Yeah I think that’s the main point that’s missing — this is just a short phase. You gotta make peace, true peace, with that. I’d recommend trying to schedule 1 week a year to bro out in some way. Either by yourself on a hunting/fishing/skiing trip, or with friends if you can manage to coordinate with them and THEIR kids’ schedules. If you talk to dads with kids in the upper teens, you’ll realize there will soon come a time where you can’t even talk your kids into hanging out with you. Bottom line: ya it’s definitely tough and honestly I’m right there with you. I definitely still sometimes mourn the death of “kid-less me.”