said it was the best I've ever done. Planning my next meal before I'm even done eating the current one. My wife jokes that my g...
Been thinking a lot lately about how my kids don't know how to write a real letter anymore. Everything is texts and emails. So I sat down with my 12 year old last weekend and taught him proper letter writing. Showed him how to address it, the greeting, closing with sincerity. We wrote a thank you no...
My son is 2 weeks old and I feel like I should be more connected or in love or whatever dads are supposed to feel. Right now he mostly looks like a potato and doesn't do much except cry and poop. I know that sounds terrible but I'm being honest. My wife seems instantly obsessed with him but I'm just...
Finally set up a real workbench in the garage. Nothing fancy, just heavy duty construction from Home Depot, mounted a peg board for tools, organized everything. My kids actually think it's cool now that it's not just scattered junk everywhere. My 6 year old wants to help me with projects now which i...
Got divorced last year after being married for 15 years. Spent almost two decades as a married guy with a kid and then suddenly I'm living alone in an apartment and having every other weekend free. Some days it feels like I got my life back. Some days it feels like I lost everything. I'm relearning ...
I know I'm a nerd but I've already built like 5 different mock draft spreadsheets for this weekend's draft. Been doing this league for 10 years with the same guys, it's basically an excuse to hang out and talk trash for an entire season. My wife thinks it's ridiculous how seriously I take it but thi...
My son has been asking for more gaming time on Saturdays and Sundays. Right now he gets about 1 hour on school days and we usually let him have 2 hours split between gaming and YouTube on weekends. My wife thinks thats fine but I'm worried hes not getting enough outdoor time. We live in a decent nei...
My 10 year old is obsessed with Roblox. Every second he's not doing homework hes asking to play. We set limits but he found out he can use his tablet too so hes sneaking games in. Ive tried having the talk about moderation but it goes in one ear and out the other. Does anyone elses kid play Roblox c...
Every single time we put our daughter in the car seat she screams like we're torturing her. We've tried everything, different temperatures, different times of day, different music. Nothing works. We have to drive to see family tomorrow and I'm genuinely dreading it. Please tell me this phase ends. H...
Quit the side hustle that was consuming 20 hours a week. I thought I needed the extra money but turns out I needed my life back more. Now I have weekends where I'm not stressed or thinking about work stuff. My wife asked if I was okay because apparently I seemed different. I miss having something to...
My wife and I just brought our 2 week old home from the hospital and he seems to be doing okay during the day but at night he screams the second we put him down in the bassinet. The only way he'll sleep is if I'm holding him. I've tried everything - white noise, warming up the mattress, burping him ...
Our daughter is 6 weeks old and we're trying to figure out if we should be following more of a schedule or just doing on demand feeding. She's exclusively formula fed. Right now she eats like every 2-3 hours during the day but then at night she'll go 4-5 hours and we're not sure if that's okay. The ...
Got a free Saturday for once while the wife takes the kids to her parents house. I'm thinking about finally starting that garage project I've been putting off all summer. Either that or I just sit and do absolutely nothing for 8 hours. Anyone else get excited about the possibility of boredom?