I'm turning into my dad and I'm only 34. Spent all morning analyzing why my grass is patchy and just ordered new seed and some fancy soil test kit. My wife thinks I'm insane. When did lawn care become interesting to me? Send help.

I know everyone dreams about leaving their soul-crushing office job and I finally did it last year. I'm my own boss, work from home, no commute. Should be living the dream right? Weird thing is I kind of miss the structure. I miss having coworkers to grab lunch with. Miss the forced routine. Now I'm...

Been divorced for 2 years now, 50/50 custody with my ex. Everything's smooth during the regular week but man, holiday transitions are getting harder. My 7 and 10 year old get confused about where they're supposed to be on certain days and my ex keeps changing what time is best for pickup. Anyone els...

Started at 285, down to 205 now. Everyone's telling me how great I look and congrats, you must feel amazing. And I do physically, but honestly I'm kind of lost. Spent so much mental energy on the weight loss that I didn't think about who I am beyond that. My whole identity was wrapped up in being th...

We were combo feeding and my daughter was getting frustrated switching between breast and bottle. Talked to the lactation consultant and switched to bottle feeding pumped milk and she's so much happier now. My wife can actually get a break and I'm bonding with our daughter during feedings. Took us a...

Not just grunts and one word answers either. We were driving to soccer and he told me about his new friend group, some drama with a girl he likes, college stuff he's thinking about. I just listened and asked questions. The old man's still got it I guess.

Wife is at her sister's place so it's just me and the two kids camping this weekend. Set up the tent yesterday and already the 5 year old is asking how many times we're going to eat. Brought way too much food but whatever. Hoping to keep them entertained without screens. Probably gonna fail at that ...

Started tearing out the old deck last Saturday thinking it would be a quick 2 day job. Found termites. Now I'm redoing the whole support structure. It's Wednesday and I'm still not done. My kids keep asking why daddy is so angry. Send help and energy drinks.

After 8 months of back and forth with lawyers, we finally signed off on the agreement yesterday. 50/50 custody with alternating weeks and he gets them every other weekend. Honestly feels good to have it all documented so there's no more confusion. Cost me about 4k but worth the peace of mind.

Took them out to Devil's Lake for three days last weekend. Oldest is 8, youngest is 5. Packed way too much food and forgot the tent stakes but we made it work. They caught some bluegill, complained about the sleeping bags for like 20 minutes then crashed hard. Waking up to them excited to go hiking ...

Started this project last month and we're about halfway done. It's nothing fancy, like 8 feet up in the oak tree in our backyard. We're learning as we go, watching YouTube videos, hitting Home Depot every Saturday morning. My son feels like he's actually building something instead of just watching d...

What started as a simple weekend project to build a small coop has turned into me basically constructing a chicken mansion. My 5yo got obsessed with the idea, now we're doing predator proofing, automatic door openers, the whole thing. I've learned way more about chicken housing than I ever needed to...

I said nothing, just thinking about how penguins have knees. She said that's not nothing that's weird. But seriously I was just at the zoo with the kids and now my brain won't let it go. Do you guys know penguins have knees? They do. You're welcome for that nightmare fuel.

Expected this to be a nightmare with him "helping" but he actually nailed posts while I held them and stayed focused for like 4 hours straight. We still have the backside to finish but man, that was some quality time. He kept saying he was the strongest builder in the world. These are the weekends t...

I have 8 weeks off and I should be exhausted but honestly it's amazing to just be here. Newborn screaming at 3am doesn't even bother me because it's my kid and I'm not stressed about emails. My coworkers keep texting me about work stuff and I'm just ignoring it all. Is it wrong that I kind of hope s...