Been working from home for 2 years now and I actually get to eat lunch with my kids sometimes and help with school pickup on Tuesdays. Just got the mandate that we need to be in office 4 days a week starting next month. I'm genuinely considering looking for a new job over this. Anyone else fighting ...
Taking the boys camping for the first time. Youngest is 4, oldest is 8. I've got a 4 person tent and a Coleman stove, planning to do some easy hiking and cook hot dogs over a fire. Should I go car camping or actually backpack? Thinking car camping might be smart for the first time but want it to fee...
My 5yo told me I have a 'jiggly tummy like Santa' and I should 'stop eating cookies.' Pretty sure he just roasted me but the confidence in his delivery absolutely got me. Later he asked if I was sad because I was jiggly. Kids have zero filter and somehow they nail you every time. What's the most bru...
Just realized I'm at the age where I genuinely find myself laughing at my own jokes before I even finish telling them. My kids groan every single time. This is my life now. I asked my daughter if she wanted to hear a construction joke and she literally said 'No thanks, I'm not in the mood to be unde...
Used to fish with my dad as a kid. Haven't done it in like 15 years. Got a 3 and 5 year old and they were driving me nuts one weekend so I threw them in the truck and went to the creek. Now we go every other Saturday morning. Don't catch much usually but they love it and I love it and it's like the...
I was a manager. Meetings, conference calls, the whole thing. Defined myself by my job title and the paycheck. My wife made more anyway so we did the math and I tapped out. First month was weird. Like losing my identity. Now I'm the guy who knows the teachers' names and the schedule and where the g...
Used to be pretty hardcore. Now I play like an hour or two after bedtime when I can. Been working through some older games I missed. There's something nice about low stakes gaming when you're just playing for yourself. My kids are starting to watch me play which is cool but also weird. They root fo...
Joined a league with some guys from work three years ago. Still have no idea what I'm doing. Keep drafting running backs too high or something. Last place two years in a row. But I love the trash talk and the camaraderie. We all check our teams during lunch. Thinking about actually watching some ga...
Because he was outstanding in his field! My 6 year old groaned so hard when I told her this one at breakfast. Worth it.
We were just sitting on the porch eating ice cream and she randomly said 'dad you're the best dad ever.' I didn't do anything special, we weren't even doing anything that interesting. But man, those moments hit different. Made my whole month honestly.
After months of chaos and battles, we finally set some boundaries that actually stick. No screens before 10 AM, max 1 hour on weekdays, 2 hours on weekends. We also do screens in the living room only so we can see what they're watching. It took like 3 weeks of the kids throwing fits but now it's jus...
My 8 year old asked me what time it was and I told him it was time to get a watch. He groaned so hard. Pretty sure that's a new record for how bad a dad joke can be. What terrible jokes have you guys subjected your kids to?
I had to miss my son's soccer game yesterday because of a client call that ran over. He didn't say much but I could tell he noticed I wasn't there. I make decent money now after the promotion but I feel like I'm trading it for time I'm never getting back. Some nights I lie awake thinking about this ...
My ex and I had a rough split 5 years ago. Lots of anger and fighting and our kids were caught in it. We were that couple where the kids had to relay messages between us. It got so bad that I finally said something had to change. We went to a coparenting class together, which sounds crazy but it hel...
Growing up my family was super religious in a way that felt forced and judgmental. I walked away from it for years. But after having kids I felt this pull back toward faith, just a more honest version. I'm realizing now that my kids are watching how I practice faith - whether I'm actually living it ...