@crulge Before grandma died it was important to me to come out to her. On her deathbed, her breathing ragged, I whispered to her: “Grandma…I’m demisexual. I need to feel romantically attracted to have sex.” She looked at me with love in her eyes and said she had always suspected it.
@pschofie79 Not my kids but I was once a “big brother” to this 11 year old and it was Xmas time and he wanted to see a Christmas movie. He brought his 8 year old brother along.I took them to”bad santa” not realizing it wasn’t really a wholesome family Christmas movie but kindof the opposit
@StephenFleming That 63% number was taken from a popular vote! Run it through the electoral college like everything should be and support for the EC would be higher!
Fatherhood is the end of philosophy. you can read every book ever written about meaning and purpose and discipline, but the moment a small human looks at you and believes you, everything you thought you knew burns down. because now you have to do it, not think it, not debate it, not post about it. the child watches your hands, what you do when you are tired, what you do when you are mad, what you do when nobody else is looking. that is your only sermon and you cannot fake it for one day because children are bullshit detectors made of flesh. if you are a weak man your son will know it before he can spell the word weak, and he either becomes you or becomes the opposite of you, both out of desperation.
@DopaminePlsMe Though it sounds defeatist, peace will come when we acknowledge that our “potential”—our imagined self that has our abilities without the adhd—isn’t real. Our real potential is a life full of struggle and frustration as well as some success in fits and starts.
@pdouglasweather My wife and our daughter are in Duluth and contemplating driving back today vs tomorrow morning or afternoon. Would it be better to wait do you think, or better to go now?
@wine_018 If you left with a warm mug in hand i guess you stole her coffee mug. A weird ending to an otherwise nice story. She might have really loved that mug.
@JoshRainerGold Nothing noble about always putting your kids first. Not clear to me that the mom is better than the dad here. The best would be: “who would most enjoy this or benefit from this?” And proceed based on that.