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I AM FIRED !!!
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I AM FIRED !!! My was feeling a little under the weather today  Spent the good part of the day at dr's office and getting lab tests and x-rays done.While we were at the dr's office something I barely ever paid attention to started to bugger me. Maybe I was in more of a cranky mood because my was sick. One of the magazines I subscribe to sitting on the waiting room table and the descriptive title reads "What really matters to moms", just out of curiousity, I dug deeper in the pile to find another magazine I follow, caption reads "Mom to Mom, Woman to Woman", after we got home, I checked a website along those magazines too "What Parenting Moms are Clicking on Now" ehmmmm... can you see a trend going on here ? I scouted the web for one magazine that said "for parenting dads" in despair. I guess taking a sick to the Dr's is not a part of being a parent... or trying to figure out a concoction that would taste good and cover the smell of the medicine so he would drink it... or cleaning after he spits up... Yes, dear readers... by the looks of it, the moms have "downsized" me, or they have decided it is cheaper to ship my job overseas. What ever you named it, I am standing out here with my in one hand and my pink slip on the other. Look as hard as you will, you won't find a parenting dad on the cover of a magazine in this country. I would love to tell them "take this job and shove it" and go fishing, but then who would put together the clubhouse that had been sitting in the backyard in a wood pile ? Who would change their diapers when there is a line of 20 people at the women's bathroom ? Who would carry mom's purse while she is in the changing room ? So, I regretfully decline being fired, and will report for duty as soon as this blog is done. I'll work for food... heck I'll work for free... but you will need to get the security over here before I leave my cubicle in this DADs office. And when security comes in, they better come prepared 'coz I ain't going without a fight.  |
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This has got to be one of the best posts I've seen in a long time. Thanks for the smile! Dads rock!!
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As one devoted Dad (and now GRANDDAD) to another... Well done! I was the second one to hold my daughter in the delivery room. I intercepeted the pass from Doc to Nurse, and held her close, despite the shreiks of the Nurse and protests of the Doc. At that moment, we bonded on a subatomic level and she's been "My Kid" ever since! She's 30 now with a daughter of her own, but she's still "My Kid"! THere's nothing better. Pleasing women in unbelievable ways for 45 years... You could be next...
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Great post....my dad is still the greatest guy I will ever have in my life. go dads go. Donna Someday is today.
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Male, maybe that's a gold mine waiting to happen in an untapped market: Dads Who Care. I know there are a good many of you out there.  Elevate me... 
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4/7/2007 6:21 am |
You may have just come across a gold mine with the "for parenting dads" concept...I forced my now ex-hubby into fully participating with the youngest of our three kids...when I divorced him I left the 13-year-old with him and he found out just how limiting it can be to be the "sole" parent. Don't get me wrong, he was a pretty good dad, he participated when HE decided he wanted to participate but for the most part with the older two kids, I was the one that took off work and took them to the doctor...when he had to be a fulltime, everyday, everynight dad, wow, what a rude awakening he got...but that was with a 13-year-old who was pretty self-sufficient when I left. I have a younger brother that has always been a very hands on dad...like you, he got the role from the git go...I am so proud of the father my brother is with his boys. I love being around my nephews, they are well behaved and respectful...I think in this day and age there are so many guys like you that are willing to step up and into their parenting role that a web site or even more for parenting dads would be such a big hit!!! Like you didn't have enough to do with raising the kids as it is!!!! You're Number 1, Dad!!!
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great post hun...and more guys should be like you. Not saying most dads are bad parents, but am saying that when it comes to child care and the basics of children men usually leave that to the women to do. I give you credit as most men(at least the men around here)couldn't do what you do. Never quit you job you to darn good at it
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Good post...I was a single Dad for a while now I am one of two parents but still very involved...would be nice to see "them" acknowledge our contributions... Happy Easter...
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well.....well...well...mrmalew.....i have read this post....and yaknow what?? Me thinks you are just the person to start a DaDS lIfE.....mag. A wonderful and thoughtful post.
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Hope the lil guys feeling better. The world would be a far better place with more involved dads like you. Pull My Fucking Hair! 
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4/9/2007 2:40 am |
Great Post I hope your son feels better,I work at a Pediatric clinic and I ve seen those magazines and the waiting room full of dads that are waiting to have their kids see the Docs I wish our society would see that it takes both mom and dad to make this world for our kids go around,, They like to make it seem that the women are the caring and nurturing ones when in fact dads are so much more in the care of the kids today (im not bashing my sex )Im just stateing what I see everyday ,, A friend is someone that reaches for your hand and touches your heart !
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4/12/2007 4:38 pm |
In Scandinavia men and women fathers and mothers have the same rights and respects as well as duties... But then of course they have been brought up that way...In Greece MOST (not all) men dont know what fatherhood means except for that they gave their sperm so that makes the child theirs! But only that! Its not easy a scandinavian brought up woman to be living with the Greek mentality so I can feel for you.
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