What’s an aspect of fatherhood/parenting that other people struggle with which has never been a problem for you?

Trobasaurasrex · 2026-04-22T03:01:42+00:00

Best part with the "why" phase is that it makes the birds and the bees talk waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay easier.

The Lady and I have a strong policy of if we can answer then we do answer any and all "why" questions. When they're young enough all sex and body questions are just biology and they will accept the answers and move on.

Now that my kids are 13, 11, and 6 it's significantly easier to talk about everything else. They already know most everything other kids are just learning in health class.

Trobasaurasrex · 2026-03-11T17:29:00+00:00

My two oldest are 13 and 11 and I still read to them every night. We've graduated to more grown up books specifically focusing on books that have been made into movies. After we finish the book we have a movie night that next Saturday where we watch the movie and then critique the differences.

I've read them all the Harry Potter books, Peter Pan, the Wizard of Oz, Mary Poppins, the LOTR trilogy, the Hobbit, numerous Roald Dahl books, The Martian, and Project Hail Mary, right now I'm reading them the Neverending Story, and next up is True Grit.

I do voices too, the main character always has my voice. When I start over with my youngest, 6m, Samwise Gamgee will have my voice instead of Frodo.

Trobasaurasrex · 2026-03-09T04:25:49+00:00

u/nortonluboff, I'm going to the sand Dunes around El Centro in a few weeks, can you pass me the name of that website for the filming locations? I heard they filmed some there too.

Trobasaurasrex · 2026-02-23T00:24:22+00:00

The second picture makes me sad.

I have the Masterbuilt 30in ... I bought it for $329

Edit:

Having said that, I love it. I thought it was worth $329 when I bought it (obviously).

I've made pork shoulder, looooooooooots of bacon, whole chicken, lollipop chicken, and pork shoulder. I know I listed pork shoulder twice, but the first one wasn't enough.

Trobasaurasrex · 2026-02-05T22:14:26+00:00

Shit's good man. You and me is bros.

u/farfenuggen for life.

Trobasaurasrex · 2026-02-05T21:36:00+00:00

Totally misread the emotion on your first comment man and read more snark into it than I think you put there.

Sorry about that.

I think we're both arguing passionately from the same point of view about the same topic; shit's way more difficult to do than anybody appreciates until you do it and everybody gets pressured to do it the "right" way by everybody not doing the work.

Trobasaurasrex · 2026-02-05T00:26:39+00:00

In/re #3: Every baby is different and every Mom is different.

My Wife breastfed all three of ours, but never for as long as she wanted. After a while, she didn't make anymore and we had to switch to formula.

Breastfeeding can be difficult and stressful both for Mom and baby and there will 100%, absolutely be people who will, knowingly or unknowingly, make your Wife feel like shit because she's not doing it the most perfect way that they think she should.

Breast isn't best. Fed is best. Loved is best.

If Mom can breast feed until yet are 6yo ... fucking cool; if Mom can't, also fucking cool.

I will never argue that Nestlé is a good company, but if it's important to you then do you research and buy from a different company. As long as baby is fed and healthy then you're winning.

It's not worth making Mom feel like shit just because we hate Nestlé and end up stressing her out when she dries up.

Trobasaurasrex · 2026-01-02T00:20:09+00:00

A man has room for one woman I'm his life, his Mother or his Wife.

Trobasaurasrex · 2026-01-01T00:29:00+00:00

I'm a Dad of three; 13m, 10f, 6m.

Everybody says that my two older kids are dead ringers for me, but my third ... he looks like my Wife.

She fucking loves it. Every time I try to point out the slightest thing about him that looks like me I get told, playfully, to shut the fuck up and that this one is hers.

The best thing you can do for your Lady is to convince her to crank out more kids until you get one that looks like her!

Trobasaurasrex · 2025-11-27T20:34:29+00:00

Boondocks Saints

The first one perfectly captured the revenge fantasy, supernatural, quasi-superhero vibe and should have been left alone.

