Things only dads understand
Like how a 45 minute trip to Home Depot to grab one thing somehow turns into $200 and 3 hours. Or how you can take a sick day and still end up doing yard work the whole time. Or that moment when you realize your jokes are exactly what your dad would have said and you have a brief existential crisis. Or how a kids movie hits different when you actually pay attention. Or that weird pride you feel when your kid uses a tool correctly. Just me? Someone get it.
The Home Depot tax is real and it's non-negotiable. I went in for a single lightbulb last month and came out with wood stain, deck screws, and a new drill bit set I definitely don't need. Every single time.
And somehow you convince yourself it's all necessary in the moment. Then you get home and realize half of it's going in the garage for a project that may or may not happen in 2025.