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re: Need advice from fathers of older sons
Posted on 6/24/14 at 1:57 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
Posted on 6/24/14 at 1:57 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
love the avi
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Posted on 6/24/14 at 2:03 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
quote:There are engineers in my office in different divisions that work schedules similar to that. There's no way in hell I'd ever do that. I'd have sought other employment ages ago.
I've worked plenty of 55-60 hour weeks and one recently that was about 75 hrs
Posted on 6/24/14 at 2:03 pm to RedRifle
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How did you handle it? Did you cut back at work? Is now the time to grind ahead since no one remembers life at 4 and slow down at say age 8 or 9?
But you won't slow down at age 8 or 9.
In the blink of an eye he'll be 16 and driving a car and be interested in hanging out with friends and girls. I guarantee you will wish you would have spent more time with him at your age. I wish my current self could go back in time and beat that in to my younger self. I spent a lot of time with my boys but wish I would have spent more.
Posted on 6/24/14 at 2:03 pm to Grit-Eating Shin
Yea i know some people working in the field 70ish hours a week on salary. No thanks
Engineers that is
Engineers that is
This post was edited on 6/24/14 at 2:04 pm
Posted on 6/24/14 at 2:04 pm to jimbeam
it's a good one
Posted on 6/24/14 at 2:05 pm to Grit-Eating Shin
5 15s will beat the shite out of you
This post was edited on 6/24/14 at 2:06 pm
Posted on 6/24/14 at 2:06 pm to Darla Hood
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He's telling you what you need to do.
Yeah, lets let a 4 yr old who poops himself make all the major financial decisions for his family.
Posted on 6/24/14 at 2:06 pm to RedRifle
Spend as much time as you can with your kids. I worked 3 1/2 days a week when they were young. I'd take a two hour to take them to the pool. You don't just start spending time with kids.
Both my boys are married with children. They spend a lot of time with their kids
Contentment is a virtue. Yes I'm a dentist but small change as dentist go. So what. When is enough enough?
I now work 35 hours per week at 55 y/o
Both my boys are married with children. They spend a lot of time with their kids
Contentment is a virtue. Yes I'm a dentist but small change as dentist go. So what. When is enough enough?
I now work 35 hours per week at 55 y/o
Posted on 6/24/14 at 2:07 pm to RedRifle
I figure it's more important to be there more when they are younger, when they get older they are more likely to be busier with friends, extracurricular activities, etc.
Posted on 6/24/14 at 2:07 pm to yellowfin
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I just don't like money enough to work like that
It's just to try and make enough to get by.
I VERY rarely see any money out of it.
Posted on 6/24/14 at 2:07 pm to RedRifle
Drugs
Posted on 6/24/14 at 2:07 pm to RedRifle
This is what's wrong with the world today, everybody treats there kids like they run the show. I understood growing up that the men had to work, my grandpa worked hard, my dad, me, your kid will appreciate you being a winner, not coming home early so ya'll can watch smurfs together.
Posted on 6/24/14 at 2:08 pm to jack6294
I'm older than most of you and I don't post much. This is something I read in a store years ago:
If you take your son fishing, you will never go hunting For him.
If you take your son fishing, you will never go hunting For him.
Posted on 6/24/14 at 2:10 pm to RedRifle
My dad is a workaholic, and I grew up with a bigger house and nicer cars then all of my friends, but I was always jealous of the friends who got hugs from their dads.
I hug some of my best friends' dads to this day. I don't hug my own dad. It sucks.
I hug some of my best friends' dads to this day. I don't hug my own dad. It sucks.
Posted on 6/24/14 at 2:10 pm to doc24
quote:i thought this was it
If you take your son hunting, you will never go fishing For him.
Posted on 6/24/14 at 2:11 pm to RedRifle
I remember this pastor who spent a lot of times at hospitals with families when the fathers were on their dying beds. He told me that he had never once been with children with their father that were crying and telling their father they wished he had earned more money, bought them nicer things, had a bigger home, etc. They always talked about the time they spent together. I always think about that.
Posted on 6/24/14 at 2:12 pm to trillhog
Give me time with my kids any day over work. I only get one life so I'm enjoying it while I'm here
Posted on 6/24/14 at 2:13 pm to SwaggerCopter
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I hug some of my best friends' dads to this day. I don't hug my own dad. It sucks.
same here, my dad and i shake hands.
Posted on 6/24/14 at 2:18 pm to trillhog
quote:This is not an example of that. "The show" is having a good family life. If you think otherwise, then you're the problem in America. Placing wealth and financial gain over a healthy home life has given rise to many of our failures as a society.
everybody treats there kids like they run the show
quote:Did his son tell him to quit his job? I missed that part.
I understood growing up that the men had to work
quote:"Winners" spend a lot of time with their kids.
your kid will appreciate you being a winner, not coming home early so ya'll can watch smurfs together.
Posted on 6/24/14 at 2:18 pm to trillhog
quote:
your kid will appreciate you being a winner, not coming home early so ya'll can watch smurfs together.
I hope you don't have kids. If you do, I hope they aren't a product of rape
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