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Tinker Tuesday for April 1, 2025

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How have you been doing @Southkraut?

Have I been doing? I've been dadmaxxing. Even more so than hitherto. The previous deal where my wife and daughter are with grandma during weekdays is off because they not only fail such basic tasks as getting her to kindergarten but even manage to neglect her at home to the point where she has a breakdown and cries that nobody loves her. So I took over kindergarten duties (which means 2h of driving, daily, plus getting the kid ready in the morning) in addition to full-time work and all tasks that involve leaving the house. I don't know whether to pity my wife or wish that lightning strike her. I alternate between sleeping 12 hours a night and not sleeping at all. Something's gotta give, but for some reason I have "persevere" as the entirety of my OS. So that's what I've been doing.

So I see "dadmaxxing" and think "that's hecking wholesome", and then I read the rest of the comment, what a ride. Hang in there, bro.

It is kinda wholesome tbh. I enjoy the extra time with the little one, who is actually 100% cooperative when she's alone with me. As opposed to the screaming obstruction she turns into in her mother's hands. According to my wife that's because with her she's not afraid of being honest, whereas with me she's terrified into obedience. Screw that view. Conservative parenting fucking works, and to hell with self-sabotaging housewives. As if a kid being turned into a dissolute, undisciplined third-generation depressive whose only aspirations in life are sugar and screentime were somehow preferable because it means nobody has to ever buckle down and do anything they don't like.

We spend pretty much the entire weekend at the playground, and are looking forward to summer, which we intend to spend entirely at the pool, like we did last year. Anyone who tells me that this is somehow worse than keeping her locked up indoors and telling her to let the adults stare at their phones is full of shit.

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