The Irish Envy Dad Thread

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Darius Rucker said it best: “It won’t be like this for long.”

It goes crazy fast, my guy. The newborn stage was probably my least favorite. But soon thereafter when they can recognize your voice and smile at you—that’s the good stuff.

Mine are 11/9/5/4 presently and if I could stop time, I would. Ages 4-5 have been my favorite, so far. My son at 5 is awesome. I’m going to be crushed when he doesn’t want to do everything with me in a few years. 11 is pretty interesting with my oldest daughter. She can actually carry on a conversation now and it’s neat watching her navigate adolescence and deal with some actual “life” scenarios…but man, those hormones 😳.

Fatherhood is a trip.
 
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My wife was a stay at home mom and did everything.

I was working 12-15 hour days getting our business up and running, but that saint of a woman was always up with me making my lunch and seeing me off at 4-5 am regardless of how rough of a night she had.

Some would say I was fortunate while others would call me unfortunate. I did miss a lot of the early years.
 
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Jimmy3Putt said:
My wife was a stay at home mom and did everything.

I was working 12-15 hour days getting our business up and running, but that saint of a woman was always up with me making my lunch and seeing me off at 4-5 am regardless of how rough of a night she had.

Some would say I was fortunate while others would call me unfortunate. I did miss a lot of the early years.
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Yep, same with my family. I’m glad my wife can stay home with the kids but man do I feel like I’ve missed a lot of my kids milestones
 
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Jimmy3Putt said:
My wife was a stay at home mom and did everything.

I was working 12-15 hour days getting our business up and running, but that saint of a woman was always up with me making my lunch and seeing me off at 4-5 am regardless of how rough of a night she had.

Some would say I was fortunate while others would call me unfortunate. I did miss a lot of the early years.
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This was a hard one for me. I have been working on growing my fathers business for the last 15 years and I missed more than i wanted to early on. I learned very quickly how to manage my priorities. I'm also fortunate that my business sits on 100 acres of farm and woodland. Go karts and 4 wheelers were a great investment for the boys.
 
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GrangerIrish24 said:
This was a hard one for me. I have been working on growing my fathers business for the last 15 years and I missed more than i wanted to early on. I learned very quickly how to manage my priorities. I'm also fortunate that my business sits on 100 acres of farm and woodland. Go karts and 4 wheelers were a great investment for the boys.
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I always tell myself that even though I missed some big stuff, I'm now very lucky to be able to spoil the shit out of them.
I try to be everywhere now, probably over involved.
 
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Katzenboyer said:
Have a 2.5 week old. Have barely slept. The kid hates to sleep. I'm seeing things and don't know how to get him to stop crying some nights.

Someone please tell me this gets better.
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Is he breast feeding? If so you might want to try to do a bottle of formula before he goes to bed for the night. I give my son Bobbi and he sleeps through the night. I have been told I am extremely lucky so it might just be my boy, but I have heard others also try this and it has worked for them. It’s kind of hit or miss. Your struggle is felt. I hope you get some sleep soon!
 
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rikkitikki08 said:
Yep, same with my family. I’m glad my wife can stay home with the kids but man do I feel like I’ve missed a lot of my kids milestones
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I'll gladly make that sacrifice again over putting my kids in day care. I feel very lucky to have had her home for them.

She stayed home until they were all in grade school then she got a part time job in the school district as a classroom assistant. It wasn't for the money, but for her sanity plus her schedule mirrored theirs. Snow days, summer breaks, etc she was off.
 
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Jimmy3Putt said:
I always tell myself that even though I missed some big stuff, I'm now very lucky to be able to spoil the shit out of them.
I try to be everywhere now, probably over involved.
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Don't be hard on yourself, you did what you had to. My kids understand that I only work like I do to provide them a chance to do better than I did.
 
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Ok...I have to vent a Lil to other fathers. My 14 year old daughter has a boy in her grade that has been annoying her since she started riding the bus in 6th grade. Some of the boys she plays travel soccer with told her he was going around saying he touches himself thinking about her, and lots of other stuff. She takes math classes at the high school as an 8th grader, and he is on the same bus taking a class as well. On the bus one day he touched her butt, which wasn't caught on the camera unfortunately. She's reported it, we've had a meeting with the principal and vice principal, and they say they are monitoring the situation. It settled for a few days, then she comes down and somehow he got her phone number and sent her a dick Pic, which at that point I flew off the handle. His parents are divorced, mom lives in my addition after getting caught banging the youth pastor, and dad is a cop. Seen the kid out with his dad, so I confronted him, told him if he doesn't get a handle on his kid, I'll take care of it. While all has been going on, 5-6 other girls, all of whom aren't friends has reported his behavior and its still going on. Am I overreacting for looking out for my daughter? Im about at whits end that she has to deal with this little shit everyday
 
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FU BK said:
Ok...I have to vent a Lil to other fathers. My 14 year old daughter has a boy in her grade that has been annoying her since she started riding the bus in 6th grade. Some of the boys she plays travel soccer with told her he was going around saying he touches himself thinking about her, and lots of other stuff. She takes math classes at the high school as an 8th grader, and he is on the same bus taking a class as well. On the bus one day he touched her butt, which wasn't caught on the camera unfortunately. She's reported it, we've had a meeting with the principal and vice principal, and they say they are monitoring the situation. It settled for a few days, then she comes down and somehow he got her phone number and sent her a dick Pic, which at that point I flew off the handle. His parents are divorced, mom lives in my addition after getting caught banging the youth pastor, and dad is a cop. Seen the kid out with his dad, so I confronted him, told him if he doesn't get a handle on his kid, I'll take care of it. While all has been going on, 5-6 other girls, all of whom aren't friends has reported his behavior and its still going on. Am I overreacting for looking out for my daughter? Im about at whits end that she has to deal with this little shit everyday
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Seconding the other poster. Do not delete the picture and report this to your local authorities.
 
