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“I’ve been carrying this for three years and never said it out loud.”
“I didn’t even know other dads felt this way until I read the first post.”
“My wife asked what was different. I just said I’d been reading something.”
What’s inside.
Story
I’m More Nervous at My Kid’s Hockey Tryout Than Anything Else in My Life
The butterflies moved. They used to live in meetings and interviews. Now they live in bleachers. My leg is going up and down like I took an Adderall, and I’m watching an eight-year-old try out for hockey.
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“The outcome is going to be what it is. But it’s hard to remember in the moment.”
Story
When your marriage runs on logistics
The household runs perfectly and the connection does not.
10 min read
Thread
Anyone else count down to bedtime and then miss them by 9:15?
Fourteen dads said the same thing happens to them, most nights.
14 replies
Story
Church vs. hockey practice on Sunday morning
Both believe. Neither practices like their wives do.
11 min read
Thread
I got the promotion and felt nothing. What is that?
Nobody told him to be grateful. A few told him what came next.
31 replies
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The book dads keep recommending to each other
Not a parenting manual. Forty pages in, most guys text a friend about it.
41 dads
Thread
How do you tell your wife you're running on empty?
Six dads shared how they opened it, including the two that went badly.
26 replies
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The 20 minutes in the car before you walk in
63 dads
Story
Why don't we have friends anymore?
13 min read
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Small things that made the mornings survivable
52 dads
How to get in. What you can do.
1. Pick a moniker
GarageDoorGreg
That’s your identity here. Nobody sees your real name. Not other dads, not us.
2. Read everything
The Apology You’d Never Give
Story
Running on empty
Thread · 26 replies
The book dads keep recommending
Pick · 41 dads
3. Share when you’re ready
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Two dads built this.
We’re two dads with five kids between us. We went looking for something in between the quick fixes and a therapist’s office, and we couldn’t find it. So we built it. A place to say what’s on your mind, hear someone else say “me too,” and walk away a little lighter.