Here is one Father’s perspective on what we worry about (every day).
We worry about money, pretty much every day:
- Enough money to get through this month?
- Enough to pay for this year?
- Will we|I ever pay the house off?
- Will we|I ever retire?
Pretty simple really. I think there are some Fathers out there who aren’t “masters of their own monetary domain”, however they then worry that they don’t know anything about their money (which I think is a more insidious worry than the ones I just noted).
We also worry about our kids’ and the money they will need, or the money we will need to raise them (or get them to move out, like I said on Tuesday).
We really worry about the next boyfriend that our daughters will bring home. Will he drag his knuckles on the my hardwood floors? Will he try to talk to me during an NHL or NFL game (my kids and wife have learned not to do this, for a good reason)? Want to know why Fathers initially loath any new boyfriend of their daughters? If you can’t figure that one out, please don’t date my daughter(s) (you are too stupid).
Our biggest worry is what to do with the tie that we get on Father’s Day. Some folks look great in a tie and can easily tie a killer double Windsor knot (Mr. Preet Banerjee for one), but most of the times we don’t wear a tie, so what can we do with them? If someone can point me to a neat site to help Fathers create pop art or other useful things with old ties, I would appreciate it.
We Really Want to Know?
Your Dad just wants to know you are Happy and Safe. Father’s Day used to be the day the most collect phone calls were made, and we are OK with that.
I felt a mix of emotions while reading your post and got finally relieved after I read the last sentence. Whew! At the back of my mind I knew you were just kidding. Enjoyed a lot!
This article makes me glad my daughter is only 2 weeks old. My main concern is that, when she’s not crying or cooing, I’m compulsively worried that something is wrong lol.
No Joe, those are normal parental worries, nothing to get upset about there, but yes, wait 16 years and remember the words of the BCM!
Oh, and about upcylcing ties:
http://www.opulentitems.com/creative-clock.html
http://elmundodelreciclaje.blogspot.com/2010/11/reciclando-corbatas.html
http://www.alittletipsy.com/2012/03/diy-under-5-features_17.html
And those were just the first three on pinterest. Haha.
The boyfriend loves watching baseball. We don’t get home games on any major network around here, though, so not having a big cable package anymore is driving him mad. We do get a ton of our NFL and NHL games, though. I have to remind him it’s all about the money. Which he does in fact worry about.
How do you watch a baseball game without feeling in the middle that you could have written a book during that time? I liked it when Jim Kaat quick pitched games down to 1 hour and 15 minutes, it was GREAT!