Why is nobody talking about how brutal diaper pails are? Mine smells like a forgotten science experiment. I take the trash out like I'm handling biohazardous materials. Wife walks past it fine. I get one whiff and I'm gagging. Is this a dad thing? Am I just weak? Please tell me I'm not alone here.

Three years ago it was just me. I could go where I wanted, spend money on stupid stuff, sleep whenever. Now there's chaos constantly. Toys everywhere, constant noise, zero privacy. But man, coming home is different now. My 5 year old sprinting to the door yelling 'daddy' when I pull up hits differen...

I used to think I wasn't a dad joke guy. Then I became a dad. Now I can't stop. Yesterday I told my 4yo the sun was so bright because it had too many lumens. He asked what a lumen was. I said 'I guess you could say I really... brightened your day' and laughed alone for a solid minute while my wife s...

Been going to therapy for about 6 weeks now because I was having panic attacks. Started out thinking it was just stress about the baby but my therapist asked me about my own dad and man, I opened up about stuff I didn't even realize was affecting me. Turns out I'm terrified of repeating patterns fro...

We spent like 20 minutes building a house together and he said that. I know he probably says it to everyone but man it felt good to hear it.

We split last year and didn't have anything in writing. Now it's getting close to Christmas and we both want the kids. She's saying they spend Christmas Eve and Christmas morning with her. I want them overnight. We have no formal custody agreement yet and honestly I'm starting to think I need to jus...

I've been working with him all summer and today it finally clicked. He made it all the way down the driveway without falling and the look on his face was priceless. My wife got it on video and I must have watched it 20 times already. Best feeling in the world.

I started telling a joke at dinner and my oldest literally said 'here we go again' before I even got to the punchline. The disrespect. But also my wife was laughing which means I'm winning overall.

Planning a 3 day camping trip in about 6 weeks. Got my 5 year old a little camping chair and he's already obsessed with it. Want to teach them to love the outdoors the way I do. Thinking of going to a state park about 2 hours from here so it's not too intense for the first trip. Anyone have tips for...

I didn't, but now I'm concerned about my wife's memory.

Set my alarm for draft night, couldn't sleep because I was obsessing over mock drafts til 2am. Wife walked in on me scrolling ESPN at 1:45am like I was crazy. First time doing this and apparently I take it way too seriously. Send help or tell me I'm not alone here.

Tried to build a deck this weekend. Looked easy on YouTube. Turns out I'm not a carpenter and my measurements were way off. Now I have half a deck and a ton of leftover wood. Anyone want some pressure treated 2x8s? Might just start a fire pit situation with it at this point honestly.

Me and my wife used to be those couple that went out every weekend, traveled, just lived for ourselves. Had our first kid at 28 and everything flipped overnight. We barely have time to talk most days. We're not the fun couple anymore, we're the exhausted couple. But I gotta say, watching her be a mo...

We started doing 10 minutes of Bible reading together right after dinner with the kids and wife. At first everyone was resistant but we've been doing it for 3 weeks now and it's becoming this sweet thing. My kids are asking questions and we're actually talking about faith together instead of me just...

My 8 year old wouldn't apologize to his sister and I blew up. Literally told him off in front of everyone about how he needs to be like Jesus and forgive and show love. Soon as the words came out I realized I was yelling about forgiveness which is pretty hypocritical. How do you guys handle moments ...