Friday 271 in the house, with new and improved TA 2.1.2, running on super new RAID array with Enterprise Storage Class SSDs! Your thoughts post BEFORE you finish typing them! :eyes:
ziptnf
Ah yes, TA 2.1.2, just like TA 1.0 but with 10% of the userbase!
Originally posted by ziptnf
Ah yes, TA 2.1.2, just like TA 1.0 but with 10% of the userbase!
We'll make up for it in clever post volume!
OrangestO
Drinking a delicious milk stout with caramel atm (dark beers matter) and this is playing in the background:
Think it's a night for the decks. I'm itching for it. Thank god for not having boobs with milk. Sucks not having my number one fan to vibe with though. The baby is work. It's been really tough this week. I'll try to keep it quiet
Zoso
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Originally posted by OrangestO
Drinking a delicious milk stout with caramel atm (dark beers matter) and this is playing in the background:
Think it's a night for the decks. I'm itching for it. Thank god for not having boobs with milk. Sucks not having my number one fan to vibe with though. The baby is work. It's been really tough this week. I'll try to keep it quiet
They're just as much work at 18, unfortunately. :whip:
OrangestO
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Originally posted by Zoso
They're just as much work at 18, unfortunately. :whip:
I can foresee that, but I'll enjoy it better at that age for me and him. I always knew the crying would bother me as I'm sensitive to sounds like a true autist. I'm very hands on and super involved though. Mommy is great but I like to think and hope I define what a partner and father should be like in 2020 and hold the household up. I'm the chef, cleaner, helper and work full time on top of it. Feel like I'm doing everything other than feeding him at this point. That's not really true but those are the monkey thoughts that cross your mind. He's a good boy though. Just going through a growth spurt this week.
The good thing is that with one kid you can still play the decks and around a bit. Add a second and I bet you can't. No more kids for us!
Silky Johnson
Hehe, that's sweet. You are an engaged daddy!
Waiting for a storm that should have been here two days ago but it just is not happening. I would have planned more to do this weekend!
Boomer187
That intense doing everything when the kid is under 1 kinda goes away, or at least morphs into more different fun as the years tick by.
Chilling at home all weekend. Might hang some outdoor patio lights. go for a 90 min run. maybe ride a bike. Definitely eating ice cream.
OrangestO
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Originally posted by Silky Johnson
Hehe, that's sweet. You are an engaged daddy!
Thanks. I'm trying..
We visited my father-in-law-to-be's house in the countryside a few weeks ago. It involved a couple group gatherings for barbecues and whatnot. Long story short we got back to London, he stayed the night, we drank a bit too much and had some words. He text me the next day saying that it was important to him that I loosen up, relax and enjoy being a good dad. I know he means well, but that annoyed me a bit. I guess he thought I was a little on edge during the visit. But I feel very protective of my kid and this pandemic doesn't help. I am slowly learning to "let go" and not be such a control freak. He's a newborn though ffs. I just want the best for him. If seeming uptight means that I'm a better father, so be it.
That said, his wife complimented me and said how nice it was to see a new father keep such a watchful eye on his kid and help mommy out. The kind words are great to hear. I have the perspection that even the good dads get overlooked and on for their contributions.
Zoso
Man, for every good/involved dad, I've seen ten dead beat dads. Hell, my "daughters" (as I have called them for nearly 17 years) are really two step daughters fathered by two different dead beat bio dads. So don't beat yourself up TOO much for being (overly) involved. I think you can, of course, go too far the other way and become one of these crazy, over-protective parents that forgets kids are a lot more resilient than we give them credit for. Hell, we used to raise them in CAVES for s sake! :)
Dykes_on_Jay
That's the kind of stuff you don't say out loud on the internet. It makes you look great in one sense, as not many guys would rent-a-dad like that. On the other hand.... I would have seen more red flags than in Beijing.
