Parenting

I don’t want to fucking do them. Why must I? Won’t anyone else? I don’t remember signing up for the job. I also don’t remember asking to hold exclusive rights to it either. “Attention everyone! Attention, please? I have recently discovered that I find real joy in cleaning dirty dishes…

What is my pet’s or partner’s quirkiest habit? and What meds am I on? — I am combining two prompts because I can, and I’m also behind so I need to play catchup. As is always the case when I allow myself to take a break on Medium, the notifications come tumbling in and when I do feel adequately relaxed from said break, I check…

Let’s reframe that, shall we — I recently watched the remake of Princess Bride, done during the pandemic by famous actors from their homes. It’s on Disney+, and it’s a must-see for fans of Princess Bride. My sister and son can quote entire monologues and dialogs from the original, including our favorite, “You keep using that…

When my family and I lived as ex-pats in France back in the early 2000s, we decided to take a trip to Vienna, Austria. It was an exciting adventure, especially for my toddler son. One of the highlights of our visit was a short horse-drawn carriage ride through the city…

For the past few weeks, I’ve been struggling to keep my head above water. My to-do list has been growing longer, while my energy has been burning shorter each day. More recently, I’ve been dealing with shingles and a pesky eye stye, although both of those have seemed to turn…

An Unfinished Saga Financial burden has long served as a roadblock to completing my education. In my youth, I was caught in ‘the nothing’ of, “Your parents earn too much.” “But they don’t contribute to my cost of living, or my education?” Then it was, “You defaulted on your student…

Every child needs an awesome parent, but not every parent deserves a kid! — The perception that women are weak creatures is a misunderstanding that already existed in society even before “god was created”. This could be a reason why most religions put women under men. The disreputableness in the name of religious and social customs is undoubtedly both anti-feminist and anti-human. The people…

There are things I need to say before you leave — You’re leaving and I want you to go. But I also wish you’d stay, stay so we could talk, could connect, could have a father-and-son moment. Damn, I’m going to miss you. We used to be the ‘pizza guys.’ We’d jump into the car to pick up dinner and laugh…

It can’t be done for most and confuses our kids. — “If one oversteps the bounds of moderation, the greatest pleasures cease to please.” — Epictetus Shopping for food with my dad was an experience. There was never food in his refrigerator when we spent the night so we always had to stop at the store to pick up groceries. Across…