David M. posted an article on Dad's House - Nov 20, 2009, 5:28 am
There’s a man who is totally smitten with a woman. Calling him lovestruck doesn’t give his feelings justice. He literally cannot live without her, he is that head over heels in love. As for the w...
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David M. posted an article on Dad's House - Nov 19, 2009, 5:37 am
Cool Parent points. If you’re a parent, you know what those are. You earn them when your kids don’t think you’re a nerd, geek, or life-ruining jerk. i.e., you do something cool. ...
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David M. posted an article on Dad's House - Nov 18, 2009, 5:33 am
My teen daughter is a good girl. She gets good grades, participates in sports, helps around the house when I ask her (er… make that, she helps around the house when I give her gas money for her truc...
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David M. posted an article on Dad's House - Nov 17, 2009, 5:33 am
A friend recently asked why my single parent blog covers such wide-ranging topics. Of course, there are single parenting tips and advice about divorce separation, co-parenting with an ex, raising chil...
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David M. posted an article on Dad's House - Nov 16, 2009, 5:30 am
My 17-year-old daughter is an angel! So are her friends!! They are super nice kids! Or so we’ve always thought. Now her brother and I are wondering if she’s a little devil, and we’ve been shel...
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David M. posted an article on Dad's House - Nov 13, 2009, 5:12 am
How do you get teenagers to the dinner table? Sure, they’re hungry all the time. But that doesn’t mean they want to eat with dad or mom or siblings. After all, they have distractions R...
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David M. posted an article on Dad's House - Nov 12, 2009, 5:14 am
My son’s cell phone went through the laundry. There, I said it. And no, it’s not easier to say simply because it happened at his mom’s house. What happened could have happened at my place or an...
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David M. posted an article on Dad's House - Nov 11, 2009, 5:30 am
My local grocery store gives me a bazillion coupons every time I check out and pay. I guess they want me to feel like I won the lottery, hoping I’ll come back and spend even more the next time. With...
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David M. posted an article on Dad's House - Nov 10, 2009, 5:07 am
A couple I know met like this: he came into the store where she worked to buy things for his work, and saw she was hot, sexy and confident. They flirted and chatted and swapped phone numbers, started ...
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David M. posted an article on Dad's House - Nov 9, 2009, 5:26 am
My teen daughter is applying to colleges right now. That means she’s writing tons of college application essays. I feel for her! So much so, I decided to write a college application essay of ...
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David M. posted an article on Dad's House - Nov 6, 2009, 7:07 am
My marriage ended ten years ago. That’s a decade of post-divorce dating experience under my belt! What was dating like ten years ago? And what’s it like now? Today, Dad’s House i...
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David M. posted an article on Dad's House - Nov 5, 2009, 5:13 am
I go on a lot of bad dates. At least those are the ones I tend to blog about. Sill, proof does exist that not all of my first dates suck. A woman I recently went on two dates with texted me at 2am. S...
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David M. posted an article on Dad's House - Nov 4, 2009, 5:30 am
It’s wrestling season in the middle school, and I watched a meet last night. My teen son quickly pinned his opponent. So fast, in fact, he looked up at the ref, wondering when the call would come. T...
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David M. posted an article on Dad's House - Nov 3, 2009, 4:15 am
I had a rockin’ date this past summer. I saw a woman in a wine bar, tried to chat her up, failed miserably – but then got her number a week later from a friend of hers who it turns out I knew. App...
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David M. posted an article on Dad's House - Nov 2, 2009, 4:13 am
My teen son decided to trick-or-treat this Halloween with a new group of friends. He’s in eighth grade and they’re in seventh, and I didn’t know any of these kids. When I dropped my son off, I m...
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David M. posted an article on Dad's House - Oct 30, 2009, 5:30 am
Halloween is great for adults! Anyone can see that from this pic. I mean, how often do you actually want police presence at a party? Only when it’s a sexy cop! Today, Dad’s House rides ...
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David M. posted an article on Dad's House - Oct 28, 2009, 5:20 am
I don’t know what it is about the leather couch in my TV room, but women love having sex on it. Yes, I said women. Cut me some slack. I’ve been divorced ten years, and I’ve owned this couch for ...
