Recently I found myself chatting with someone I'd met online. The number of kids I have came up as we chatted and flirted and talked about setting up a date, along with the fact that they're not sure they could take on that many and survive. This is not an uncommon issue - probably half... Continue Reading →
Twitter roundup – part two
Double lazy post alert! Earlier in the week you may have seen me sharing some of my Twitter posts with y'all. In that first post I shared mostly posts about dating and being single, but that's only half of what this blog is about. Today comes some other posts looking at my constant struggles with... Continue Reading →
Setting up my kids for therapy
Being a parent is difficult at times; the strops, the arguments, the chores, and that's just me. Get four mini versions of me involved and I stand little chance. That's why I am making it my mission to ruin them over time. As a parent you are in a position of power in that, generally... Continue Reading →
Year one of being a single parent
It's been a couple of weeks since I last posted; it's been Easter and I've been on full-time daddy duties for a fortnight. We've been out on adventures, enjoyed days indoors watching movies and had fun as a little five-strong family. I actually almost missed the fact that 9 April 2018 marked my year anniversary... Continue Reading →
The struggle of being a working-class parent with middle-class kids
You may, dear reader, be expecting me to spend this post moaning about class warfare and how hard I had it growing up, but I'm not going to do that. Yes, we struggled; living as a child in a little, three-bed terraced house in East London with two brothers, three sisters, two parents and a... Continue Reading →
Advice for a newly single dating dad
Over the past 12 months or so I've well and truly found my dating feet. Prior to that I hadn't dated in a long, long time; in fact, arguably, I'd never actually dated in my life. As a teenager you don't really date, you just lead some weird, experimental lifestyle before you cop off with... Continue Reading →
Putting the Dad into Single Dad
Yesterday in the UK was Father’s Day, a typically overblown corporate sponsored event designed to shift boxer shorts, novelty ties and as many soft rock compilation CDs as possible. I celebrated it in as close to traditional style as possible – I was treated to breakfast in bed, got a few presents and went out... Continue Reading →