bware wrote: Much respect to all the single parents out there!
I'm giving it a shot this week while the wife is enjoying someplace warmer than here. Let's hope I don't lose the kid or burn the place down.
Best of luck wingman!!!! Your gonna need it..... Once in my younger days I was approach with a similar situation by my then wife. She felt somewhat under appreciated or some silly girl haten men thing she was going going thru at the time. At any rate I arrogantly took on the challenge. At the airport as she was boarding, she turned and lovingly blew a kiss to the kids and then with and evil smile said to me " I wish I could watch this happen!" My smile changed from one of support to one of confusion and worry. She then shouted as she walked thru the door on the plane. "Don't loose them, rent them out for farm labor and God help you Bryan if they don't look just as they did when I left!" I waved and and said at least as loud as she had " your such a joker honey we already miss you!!!! The door closed and the kids ran to the window and cried out as the plane was backed away to the runway.
A stange ladies walked by with a look of distress on her face and her hand over her mouth mumbled something like those poor children........
Being the primary care giver of children (yes even your own), one must be able to ware many different hats, also one must be able to switch up these hats at any given moment. One should also appreciate a good bourbon and partake frequently or have a damn good prescription forms nerves!
The words of my then wife were repeating there selves in my mind walking back to the car at the airport. I chuckled and said to my three kids " your mom, sometimes she is funny huh?" The begain to cry yet again!
Wingman, good luck. I was able to not be tempted to lease my children out as farm laborers..... But I did lose my middle child later that day at the mall on are way home, I almost burnt my house down later that week cooking dinner, I got busy taking gum out of the hair of my oldest girl and simply forgot I was cooking. A lot happened that week, to much to mention here. They didn't look at all the same as they had when mom had boarded the plane a short week earlier. The loss of weight wasn't very much really and I think that cutting my oldest hair do to that fact I made the gum in the hair issue so bad it warranted being cut. Didn't help sell my story of "It was like you weren't even gone". Not only that but the contractor was only half way thru with repairs from the fire. Anyway, after that,the kids stayed at grandmas house when mom took a break.
Many years later she had mentioned postponing a trip because her parents wouldn't be able to watch the kids. When I offered my services she rolled her eyes (I hated when she did that). Said to me " Listen super dad, I was told by the kids psychologist to never ever leave there dad as primary caregiver".
I said what psychologists????
Anyway good luck my friend, I too have much respect for mothers there job can only be done well by them!!!!