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Dad Diaries: The worst-case scenario that never happened.

How an afternoon of pumpkin picking taught me a valuable lesson I should have already learned. This weekend we’d booked into a pumpkin-picking event for the kids at a local farm. Sounded great on the surface. £2 a child, not too far, and they were all VERY excited. But when I looked at the small…Continue readingDad Diaries: The worst-case scenario that never happened.

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Dad Diaries: No Worries

It’s been 8 and a half years since I first became a dad and almost 3 years since the last dad diary update. Is it finally getting easier? It’ll get easier they said, give it a couple more years, I waited and waited. Nothing. 3 years ago, I’ll admit I was in a dark place,…Continue readingDad Diaries: No Worries

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Dad Diaries : Down, but not Out.

I knew it would come to this. The tipping point of having neither the energy nor the resources to get through. Newsflash! Children are hard work. REALLY hard work. I’d heard it, I’d read it, but now it was all too real, and to be honest with myself, I was losing the battle. How did…Continue readingDad Diaries : Down, but not Out.

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Dad Diaries : The Perfect Storm. Part 2

Solicitors My next battleground. On top of a broken roof, it appeared that we had a leak in the bathroom seeping down through the lounge ceiling.  By this point, I’d had enough of problems and worry, so I drew up a list of our ‘red-lines’ for the solicitors, an ultimatum. Sure they were positive. Of…Continue readingDad Diaries : The Perfect Storm. Part 2

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Dad Diaries : The Perfect Storm. Part 1

We always knew 2017 was going to be tough. Even before the turn of the year the flat was literally falling apart, as I almost put my foot through a squidgy, smelly, damp-rot infested section of our bathroom flooring just before Christmas. I hesitantly assessed the damage, a gaping foot wide hole at the end…Continue readingDad Diaries : The Perfect Storm. Part 1