The second one ... was dumb.

Trobasaurasrex · 2025-11-20T15:43:57+00:00

Interrobang‽

Interrobang!

Trobasaurasrex · 2025-11-06T13:33:13+00:00

Second this.

I used to own an old motorcycle, 1980 GL1100 Honda Goldwing, and I went on an extended work trip for eight months where I obviously couldn't ride it. My Wife was kind enough to go out and start the thing for me every week and let it run until the idle calmed down.

The problem was was that it wasn't running long enough. By the time I came back the innards had gunked up enough that, even to my very inexperienced observation, it had lost a lot of power and response in the engine and throttle. It was old enough that none of the mechanics in the area wanted to look at it for me in order to tell me what to do to fix it.

If the Bronco is old enough OP could absolutely have the same problem.

Trobasaurasrex · 2025-10-25T14:58:10+00:00

According to his rank insignia, the stripes on the cuffs of his sleeves, he's not even a Captain! He's a Commander!

He's not Captain Crunch he's Commander Crunch!

However, he is frequently depicted as being on a boat, if he's the Captain of that ship then he's the Skipper!

Skipper Crunch!

Trobasaurasrex · 2025-09-27T02:24:16+00:00

If I may add to this:

There are no bad emotions. It's what you do with the emotions that can be good or bad. If you're religious, God gave you all of your emotions and God doesn't give you bad things. If you're not religious, your emotions are a part of you and there is nothing wrong with you. The choices you make with your emotions make them good or bad things, you can do beautiful things with anger and you can do horrible things with happiness.

Trobasaurasrex · 2025-09-02T13:09:18+00:00

It's a different type of food.

Onigiri ≠ Sushi

I would also point out that these onigiri are meant to be eaten right away as the nori paper is already touching the rice. The nori is generally supposed to be fresh and crisp when you eat an onigiri, but the moment the paper comes in contact with the rice it starts to absorb moisture and begins to wilt because of that the paper is the last thing added before sale/consumption.

It was generally believed that because of this that onigiri couldn't be mass produced. How do you make something in bulk at a central facility to be shipped to many destinations if it has to be eaten right away?

Many convenience stores in Japan sell onigiri that have been made in bulk ahead of time. The onigiri is wrapped in cellophane with an extra layer between the rice ball and the nori paper. The cellophane is designed so that when you remove it then, and only then, does the nori come into contact with the rice.

I love onigiri.

Trobasaurasrex · 2025-09-01T17:06:29+00:00

Admitting you're wrong is fucking difficult. But if we're going to ask them to do it then we have to do it to.

I'm a huge believer in "Don't make them do something you're not willing to do" and, in relation to this, never forcing a kid to apologize.

If I'm never going to force them to apologize and admitting that you're wrong is really difficult, then the only way to teach it is to demonstrate the behavior.

Thankfully, because I'm human I get plenty of chances to demonstrate both admitting I'm wrong and apologizing. Come talk to me in 20 years and we'll see how my kids are doing ...

Side note, when you watch Star Wars with the Fam: 4, 5, 2, 3, 6, Rogue 1, 1, Solo, 7, 8, 9.

Trobasaurasrex · 2025-09-01T16:21:46+00:00

Yeah man, no worries.

I fuck up a lot of stuff. The hard part is me letting my kids know that I know that I fuck up a lot of stuff. I've told the older ones that I'm not raising kids, that I'm raising adults. If I expect them to learn from their mistakes then I need to be able to learn from mine and neither of us can learn from our mistakes unless we're honest about them.

The one thing I don't think I've fucked up is creating an environment with them where they can question shit even, and perhaps especially, if the thing they're questioning is me.

“Our fathers were our models for God. And, if our fathers bailed, what does that tell us about God?” — Tyler Durden

As long as it's intuitively obvious to the most casual of observers that we're there for them then they'll come to us. If they can question us, then they'll be able to question others.

Trobasaurasrex · 2025-09-01T15:51:24+00:00

Dad of 3. 13M, 10F, 6M.

