Category: parenthood
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a new low
I was packing the van to bring The Boy back to South Carolina when the STBX called to inform The Boy that his fish had died. He, naturally, was very upset but he handled it very well all things considered. I understand that the STBX is a chaos freak, and…
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uncharted territory
Last week, the Auteur’s daughter, whom I shall affectionately refer to as “1B” said to the Auteur that she was ready to meet me. The Auteur ran this past me. I didn’t really have a problem with it. I work with kids her age (or a little older) all day…
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three certainties in life
Ben Franklin once said that the only two certainties in life are death and taxes. On this Tax Day 2013, I would humbly submit a third absolute to be added to this list: getting financially fucked up the ass during divorce proceedings. For the first time since actually leaving South…
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reflecting on a week in the Grand Strand.
As I type this, I am sitting at the gate waiting for my flight to Detroit to pull in. I’ve spent the last 6 days in Myrtle Beach, four of which I spend with My Son. As usual, he was giddy to see me; so excited he was running a-mile-a-minute.…
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The Kid Goes Digital
Yesterday, I stepped into the digital dating domain and bought a 3 month membership on match.com. I set up an account earlier this week, but a user can’t do much beyond window shopping without buying some kind of membership. Aye, there’s the rub. Of course, the fact that a few…
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Counterstrike
With the Boy’s Easter break about 6 weeks away, I called the STBX last night to discuss visitation. Here’s a paraphrasing of said conversation – to the best of my memory: Me: So the Boy’s Easter break is coming up. Under the separation agreement that you had written up, I…
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Not a Disney World Dad, but that’s okay.
Getting snow on Christmas Eve was just icing on the proverbial cake. I could not have asked for anything more.
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a war of attrition
I haven’t put up an entry in 10 days. The impending holiday and no classes has left me with a lot of down-time (but I got an entry or two that i’m working on). Anyway, the down-time has allowed me some time to go through a “purging phase” and a…
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flipping the script
As the calendar creeps ever-closer to Halloween, it has occurred to me that I need to start making travel plans for the holidays, either for my son, myself, or for both of us. About a month or so ago, I suggested to the SBTX that we alternate visitations for Thanksgiving…
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it was 12 years ago today…
I thought I had it all figured out. That is, I thought I knew what i was going to write about today. I even started drafting an “open letter to the soon-to-be-ex” that I would post today. For those of you who don’t know, today is me and the STBX’s…
Rebuilding Rob 