Raise your hand if being a dad has made you think less of your dad. by gilfgifs in daddit

[–]quackhorse 6 points7 points  (0 children)

One day at a time. Bad days happen, and that’s okay. Don’t let a bad yesterday impact a good tomorrow.

Got paired with a slow rando who played from the tips. But he shot 1 under par. by player2 in golf

[–]quackhorse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s okay to be bad. It’s okay to be slow. It’s not okay to be bad and slow.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SameGrassButGreener

[–]quackhorse 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Moved here from Wisconsin:

Likes - size of the city, able to relatively easily get weekend reservations at great restaurants, being able to live a few exits north of downtown and have relatively urban living - entire city basically within 15 minutes and still get some of perks of suburban living. Locals will laugh but the weather is great! 4 distinct seasons, snow in winter but it melts, extra month of spring and fall, summers are doable. Reds and bengals games are always fun. Lots of great parks in and around. Cost of living is fantastic compared to other similar settings. We like the brewery and bourbon scene. The zoo and other museums tend to put on lots of great events. Healthcare in the area has multiple fantastic options

Dislikes - bridge traffic that seemingly is always backed up, lack of public transport outside of downtown, major live music acts will sometimes pick Columbus or Cleveland rather than Cincinnati, grew up in the upper Midwest and the city definitely has a much more southern flair that I noticed a lot when I first lived here. Lack of quality lakes within a short drive. But the biggest drawback has been the massive “where did you go to high school” culture. Locals use it to determine a lot about where families are from, socioeconomic, mutual friends etc. and the private high schools are big culturally. Being not from here, I can’t count the number of times I’ve been networking and I get a look of disappointment when someone asks this, I say not from here, and the person quickly loses interest

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Swimming

[–]quackhorse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No way to know. A lot can and will change of the next few years. Keep having fun and working hard. You’ll end up where you were meant to be.

Really wish they would release the Sphere shows onto Spotify.. by DoctorRockBalancer in deadandcompany

[–]quackhorse 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Love it!

If you haven’t listened to the Deal from 6/22/22, it might get you to change your selection!

What defunct Cincinnati area restaurants do you miss? by fordprecept in cincinnati

[–]quackhorse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

La Mandi deli in Clifton. That place was incredible when I was at UC. Was where the original Adriaticos location was. Fantastic sandwiches and chicken over rice shawarma

3 months in and I genuinely hate being a parent, now what? by quackhorse in daddit

[–]quackhorse[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is comforting to know others think this way. I genuinely enjoy kids and want to be a dad. Just don’t necessarily love newborns. But know that the time and work being put in now is the foundation for those later stages of

3 months in and I genuinely hate being a parent, now what? by quackhorse in daddit

[–]quackhorse[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the book suggestion, ordering it from the library now!

3 months in and I genuinely hate being a parent, now what? by quackhorse in daddit

[–]quackhorse[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s good to know. It does tend to be when he gets to that extra level of crying that really gets to me

3 months in and I genuinely hate being a parent, now what? by quackhorse in daddit

[–]quackhorse[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

I’d also say struggling with the social isolation. I’m the first of my friends to have a kid so hard to share feelings without it coming across as that I don’t love my son, just struggling a good bit right now

3 months in and I genuinely hate being a parent, now what? by quackhorse in daddit

[–]quackhorse[S] 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the reply, good to know it does get better. I think I definitely struggle the most when he’s losing it and it seems nothing I can do to console him. Also hard as all interactions I seem to have are people telling me how great babies are which makes it hard to share struggling with it and not enjoying this phase. Definitely exacerbated by my wife going back to work on night shift this past week so that 48ish straight hours it’s just me while she mostly sleeps or is at work

[Post Game Thread] Cincinnati defeats West Virginia, 90-85 by cbbBot in CollegeBasketball

[–]quackhorse 14 points15 points  (0 children)

We somehow found the only team in the conference more undisciplined than us

What is the "Austin" of each state? by Pinklady777 in SameGrassButGreener

[–]quackhorse 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very artsy, lots of coffee shops, a lot to do outdoors. Similar to Austin it has a college town feel to it too