The grocery store trip that broke me
Took my 6 and 8 year old to Whole Foods yesterday because I needed specific stuff for meal prep. I was there for maybe 20 minutes. TWENTY MINUTES. I left with $180 in groceries I d
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Took my 6 and 8 year old to Whole Foods yesterday because I needed specific stuff for meal prep. I was there for maybe 20 minutes. TWENTY MINUTES. I left with $180 in groceries I d
Been thinking about getting a few dads together to maybe pitch some ideas to our city parks dept about updating the equipment at Riverside Park. It's pretty beat up and the kids de
Thought I'd be the cool dad and make pizza from scratch with my 6yo and 8yo. Seemed fun in my head. Reality: flour EVERYWHERE, the dough wouldn't stretch right, my sauce was too ac
I've decided to stop doing my teenage son's laundry. Not as punishment or anything - he's 14, he can figure it out. First week he wore the same hoodie 5 days straight. Second week,
One of my clients had some extras and gave them to us. Dude. My son is going CRAZY about it. We're going to drive down to Minneapolis and make it a whole thing - staying overnight,
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Started this last week and I'm only 3 episodes in but WOW. It's stressful but in like a good way? The restaurant kitchen stuff is actually interesting and the main guy is incredibl
The Question: Do you eat cereal for dinner? My situation: Wife thinks I'm insane for letting the kids have Fruity Pebbles for dinner while she's at book club. I say it's got grai
So my son came home with a permission slip for health class and obviously I knew it was coming. We sat down, I did my best, it was awkward as hell but I think okay? But then at the
Real question. My 5yo will ask to watch YouTube or play games on the tablet sometimes and honestly? After a long day I'm like "sure buddy, knock yourself out." I know the parenting
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Planning a long weekend trip this summer with the fam (kids are 5, 8, and 10). Looking for something that's not gonna cost me a kidney but also has basic amenities - like actual ba
My 7-year-old won't stop watching these weird animated toilet videos and now he's drawing toilets everywhere. Like, I get that kids like silly stuff, but this is next level bizarre
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Spent last weekend building a workbench from 2x4s and plywood. Cost about $80 total and it's not fancy but it's MINE and the kids can't destroy my tools anymore. Currently working
Got one of those doorway pull-up bars from Amazon ($35, 10/10 would recommend) and managed to do 8 actual pull-ups today. Haven't been able to do that since college. My 9yo daughte
My 4yo watches Bluey constantly and now she plays exactly like they do on the show. Structured imaginative play, actually talking it out, not just screaming nonsense. It's genuinel
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My 7yo looked at me this morning and said "Dad, you look tired" and I was like yeah buddy, that's because you woke up at 5:45am. Then he goes "No, I mean you always look tired." LM
Just bought a Weber Genesis II and I'm determined to not be "that dad" who burns everything. I've watched some YouTube videos but honestly I'm nervous about temp control and stuff.