Coming to terms with circumstances. Baby fever edition. I need help doing it. How did you decide to be ok with waiting to get pregnant? Alternatively, how did you decide to go ahead and attempt pregnancy even though it was a bad idea financially in the short term? What books or articles or blog posts can I read (the library is right down the street!) that address this?
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posted by tulip-socks
on Aug 3, 2012 -
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I'm looking for movies that have a father that is living well even beyond family life.
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posted by meantime
on Mar 22, 2012 -
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This is not going to be pretty. I need to know if there is any way for me to maintain a life with my children if I cannot maintain one with my wife.
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posted by anonymous
on Dec 26, 2011 -
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My wife is pregnant and I'm not happy about it. Obviously that's a problem. Help me try to become happy about it.
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posted by anonymous
on Mar 27, 2011 -
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Women of Metafilter: did you have a loving relationship with your father when you were growing up? Did your father make you feel loved, supported, and valued? Can you tell me what that makes your life look/feel like today? I'm trying to understand how to move forward from a history with a sadistic, distant father, and it would help me to know what benefits you have gained from having a loving one, so that I can attempt to find those benefits for myself.
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posted by troublemenot
on Sep 29, 2010 -
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Once I was a guy with a few good friends. Now I'm a husband and a dad in a relatively new place with no friends. I need support but have very little no time or energy to make it happen. What can I do?
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posted by rouftop
on Aug 2, 2010 -
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A female friend recently asked if I'd be willing to be a sperm donor. We've agreed to discuss the possibility in a series of conversations over the next few months. What questions should I ask her? What factors do I need to take into consideration?
posted by anonymous
on Jan 17, 2010 -
27 answers
Discovered recently that my wife is expecting our second child - mixed feelings are overwhelming me - practical solutions?
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posted by numberstation
on Feb 12, 2009 -
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Should I seriously consider a long-term relationship/having children with someone who seems to have a mild case of Asperger's?
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posted by anonymous
on Nov 21, 2008 -
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My dad was an insecure, unlikeable jerk (to me at least) who clearly did not like his children. I have become an insecure, unlikeable jerk (to me at least). Am I doomed to have the same, terrible relationship with my future kids as well?
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posted by bitteroldman
on Oct 12, 2008 -
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Help me with gender disappointment. My wife and I just had an ultrasound and found out our baby will be a girl. I was hoping for a boy because I never knew / met my father. My dad was a completely absent f*ck-up. I was hoping to somehow fill that void by giving my son what I never had and teaching him the things I had to learn on my own. I know I will be overjoyed when my daughter is born, but right now, I am feeling quite sad. What is a good way to look at this, and what can I look forward to with having a girl
posted by jasondigitized
on Jun 23, 2008 -
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If you don't enjoy country music, do hip, relatively new songs exist about fatherhood, or more specifically, fathers and daughters?
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posted by brozek
on Jun 19, 2008 -
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How do I, as a man, show my son a caring and feminine side to life? I've raised my son in classic, tough-guys-don't-cry fashion. I worry that I haven't given him the tools to form the best relationships with the opposite sex or to be more caring and compassionate and I want to redress the very male influences in his upbringing. Are there any other single fathers out there who have the same concerns? How have you dealt with them? Are there any good resources you would recommend? Any women who have experience of young men mainly raised by their fathers? What are your thoughts? Am I worrying unnecessarily?
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posted by rikatik
on May 13, 2008 -
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So, we've just found out the kid we're cooking
is a girl. Now, I'm tasked with the job I've had for the last 16 years: I have to come up with a signature song for the child.
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posted by thanotopsis
on Jan 29, 2008 -
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I currently am self employed and work at home. We have our first kiddy on the way. What am I going to need to compromise on/totally change?
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posted by rus
on Jun 22, 2007 -
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Okay, this is an enormous issue and I'm not finding any resources out there for help.
I recently found my son's biological father. My son is 26.
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posted by nurse4kitties
on Apr 12, 2007 -
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What should my family do about my "long-lost" half-sister when her caretaker dies?
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posted by nekton
on Jan 2, 2007 -
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