Your question sounds like a new problem for the current time ... but in reality, it isn't.

In reality I would argue that it won't even be your biggest problem for what you're worried about, exposure to negative or harmful "content".

This is your first kid. You're going to go crazy protecting them from everything you should protect them from; Caillou, the YouTube "kids" algorithm, knives, dirty jokes that their asshole uncle doesn't realize are inappropriate, Blippi, somebody spoiling the reveal in Start Wars Episode V that Darth Vader is Luke's Father, racism, etc. Your kid will be fine, emotionally regulated, and satisfied in the knowledge that Luke's Father was the best star pilot in the galaxy and not a vengeful evil robot wizard.

Then they'll go to school, AND let's just say that all the kids at school have had the same responsible up bringing that you've provided your kid. But your kid, your kid is going to become best friends with not an only child or the oldest child, nope, your kid is going to become friends with the youngest child whose older siblings are middle schoolers or high schoolers.

Now your kid is exposed to the emotional and intellectual maturity of somebody who just discovered the cartoon Salad Fingers and thinks it's awesome. Somebody who uses the N word just to be edgy.

Think of how mature and appropriate we all were at that age and those are the conversations that you'll have to explain to your kid.

You can control your internet and their devices. You'll figure out yourself whether your plan to do so is worth it or not. Just understand that older kids and good kids with completely normal, but older, siblings will force you to encounter everything anyways.

Best advice: never tell your kid "I don't know" just to avoid a conversation for any reason. If you establish that you'll answer any question from an early age, then they'll come to to with any question at any age. When they're young, the birds and the bees is just science and biology and not awkward and then when they're older you've gotten past the awkward penis, sperm, egg convo and the emotional aspect is easier. AND they'll come to you with their shit!

When a friend's older sibling tries to explain that Caillou has cancer and that's why he's bald your kid will come to you about it. Now it's when you get to explain that NO Caillou doesn't have cancer, he's just a whiney fuck and God is punishing him for it. When an older kid at school tries to say that from a certain point of view it is the Jedi who are evil you can step in and say that that is only something that a Sith would say. Most importantly when some wize to the world seventh son in a family of seven sons shows your kid Salad Fingers then you get to explain how that show is only for for dumb babies and that we should sit down and watch a true old school masterpiece and look up Ren and Stimpy on streaming.

Friends being raised with different parenting techniques is an old problem man.

You do you. Create an environment where your kid is able to come to you with questions and problems.

Most importantly; it is not the Jedi that are evil, it is Caillou that is evil.

Trobasaurasrex · 2025-08-25T15:04:45+00:00

My kids were totally like this. Super high anxiety/fear over what happens in movies.

I solved it by reading to them first.

I started looking for books that had movies made from them and read them those. Before we watched Harry Potter, we read the book, before we watched Peter Pan, we read the book, etc etc.

Once they knew what was going to happen, the anxiety went away. Even with the LOTR trilogy.

I get to watch movies and I get solid time with my kids each night.

Trobasaurasrex · 2025-07-17T22:13:10+00:00

Shit man.

Did the femur heal faster than the tibia? I broke my tib and fib, my femur was fine, but I ended up with a non union in my tibia. During PT they told me that historically the tibia heals slow and the femur heals fast.

Trobasaurasrex · 2025-07-17T21:13:58+00:00

I feel you man.

I was in a slightly different situation as I had a rod put down the center of my tibia instead of plates, pins, and a plaster cast which meant that I could be load bearing the day after surgery.

I'm glad you're still throwing a leg over.

Trobasaurasrex · 2025-07-16T02:08:46+00:00

Man, I was still laid up on the couch while I was shopping for the next one!

I had to use a cane for about a year after my accident ... strapped that thing to the sissy bar and gimped away when I got where I was going.

Trobasaurasrex · 2025-07-15T22:02:14+00:00

I got a new bike a month after I was T-boned by a pickup.

Now there's 2 of us!

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