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WineGate said:
Seconding the other poster. Do not delete the picture and report this to your local authorities.
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Technically I did when I lost my shit at the grocery and threatened his dad, who happens to be a cop. That night I had to go downtown and be interviewed, and showed them the picture I took of daughters phone. I will say I believe him that he didnt know the what was going on, that the mom was covering for the kid. As a result the kid has a no contact with my daughter, and the whole family has a no contact on me. At least from Wednesday on he hasn't tried to talk to her
 
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FU BK said:
Ok...I have to vent a Lil to other fathers. My 14 year old daughter has a boy in her grade that has been annoying her since she started riding the bus in 6th grade. Some of the boys she plays travel soccer with told her he was going around saying he touches himself thinking about her, and lots of other stuff. She takes math classes at the high school as an 8th grader, and he is on the same bus taking a class as well. On the bus one day he touched her butt, which wasn't caught on the camera unfortunately. She's reported it, we've had a meeting with the principal and vice principal, and they say they are monitoring the situation. It settled for a few days, then she comes down and somehow he got her phone number and sent her a dick Pic, which at that point I flew off the handle. His parents are divorced, mom lives in my addition after getting caught banging the youth pastor, and dad is a cop. Seen the kid out with his dad, so I confronted him, told him if he doesn't get a handle on his kid, I'll take care of it. While all has been going on, 5-6 other girls, all of whom aren't friends has reported his behavior and its still going on. Am I overreacting for looking out for my daughter? Im about at whits end that she has to deal with this little shit everyday
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Not a father, but a teacher and coach…


That’s child porn… I’d report that to authorities, including contacting your state equivalent of what we have in PA called ChildLine. Kid clearly is troubled and you are not overreacting. Needs to be dealt with before he harms someone.
 
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FU BK said:
Ok...I have to vent a Lil to other fathers. My 14 year old daughter has a boy in her grade that has been annoying her since she started riding the bus in 6th grade. Some of the boys she plays travel soccer with told her he was going around saying he touches himself thinking about her, and lots of other stuff. She takes math classes at the high school as an 8th grader, and he is on the same bus taking a class as well. On the bus one day he touched her butt, which wasn't caught on the camera unfortunately. She's reported it, we've had a meeting with the principal and vice principal, and they say they are monitoring the situation. It settled for a few days, then she comes down and somehow he got her phone number and sent her a dick Pic, which at that point I flew off the handle. His parents are divorced, mom lives in my addition after getting caught banging the youth pastor, and dad is a cop. Seen the kid out with his dad, so I confronted him, told him if he doesn't get a handle on his kid, I'll take care of it. While all has been going on, 5-6 other girls, all of whom aren't friends has reported his behavior and its still going on. Am I overreacting for looking out for my daughter? Im about at whits end that she has to deal with this little shit everyday
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Send me a pm.
 
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FU BK said:
Technically I did when I lost my shit at the grocery and threatened his dad, who happens to be a cop. That night I had to go downtown and be interviewed, and showed them the picture I took of daughters phone. I will say I believe him that he didnt know the what was going on, that the mom was covering for the kid. As a result the kid has a no contact with my daughter, and the whole family has a no contact on me. At least from Wednesday on he hasn't tried to talk to her
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It's worth it to coordinate with the parents of the other girls he's harassed if they're willing to submit tips. The more tips the better. Hopefully the no contact stays that way.
 
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ab2cmiller said:
OK. I'll take you at your word. I thought you were trying to be "cute". Maybe you wouldn't call it an "addition" in your area.

addition = subdivision = an area that would fall under one Neighborhood Homeowner's Association.
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Maybe it’s a regional thing. Never heard of it referred to as that.
 
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GATTACA! said:
I genuinely don’t know what he was trying to say.
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ab2cmiller said:
OK. I'll take you at your word. I thought you were trying to be "cute". Maybe you wouldn't call it an "addition" in your area.

addition = subdivision = an area that would fall under one Neighborhood Homeowner's Association.
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I'm with Gattaca on this one. I too thought he was maybe suggesting she lived in a part of his house as a tenant. I've never heard a subdivision called an addition. That word has always been used to describe a room or two added onto your house in my world.
 
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Bishop2b5 said:
I'm with Gattaca on this one. I too thought he was maybe suggesting she lived in a part of his house as a tenant. I've never heard a subdivision called an addition. That word has always been used to describe a room or two added onto your house in my world.
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Yeah, we would call an add-on to a house an addition as well. I can see the reason for the confusion.

Seems like growing up we primarily called our subdivision an addition. I didn't even think about it when FU BK called it that. I don't think I've used that term referring to a neighborhood that I lived in for quite some time.
 
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ab2cmiller said:
Yeah, we would call an add-on to a house an addition as well. I can see the reason for the confusion.

Seems like growing up we primarily called our subdivision an addition. I didn't even think about it when FU BK called it that. I don't think I've used that term referring to a neighborhood that I lived in for quite some time.
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We must be old....all ive ever know a subdivision to be called is an addition...lol
 
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