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David M. posted an article on Dad's House - Oct 27, 2009, 5:14 am
I was out cycling this past weekend when I came across two preteen girls on their mountain bikes. One of them was totally frustrated with her bicycle, so the two of them swapped and they started pedal...
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David M. posted an article on Dad's House - Oct 26, 2009, 5:02 am
I’ve been on some bad blind dates in my day – women who fudged their age by 10 years, trimmed their weight by 50 pounds, turned out wanting a sexy arrangement (yeah, that kind of sexy arrangement....
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David M. posted an article on Dad's House - Oct 23, 2009, 5:09 am
I showed up at a local Laser Tag place to pick up my son from a youth group outing. He was paling around with some boys a year younger than him. No one I knew. But they were excited to see me. They c...
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David M. posted an article on Dad's House - Oct 22, 2009, 5:05 am
There’s give and take in every relationship, whether you’re dating, married, or divorced. When you have kids, a nice goal is to share the coparenting workload. Tit for tat. But what hap...
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David M. posted an article on Dad's House - Oct 21, 2009, 5:08 am
I recently had the pleasure of hearing New York Times Op-Ed columnist David Brooks speak in Silicon Valley as part of the Celebrity Forum Speaker Series. Let me just say – I was shocked at some ...
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David M. posted an article on Dad's House - Oct 20, 2009, 5:22 am
My son came down with a fever this past weekend. Stuffy nose, tired, achy. He had a mixture of cold and flu symptoms. No fun for him, at all. When Monday hit, he was still sick. No problem, I...
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David M. posted an article on Dad's House - Oct 19, 2009, 5:05 am
I recently saw The Boys are Back, a movie starring Clive Owen (who gave an outstanding performance), about a single dad who gets in way over his head trying to raise two boys after his wife suddenly p...
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David M. posted an article on Dad's House - Oct 16, 2009, 5:31 am
It’s the police! That, a text message sent by my teen daughter, not twenty minutes after she left for astronomy class. WTF!? Had she gotten into an accident? Was she pulled over for a driving offe...
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David M. posted an article on Dad's House - Oct 15, 2009, 11:07 am
... a single dad on the dating scene, I can totally relate to my teens as they date. I know full well that romantic relations can ... of whiskey and a grain of salt. Dating Advice from a Dad to h...
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David M. posted an article on Dad's House - Oct 14, 2009, 5:03 am
My wife and I were married for 9 years and had 2 children when we first talked about getting divorced. We’d already been through three different stints of couples counseling to address various issue...
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David M. posted an article on Dad's House - Oct 13, 2009, 5:04 am
When you hit that magical night for third-date sex (or a sooner night, later night, whenever night; who’s counting?) – and you’re spooning all night with a new partner – do you wear pajamas? S...
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David M. posted an article on Dad's House - Oct 12, 2009, 5:10 am
This past weekend at a youth soccer game, one of the soccer dads was chatting with me about a mutual friend, George. “You should hear George go off at a party,” the soccer dad said. “He’s alwa...
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David M. posted an article on Dad's House - Oct 9, 2009, 5:24 am
My daughter’s high school cross country team is one of the best in the area, and my daughter is lucky enough to be running with them this year. She’s played soccer for ages, and run track for year...
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David M. posted an article on Dad's House - Oct 8, 2009, 5:36 am
For privacy reasons, I tend not to blog about relationships I’m actively involved in. As such, Dad’s House readers get a skewed view of my single parent dating life. I blog about hookups gone awry...
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David M. posted an article on Dad's House - Oct 7, 2009, 5:19 am
My friend with benefits texted me: You should know I met someone interesting who wants to date. Consider me off the market for the time being. I wasn’t too surprised. We’d been seeing each other ...
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David M. posted an article on Dad's House - Oct 6, 2009, 5:36 am
I thought my first serious post-divorce girlfriend was “the one” I was wrong. Head on over to the Hot Dads blog for a heartfelt post about dating after divorce: My First Post-Divorce Gi...
