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re: Dealing with your kids growing up so fast...
Posted on 8/9/21 at 12:34 pm to Tempratt
Posted on 8/9/21 at 12:34 pm to Tempratt
My oldest turns 8 tomorrow. It legitimately seems like just yesterday I was posting in the GMT thread from the cafeteria of the hospital eating breakfast while having been a dad for no more than 2 hours.
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Posted on 8/9/21 at 12:45 pm to Mahootney
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The best you can hope to do to slow down time and maximize your time with them.... is to be Present!
Put the phone down. Turn the TV off. Let them help you with your chores. Or your tools.
Don't waste your life waiting for them to crawl, or walk, or talk, or for diapers to go away.
Don't trade saturday mornings where you park them in front of the TV while you go play golf, or do what you want.
In the end, you can't slow time... or really change how they're going to grow and interact with you.
You can only manage how you, yourself, act and how much time you spend with them. So, make the most of it.
So very well said, I feel I do a good job with that but this time of year is the toughest. It’s like we go all out when school lets out for summer and by end of July we tired and it’s so hot. I’ve caught myself lately staring at my phone on the couch with kids playing video games and I think this ain’t good but damn I’m tired and it’s hot.
Posted on 8/9/21 at 12:45 pm to BFIV
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My baby girl shipped out in May for the U.S. Navy. Only 18 and the house here sure feels so much more empty. Don't know when we will get to actually see her again
Ouch, you have it much worse than me, mine is only 30 minutes down the road. Best wishes to your girl and for her safe return
Posted on 8/9/21 at 12:52 pm to Tempratt
I'm dropping off my youngest at college this week. I've dreaded this day for years but I've prepared myself for it. Starting to feel more excited about what she's going to do than sad about her leaving.
Also...I'm selling my house and moving to Fayetteville where all my kids are.
Also...I'm selling my house and moving to Fayetteville where all my kids are.
Posted on 8/9/21 at 1:00 pm to Tempratt
My oldest starts college later this month and the youngest started first grade today. Goes by too quickly
Posted on 8/9/21 at 1:01 pm to Tempratt
I joined TD 6 months before my oldest was born. He starts high school this week. 
Posted on 8/9/21 at 1:04 pm to arkiebrian
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Also...I'm selling my house and moving to Fayetteville where all my kids are.
I've honestly thought about going to Fay as well where mine is. She tells me absolutely not and to do the other idea which is to buy some acres and relax north of Pagosa Springs, CO.
Posted on 8/9/21 at 1:08 pm to Tempratt
Keep these thoughts in mind when she becomes a teen and you suddenly become the lamest, stupidest, most annoying person she knows---------------and isn't afraid to voice it----over and over again to your very face.
Posted on 8/9/21 at 1:09 pm to Tempratt
SPEND AS MUCH TIME AS POSSIBLE DOING THINGS WITH THEM GROWING UP. You won’t regret it and it pays dividends later.
Posted on 8/9/21 at 1:11 pm to Shexter
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F**k my ex for getting hooked on heroin and ruining our family.
Say you're a poster on the OT without saying you're a poster on the OT.
Posted on 8/9/21 at 1:12 pm to Tempratt
I so get this.
Daughter will be 16 and getting her DL later this month. Not looking forward to the worrying that’s about to take place as she goes out driving on her own.
Son will be 13 later this month. He will no longer be a kid but a teen and all that it entails.
Best advice I can give anyone with younger kids is to soak it all in. What an excellent ride it is!
Daughter will be 16 and getting her DL later this month. Not looking forward to the worrying that’s about to take place as she goes out driving on her own.
Son will be 13 later this month. He will no longer be a kid but a teen and all that it entails.
Best advice I can give anyone with younger kids is to soak it all in. What an excellent ride it is!
Posted on 8/9/21 at 1:45 pm to Tempratt
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My daughter is starting 6th grade next week
Look on the bright side. You still may have another few more years before she stops speaking to you. (JK)
My daughter was one of those super high IQ kids who zipped through developmental stages at light speed. By age 9 or 10 she preferred the company and conversation of adults to that of other kids her age. By the time she started 6th grade I had already had the surreal experience of walking her to her classes at the university, at age eleven. At times I somewhat selfishly did my best to slow her down, but they are who they are and on their own schedule. She left last week to enter a doctoral program far away. I know I will feel her absence more after a week or two or three. You still get a few more years, OP. Savor the time, celebrate every event worth noting.
Posted on 8/9/21 at 1:45 pm to Tempratt
It sucks. My son just spent his last Sunday night with me before he leaves for college. It's hard to believe all of these years have come and gone, and now he's leaving. It's depressing.
Posted on 8/9/21 at 1:49 pm to rexorotten
Right? The brightest side now is praying I'll be a granddaddy in a few years. God willing. I can't wait, but I'll never tell my daughter to hurry up lol
This post was edited on 8/9/21 at 1:50 pm
Posted on 8/9/21 at 1:58 pm to Tempratt
I'm sure you won't feel this way when she's still living at home at 21. 
Posted on 8/9/21 at 2:21 pm to Tempratt
My kid starts 1st grade in a few days.
Im still using the same phone with pics of when my wife was pregnant for him, and me holding him in the OP delivery room.
I make sure my photos are backed up in multiple ways.
Im still using the same phone with pics of when my wife was pregnant for him, and me holding him in the OP delivery room.
I make sure my photos are backed up in multiple ways.
Posted on 8/9/21 at 2:41 pm to Modern
Mine are ages 13 to 20. Goes fast. They used to run to meet me at the door when I got home. No more. My dog does though.
Posted on 8/9/21 at 2:55 pm to Tempratt
Just a FYI. Keep your kids off 4chan.
Posted on 8/9/21 at 3:13 pm to Steadyhands
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Unfortunately, I am in this boat with you. Monday is the day we always switch. The Monday when picking up from school is always fantastic. The Monday morning when dropping off at school makes for a horrible arse Monday. Still chokes me up almost every time. It was much worse at a younger age.
I will say this... You do miss out on 50% of the time, but the 50% that you do have is much more focused time. A lot of dads take for granted that their kids always sleep in the same house as them and they don't even become half the dad that some of us 50%'ers do.
Thank you for this. It reminded me of a piece I started a long time ago and just never could find the words to close off the chorus. I think I’ve got it now
“50/50”
Vs 1:
Well every other Sunday,
I get my hugs goodbye,
I pack them up, into her car,
And with a wave, away they ride,
And then my time, is mine all mine,
I guess you could say I’m free,
To live my life, with half my world,
Torn away from me,
Refrain:
Well Livin’ 50/50,
I guess it ain’t half bad,
‘Cause half the time, my broken heart,
Is only half as sad,
And next weekend, we’ll start again,
Yeah I’ll Hug my boy and girl,
I guess the time I get,
Is twice as sweet,
In this 50/50 world.
Posted on 8/9/21 at 3:17 pm to lsuwontonwrap
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I'm sure you won't feel this way when she's still living at home at 21.
Or she’s gonna be on only fans paying for rent. That’s what daughters do these days
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