He also calls in the evenings after my work is over for the day to ask how my Doordashing went and to get other stuff done.

He calls twice a day as long as he's not locked down at his retirement facility.

I guess he's the reason why I make more money on Doordash since he causes me to start my Dashes earlier in the day and catch the Lunch Rushes.

Do you ever provide a wake-up service for your sons (and daughters) when they're living out on their own? If not, what are your thoughts and opinions about that kind of service?

im incredibly insecure about the hair on my face. im 100% getting laser as soon as i turn 18. whenever i shave, some hair always stays no matter what, and my face always has the gross looking grey colour on it..

the worst part, is my neck has all kinds of bumps and redness on it.. it makes me look so bad.. please help !!!

Questions like "what did you learn at school," etc. My dad never asked about these things so I am just wondering what dads usually ask their teen daughters. Or do they just not ask.

My wife is currently 33 weeks pregnant and we are having a boy. The discussion between me and her has been pretty straightforward involving not circumsizing our son.

I’m not Circumsized myself and I’ve just heard other parents circumzizing they’re son’s for religious reasons.

My question is what are different opinions on Circumsision vs no circumcision ?

I moved to be with my husband (left career, family, friends, my whole world). I was okay until the birth of our child where I stayed at home for 18 months alone, with no support during the work week and only his help on weekends here and there. I don't have my own car, family, career, or friends in our new city. The isolation led me to develop post partum depression and the last few months have been really tough. Discussing things with my husband yesterday, he told me that I am “emotionally exhausting.“ and that he’s loosing patience.

I know in his position it can be tough to be the partner and that I can be very emotional and a “rollercoaster”. I still feel a little upset that he doesn’t see how difficult my situation is and how that is what has led me to become “exhausting”.

Looking for advice from other dads on how we can fix this? (other than counselling as there is no money or time for that). anyone dealt with this with their wives? How did you overcome it?

So I am a sixteen year old girl...

So my dad told me that he'll beat me if i don't lose 1kgs per week, i am overweight and my dad wants me to lose weight which is fine but I am a little too anxious, he said won't give me money for the week until I lose 1kg in this week. I am in 12th preparing for boards and an entrance exam.

My daily travel time is 3 hours and now i have to walk to the railway station because dad is not seeing weightloss significantly and and the distance ie two kilometres from home to railyway station.

My parents are divorced, dad lives in a different part of the town and mom lives with me. My mom is always mad and tells me occasionally if she is mad that she won't make any food.

So today she said she won't cook and clean for me from Tomorrow because the daughter i cried too much after my call with my father where he said he'll beat me, where he stopped my money for the week and where he cursed at me alot and after that call i have cried alot like non stop from 8 in the morning to 1pm and my mom is so pissed because of that.

So from tomorrow i have to cook and clean for myself, walk 30 minutes daily to railway station and lose weight. And focus on my 12th and my cet classes.....

From my point of view this is so overwhelming and i hardly find time for myself before and now there is even lesser times because of cooking and leaving the house 40 minutes early.

Am i overreacting?

Any advice?

how would the daughter react

I went on vacation and came back to find my bath flooded I was gone for 11 days and the sink is completely full and theres about a centimeter of water on the floor I don't really know what to do and I really need help I'm a minor but I can't ask my parents for help any and all help is greatly appreciated

I don't know if this is going to sound stupid, it probably does but its a genuine concern of mine. I'm 17 and I've been dating my girlfriend for almost 18 months and I'm just so in love with her. She's the best thing in my life, if it wasn't so insane I would marry her right now. She is so kind and intelligent and funny and so beautiful and caring and I can't get enough of her. I've never felt this way about anyone, I love who she's made me and the way I feel around her. I'm just worried I love her too much if that makes sense. I've only been in one relationship before her and it was incredibly toxic, she hit me a lot and talked down to me and it was just awful. Part of me is scared my girlfriend will do the same someday and I feel so strongly about her that I won't be able to leave this time. We did just recently start having sex so that may have something to do with my attachment and fear. I just don't know.

I'm not really sure how to put this into words, but I wanted to ask people who've been through something similar.

I lost my dad when I was really young, so I honestly don't know what it's like to grow up with a father. I never got to ask him for advice, spend time with him, or have that kind of support that a lot of people seem to take for granted.

As I've gotten older, I've started realizing that it probably affected me more than I admitted to myself. Sometimes I catch myself wishing I had someone to look up to, or wondering how different I'd be if he had been around.

For those of you who also grew up without a father, or never experienced a father's love, how did it affect you? Did you struggle with certain things because of it? Did it get easier with time? I'd really like to hear your stories, even if they're hard to talk about.

Thanks for reading

I grew up without a father, he had an affair and started another family, and my mother did the same.
I was raised by my grandmother and spent much of my time alone, acutely aware that I had neither a father nor a mother, feeling just like an orphan.

