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POSTED May 21, 5:37 PM
I think there is absolutely ‘a time’ when, as a dad to daughters, you notice, “You know what, being naked around the girls feels weird.” This naked awareness is a cultural change in a household like ours that is used to having young kids just bumbling in on my wife and I when we are getting dressed. I mean, lately I have been getting the impression that my 8 year old, who I have made an effort to not be naked around for a little while now, is on a secret scientific mission to gather data about her naked father and make him feel completely uncomfortable in the process. It didn’t happen gradually either, I mean for her perhaps, but when you notice a kid staring at you in the shower and they have nothing to say, you can’t help but to feel self conscious. My 8 year old now looks at me differently when I am getting dressed, undressed, and especially when I am recently out of the shower (see hawt). Our house has a split brain personality when it comes to the topic of being concealed. You see, my wife is diametrically opposed to humility in all its forms. I am convinced it has nothing to do with a personal belief or fancy political statement, but rather the fact is she has somehow remained oblivious to kids and female family members who are eyeing up her nakedness. You see, my wife is I feel like an object. I will be getting dressed in our room and my 8 year old will happen by and just kind of stand there with her mouth agape checking me out. It doesn’t matter at what point I am in the process of getting dressed, just the prospect of seeing dad getting dressed is enough to gain an audience. I am not getting amorous stares mind you, but rather cold, scientific, “what the heck is that” stares. So for all you dads out there that have kids approaching the “age of reason,” as I like to call it, here is a list of ways to know when you are getting “checked out.”
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POSTED May 18, 12:48 PM
Here is a cute video of Professor Toddler teaching us adults another toddler word of the day. Kids say and do the funniest things and I consider it one of my greatest joys to be able to catalog these as a dad to 3 amazing daughters. ... Read More
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POSTED May 14, 10:56 AM
Have you noticed that you have been getting ordered around an awful lot lately? Is the person doing the ordering a zealot who seems to have an unquenchable thirst for power? Is this person also under 2 1/2 feet tall and less then 2 years... Read More
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POSTED May 12, 9:33 PM
As I went out shopping for gifts for my wife and both of our mothers, I began to notice how society markets gifts for moms. Really what started it all was that I was having a hard time finding the right card for my wife because a good majority... Read More
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POSTED May 8, 10:33 AM
After being in the playgroup circuit for over 7 years, I have started to discover that certain conversations and certain key words are more an affront to me as a Chuck Norris fearing dude. I, like all guys, compete, so I have created a game that... Read More
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POSTED May 7, 1:08 AM
Ah, laundry. I think we can all agree that we love to hate it. Also, I think no other chore in the house is more of an affront to our manliness than laundry. That is precisely why I have devised a better way to do this dreaded chore.... Read More
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POSTED May 6, 10:00 AM
As a stay at home dad I found out pretty quickly that: Playgroups are lady-folk-code for "Gossip Session" I would have to say that I am battle-tested at this point when it comes to my expectations at "playgroups." No... Read More
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POSTED May 5, 1:17 AM
**If you are squeamish or easily disturbed do not read this funny, well written masterpiece. ** Today was an interesting day for me as I went to my daughters’ school. My father-in-law, a professional musician, performed at their... Read More
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POSTED May 2, 9:18 AM
Kids say goofy, strange things all the time. A lot of what they are saying, oddly enough, are words, but just not how you and I have come to understand them. Their words are often times garbled, confused versions of their correctly pronounced selves. ... Read More
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POSTED May 1, 1:21 AM
I am not sure if shops, institutions, textile mills and other places of business near you do this, but virtually every place of business I frequent during my daily trips are none other than a lollipop "hot spot" or a "lollipop free zone"... Read More
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