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Father's Day
Not a fan of celebrating myself in general. I don’t want a birthday party. I don’t want recognition for a promotion. For every positive someone could say, I have a dozen negative examples at hand. It feels disingenuous to celebrate myself when I know for a fact there’s no reason to do so. It takes all my masking ability to grin and bear it. I will be happier tomorrow when we stop talking about…
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World Cup
My daughter who refuses to let me watch futbol all of a sudden wants to watch it. O… K… ?
Bedtime
Of late, my daughter gets emotional at bedtime. She’s thinking about her day and getting upset about a particular bad choice. My wife is frustrated about it. I see it as a good thing. Kids develop ethics and morals by feeling guilt. We are careful to emphasize that the action was bad and feeling upset about that is good. We don’t want to feel we are bad. We stress thinking about how to achieve…
Keepy uppy stim
As a kid, I used to LOVE to play keepy uppy. We had an interior square hallway, and I would play it in there for hours. I indoctrinated my brother. It was competition rules where first hits, second hits, first hits. Plus it has to be and upward hit. Just now, my daughter played it with my wife and I. After a bit, my wife bailed as she hit her head earlier. And, my daughter told me to play on my…
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Parental vigilance
So much about parenting is exhausting. Things intended to be fun are full of vigilance. Take us going to an indoor rock climbing facility. We sign waivers making any injuries our fault. My literal thinking takes responsibility to ensure we seriously consider safety. That’s counter to the dopamine needs of children and my ADHD wife. (I need to ponder why I fail to fulfill my dopamine when I shift…
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Re-masked
The difficult part of marriage seems to be that I operate with a mask. Well, a husband/father mask around my wife and kid. Also, their need for socializing means more usage of my social mask. As a bachelor, I would just isolate myself when I felt exhausted from masking too much. It was easy enough to just disappear as needed. Well, not at work, but everywhere else. As an example, not quite a…
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It’s the weekend!
My kiddo is dysregulated due to our holiday! He’s having some..interesting moments that included launching milk onto the floor yesterday!
Please send asks and coffee!
