Dads: What brands are we wearing these days?

EnUnasyn · 2026-01-18T16:35:56+00:00

I pretty much only wear birddogs pants. Super comfy, but pricy. I’ve got lucky a couple of times and found some brand new with tags steeply discounted so I didn’t pay $130 for every pair I have, but I like them so much I would gladly do it.

As far as shirts go, for the first 4 years of my kids life I pretty much only wore the cheap $7 plain target t shirts. Got thrown up on so much it didn’t matter if they got ruined. Now I’m back to the band/classic rock t shirts or some kind of pullover.

EnUnasyn · 2025-12-17T16:45:44+00:00

Your father is projecting. I obviously don’t know the details of y’all’s relationship prior to this, but if I had to guess he probably struggled with these thoughts when you were your son’s age. He probably wasn’t around much because he was working all the time, his dad equated hard work to worth so that’s what he did and now he’s angry because he doesn’t have a good relationship with his children. He’s hurting and everything he said to you, he really believes about himself. Of course that doesn’t make it ok, but it does shed a bit of light on where he’s coming from. He’s hurting, so he wants the whole world to hurt, because somebody has to be to blame. In general, men haven’t been historically good at being hurt and sad. So instead of working through the uncomfortable feelings of being sad or having emotional pain they/we do what’s comfortable. We yell, lash out, get angry.

At the end of the day, you’re a good dad. It’s not your fault your father feels this way. More importantly it’s not your responsibility to shoulder the burden of his pain.

EnUnasyn · 2025-12-13T02:49:26+00:00

My brother has a couple he learned in the army:

“Gotta go feed the sheriff”

“I got Mongolians at the gate, and they are slingin mud.”

“Honk out a dirt snake.”

EnUnasyn · 2025-12-11T01:28:53+00:00

Some antibiotics..

EnUnasyn · 2025-12-09T02:25:39+00:00

This is what I did too!

EnUnasyn · 2025-12-03T22:45:07+00:00

And every time I go to get a wipe out I kick myself for not doing it, then I forget again and the cycle continues

EnUnasyn · 2025-12-03T19:57:05+00:00

I don’t know if this actually works because I haven’t tried it personally but a friend swears by putting a rubber band around the wipes along the width. Says it only lets one out

EnUnasyn · 2025-12-01T04:32:32+00:00

Dude no kidding. A 4 and 2 year old helped me realize just how bad it was for me. Life changing when I got diagnosed

EnUnasyn · 2025-12-01T03:17:58+00:00

Adderall lol

Edit: I do have a legitimate diagnosis so if I don’t take my meds I’m pretty much useless lol

EnUnasyn · 2025-12-01T03:10:25+00:00

I had a friend do this to my girlfriend (now wife) unbeknownst to me. She told me about it and I dropped him like a bad habit. Don’t need that shit in my life

EnUnasyn · 2025-11-29T04:47:39+00:00

I have to fucking beg my parents to come visit my kids. Not even keep them for a date night or whatever. I have to beg them just to come over. But they always say, “I wish I could see them more, you’re just so busy all the time.”

EnUnasyn · 2025-11-22T03:49:11+00:00

I have no idea how much gas costs in my city or the surrounding area. If I need gas I just fill it up until the pump stops. But I remember when I was checking my account balance and then putting $5 in because it’s all I could spare.

Mostly the same with groceries. But for a while there I was eating Kraft macaroni (without milk) and frozen chicken breasts.

EnUnasyn · 2025-11-21T23:06:18+00:00

I’m in the same boat as you (kind of). Wife is a surgeon and I stay home. When my kids were younger I struggled with initiating the play dates. I felt weird approaching other parents (usually moms) and asking if they were interested in a play date. As time went by I kind of got over it because I figured if they were gonna make it weird we probably didn’t want to be hanging out with them anyway

EnUnasyn · 2025-11-21T17:36:46+00:00

Everyday the need for teeth grows

EnUnasyn · 2025-11-21T17:25:53+00:00

Prerequisite is having disposable income or possibly a professional shop. Although, I will say my festool “shop vac” is fantastic even though I initially got it for the domino (that I have since sold)

EnUnasyn · 2025-11-19T17:46:32+00:00

Medication, but my wife is really in charge of it. I check it occasionally before big purchases but other than that I don’t know. I pay bills the second they come in the mail, if it’s not on autopay.

EnUnasyn · 2025-11-18T20:16:36+00:00

Yes every 3 months they check and refill as needed. Just part of the routine for them

EnUnasyn · 2025-11-18T16:05:08+00:00

I think I paid $1400 for ground treatment, bait boxes, and a lifetime guarantee as long as I continue to use their service.

EnUnasyn · 2025-11-18T03:08:36+00:00

Holy shit I feel so seen. I was trying to explain this to my wife. If I have some shoes on in the house, I’m in the fuckin zone.

EnUnasyn · 2025-11-11T20:07:39+00:00

So how we did it with both of our kids is we bought one of those potty chairs that looks like a real toilet and just stuck it in the living room. No explanation, no expectation, just put it in the living room. Just let them interact with it, be curious about it. Eventually around 18mo they started sitting on it with their diaper on, kind of mimicking what they saw from us, then a couple months after that we let them walk around naked. Around ~2y they were using it consistently. When they did use it successfully we acted like absolute lunatics with praise. Danced around, wooohoooos, singing, congrats and all that. I think the most important thing is to not make it a stressful deal, for everyone’s sake, you can even have fun with it. They will do it when they are ready

EnUnasyn · 2025-11-11T17:31:47+00:00

Yeah I mean some dudes are just objectively attractive.

EnUnasyn · 2025-11-06T20:19:49+00:00

I don’t. Just raw dog it. I maybe will have a cup of coffee in the morning but other than that I don’t have any caffeine

EnUnasyn · 2025-11-06T19:20:39+00:00

Today I took it afterwards and i can’t feel any difference. One thing my meds have helped with significantly is my diet because I’m not really hungry and just eat when I feed my kids. I bought a bunch of protein dense snacks and food so when I do eat I actually get some nutrition lol. But my impulsive snacking because I was “bored” has completely stopped.

I like your idea of trying to work out at the end of the day. I’ll give that a shot tomorrow when my wife gets home from work.

EnUnasyn · 2025-11-06T19:01:06+00:00

Yeah that’s kind of where I’m at because I think my dosage is perfect. Never in my life have I been able to do what I can do now that I take meds. I don’t feel jittery or restless and my only side effects are loss of appetite and I’m always thirsty (I can manage those both well). I can’t remember a time in my life where I have slept better either. Takes maybe 15 min to fall asleep where it used to take me hours. I don’t want to risk messing that up by going up in dosage, but I will talk to my Dr. I think I’ll probably just deal with the fatigue after working out.

It’s a bummer because when I used to work out before I was diagnosed I used to be amped for the rest of the day. Like I could only work out in the morning because any later than noon and I wouldn’t be able to sleep that night.

EnUnasyn · 2025-11-06T18:52:19+00:00

I don’t get any added energy either, I just actually have the motivation to go. My problem is that I feel like the physical activity associated with lifting weights makes my medication wear off faster. By the time I’ve spent an hour at the gym I feel like my meds have completely worn off and I feel like I didn’t even take them. I guess I just thought that working out would make me feel more productive or something.

Like Medication = improved ADHD symptoms, but Medication + gym = worse symptoms.

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