Category: Sacrifice

The Only Child Conundrum, Part 1: Just One Kid Is Alright. Right?
02 Mar
Posted in Rules 3 comments

The Only Child Conundrum, Part 1: Just One Kid Is Alright. Right?

I have a friend who is due to have his second kid any day now. I have several other friends who already have two kids, and another friend who is actively gunning for a third.

All this while my wife and I are sitting here, kinda-sorta feeling okay with just the one.

But is that okay with everyone else? More importantly, is it okay for our son? It’s the only child conundrum!

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Valentine’s Day Massacre
16 Feb
Posted in Drinking 3 comments

Valentine’s Day Massacre

The wife and I didn’t do much on Valentine’s Day.

The night before the “holiday,” Mr. Chubbles decided to wake up every hour and a half and scream until one of us went in there to give him a cuddle or a burp or some chloroform. So by the time Valentine’s Day itself rolled around, we were exhausted.

But we managed a little something. Can’t disappoint the florists and chocolatiers!

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The Sacrificial Man
05 Oct
Posted in Sacrifice One comment

The Sacrificial Man

I started this blog with the intent of pulling back the curtain on parenthood. Giving people the real scoop on what it’s like to raise a kid, free of all the ooh-ing and ah-ing and BS. I’m not going to pull punches when I discuss how radically having a baby has changed my life, both in good ways and bad, and today I’m here to give a status report. After the jump.

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