I'm probably the only guy here who did this but it felt right. New role would've been 20% travel, longer hours, more pressure. My kids are 5, 7, and 9. They need me here. I've seen guys take these promotions and their families fall apart. Yeah the money would've been nice, another 30k a year. But my...
Nothing, it just waved. My kids groan every single time but I can't stop telling them.
Nobody told me I'd become a joke-telling machine. Every situation is an opportunity now. Kid spills juice? 'Looks like someone's having a little meltdown.' My wife is threatening to revoke my dad card but also she's laughing so I think I'm winning.
Woke up at 5am to prep it, kept the temp at 225 for like 14 hours, wrapped it in foil at the stall. Buddy I've been wanting to try this for years. Came out perfect. Neighbors could smell it from 3 houses away and I'm pretty sure 2 of them showed up 'just happening' to stop by at dinner time. Totally...
Been putting this off for like 6 months. Grabbed some 2x4s and plywood from Home Depot today. The plan is to make something sturdy enough that my 7 and 9 year old can safely use hand tools without destroying themselves. Thinking 4 feet long, good lighting overhead, and a pegboard for hanging tools. ...
For 3 months it was games every weekend. Now suddenly we're free and the house feels weird. Kid wants to do nothing, wife wants to clean, I suggested hiking but got a hard pass. Thinking about just embracing weekend sleep ins for a while. Anyone else go through this adjustment period where suddenly ...
My wife is going back to work part time next week and I'm going to be doing some solo parenting. Scheduled to give our daughter her first bath while mom's at work and I'm lowkey terrified. She's 8 weeks old and so tiny. What temperature is the water supposed to be? Do I need both hands or can I use ...
I love my kids and wife but I feel so alone sometimes. Like I'm going through the motions, work, home, repeat. I don't have close friends anymore since we moved and everyone says parenting is isolating but I didn't expect it to feel THIS isolating. I think I need to talk to someone about it. Just ne...
Work is insane right now. Budget cuts, deadline moved up, and my team is short staffed. Then I come home and my kids need attention, wife needs help with dinner, and honestly I have nothing left in the tank. Been snapping at everyone and I hate it. Tried explaining to my wife that work is just reall...
My therapist and psychiatrist both recommended I go on meds for depression and I filled the prescription but haven't started taking them yet. Part of me feels like admitting I need help is saying I'm weak or that I can't handle being a dad on my own. Logically I know that's not how it works but emot...
Started getting these episodes where my heart races and I feel like something bad is about to happen. Nothing actually triggers them, they just hit me. Been happening for about two months now. My wife suggested I talk to someone but I've never done therapy before. Does it actually help or am I just ...
Crazy how life changes. I was making decent money, traveling every week, at the office before 6am and leaving after 6pm. Missed my daughter being born basically, and when I was there I was checking emails the whole time. One day my son asked me why I was always angry and something just clicked. I ta...
Been with my company 7 years. Two coworkers who started after me both got promoted in the last year. My manager said I'm doing great work but "not quite ready". The timing is weird because I asked for flexible Fridays to handle school stuff with my kids. Probably paranoid but it bugs me. Anyone expe...
Took the family camping for the first time in years. Got there Friday, rain started Saturday morning and never stopped. Tent held up fine but morale was shot. Ended up playing cards in the tent for 8 hours and eating hot dogs. Kids actually had fun but I felt like I failed somehow? Should I have pac...
My son is 3 weeks old and he was looking at my face the other day and I swear we made eye contact and something shifted in my chest. Like suddenly all the memes about 'would die for them' made actual sense. But also I'm petrified constantly. Is he breathing? Why is his poop that color? Did I support...