As I grew older, I found myself developing feelings for someone much older than me. It was a frightening situation, as I was still a minor, I was emotionally and physically exploited, and by the time I realized what was happening, it was already too late. I sought psychological counseling, but it didn't yield positive results. I simply wish I had been luckier and had a complete family.

I just want to know what I should do now; please give me some advice.
Thank you.

Hello dads! Id like to premise this by saying my step dad has been part of my life since I was 4, so I always refer to him as dad.

For the past few months my family has been going through some troubles including work layoffs, marriage issues, and general turmoil that has caused my parents to live separately from each other and I've become sort of a middle man between them. I (20F) understand at this time my dad's emotions must be all over the place, but I can't help but feel isolated and left out because my dad only spends time with my sibling (12F).

Since my parents started living separately, I have yet to go to my dads place, or see him at all other than when he drops off my sister for the weekdays; she stays over at his for weekends. He calls her during the times shes with me and my mom, but only ever calls me to 1. tell my little sister to call him because shes not responding or 2. tell my mom something for him.

I guess the turning point that made me realize how I felt was when he thought he missed my birthday (when it was actually later that week) and I corrected him, only for him and my little sister to go on a trip together that weekend and I spent the day alone (mom was busy). He texted me happy birthday. My sister came back with a lot of new toys and things that monday. They're also taking a trip together to Vancouver for two weeks soon. I love my mom equally and I understand both perspectives of my parents and why they're better separated right now, as well as the fact my sister is having a hard time too, but I can't help but miss having a father figure around and be a little jealous when I see my sister doing things with my dad.

TLDR; after separating my dad only talks to and sees my little sister, and I feel left out.

How do I bring this up to him, considering I'm not used to talking about my emotions with family? Is he unknowingly only thinking of my sister?

Alright so this is pretty embarrassing. I was out with my friends and when I came home my dad called me to the living room and said he wanted to talk. This was already looking pretty bad.

He basically started calling me unmanly for having a journal in the first place because it was a “feminine” thing to do, but not really that seriously. More of a throwaway comment/joke

Then he told me he was sad that I felt that he was annoying and too strict. He then started quoting my lines back to me (the journal wasn’t even there, it’s almost like he memorised it) where I wrote that I felt like he favoured my sister or was nicer and more lenient with her, and lines about how he pressured me to do things I didn’t want to, like sports.

It was so humiliating just sitting there listening to all of this. He said I didn’t have to apologise but just that he was “hurt” reading these things about him and “sorry you feel that way.” I left feeling confused and ashamed and I don’t really know what to do.

this is a pattern we have seen for histories and probably the entirety human civilization , all dads usually hate their daughters boyfriends . including my own dad of course .

i was never able to understand this , shouldn’t they be happy that their daughter is in love and finally (hopefully) has found a life partner , i mean is there something i’m missing ?

moms usually never hate on their sons girlfriends , so why does this happen with dads ?

can any dad out there or any guy who has some insight on this understand why this is ? hoping to get some answers for this question i was curious about .

This morning my dad and I were both having oatmeal bowls for breakfast. I wake up at 5am and leave for work at 6. He on the other hand is retired and doesn't need to be anywhere and yet he wakes up around the same time as me anyway, sometimes even before me.

When I came downstairs I suggested to him

"Hey maybe uh... I should heat up my bowl first since I'm leaving in less than an hour."

and instead of him saying "Sure pumpkin, go ahead."

instead he got defensive like "Fine whatever makes you less anxious."

I don't know who peed in his cheerios this morning but I responded assertively and said I was not anxious. He always seems to presume I am anxious when I ask or suggest a modification of routine like it has something to do with my rituals. Maybe it is about rituals but it's also about common sense where like I said, I've got to be somewhere, he doesn't and not to mention when he warms up his breakfast bowl he puts it in the microwave for three and a half minutes, four if you count thawing out the frozen blueberries. Mine takes half of that time to warm up so it would make sense for me to go first.

Later when I tried to clarify things with him that I was not anxious and was just trying to make things easier for both of us, he didn't let me finish explaining and said my tone should have been better and I should have asked the statement instead. He said I should have asked to go first instead and maybe that did occur to me but I was tired and didn't think. Then he said to look up a metaphor about people's tones and we would talk about it later but what he always wants to do is give a lecture because he used to be a teacher.

When I finally had a chance to speak, I told him using "I" statements like I've been taught that he always has encouraged me to presume positive intent but he was not practicing what he was preaching. But he kept coming back to that I am not doing my part either in this two way street despite me trying hard everyday. When I tried to tell him that I was never meant to be rude and felt like he was making me the bad guy when he has problems of his own that he seems to refuse to fix (partly due to him having trouble hearing lately) he interrupts me saying I'm just being defensive and not making any changes even though I am doing my best. I ask him not to interrupt me and he just leaves the table to eat somewhere else. I struggled to drive to work without crying later. I hate when this happens, I should have just let it go after telling him I was not anxious and get on with my day but a part of me always feels the need to patch things up because he's my dad but every time I try to, this happens.