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David M. posted an article on Dad's House - Oct 5, 2009, 5:13 am
My kids and I were in Albuquerque this past weekend, attending the Balloon Festival. Yes, it was fun. (I’ll post pics and stories as soon as my daughter uploads photos from her camera.) We were awa...
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David M. posted an article on Dad's House - Oct 2, 2009, 5:13 am
Our local junior college has an astronomy class with a reputation for being very good. The school has a decent-sized telescope, and the instructor co-wrote the textbook they use. He’s not quite Carl...
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David M. posted an article on Dad's House - Oct 1, 2009, 5:10 am
My thirteen-year-old son is playing soccer this fall, and let’s just say it’s been an eye opener for me. I know from watching Italian Serie A, as well as my daughter’s high school varsity team, ...
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David M. posted an article on Dad's House - Sep 30, 2009, 8:10 am
High school crushes can be difficult for teens to navigate. I know, because I have a teen daughter who is dating right now. Plus, I was a dating teen myself, back in the stone age. (I actually had a ...
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David M. posted an article on Dad's House - Sep 29, 2009, 5:23 am
When it comes to dating and sex, I’m an open-minded guy. Older men younger women fantasies aside, sometimes I interact with women my age. Or even a little older. A 50-year-old woman contacted me th...
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David M. posted an article on Dad's House - Sep 28, 2009, 6:00 am
If youth is wasted on the young, perhaps old age is being wasted on me. I was recently in a coffee house when two younger women checked me out. Yes, the older men younger women fantasy flashed through...
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David M. posted an article on Dad's House - Sep 25, 2009, 6:00 am
You gotta eat your leafy greens! They’re great sources of vitamins and energy. Some kids don’t like them, but rest assured, with the right recipes for cooking beet greens and Swiss chard, your kid...
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David M. posted an article on Dad's House - Sep 24, 2009, 5:01 am
I received an email the other day. Dear David. We hooked up last year. It was fun. Call me if you’re unattached and we’ll catch up. I miss having a good man around. Wait a sec – I hooked up wi...
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David M. posted an article on Dad's House - Sep 23, 2009, 5:00 am
Recently, a date wanted to polish the (blank) in my home. Now, now, get your urban-slang minds out of the gutter. This post is about polishing actual things. Glass things. And silver things. And sh...
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David M. posted an article on Dad's House - Sep 22, 2009, 5:33 am
Call me old school, but I grew up thinking it was a good idea to actually plan dates. You know, pick a night, a time, a place, and then go do it. Women I’ve recently come in contact with are making...
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David M. posted an article on Dad's House - Sep 21, 2009, 5:14 am
Saturday was school beautification day, so my civic-minded son and his friend volunteered their afternoon weeding weeds and planting plants at their middle school. Oh, and driving a golf cart. Turns...
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David M. posted an article on Dad's House - Sep 18, 2009, 5:10 am
Men over 40 can’t get it up! Or so some women say. At least they’ve said that to me, before we dated. After? That’s a different story entirely… Head on over to the Silicon V...
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David M. posted an article on Dad's House - Sep 17, 2009, 5:09 am
My teen son plays trumpet in his middle school band. Last year, the band played popular music like the theme from Harry Potter, and Viva la Vida by Coldplay. This year? They’ve gone classical, at l...
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David M. posted an article on Dad's House - Sep 16, 2009, 5:05 am
A Dad’s House reader politely pointed out that I have it much easier as a divorced man who coparents with my ex, than a full time single dad. To wit: I don’t mean to diminish what you do as a sin...
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David M. posted an article on Dad's House - Sep 15, 2009, 5:03 am
Some nights my kids and I play a kissie game when they go to bed. They crawl into bed. I’m supposed to kiss them on each cheek. (Yes, they’re both teens. You’d think they would have tired of thi...
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David M. posted an article on Dad's House - Sep 14, 2009, 5:32 am
Sunday morning, the doorbell rang. I hadn’t had my coffee yet, but at least this single dad was up. I looked out the window, and there’s some lady standing there. Was it a neighbor whose turtle cr...
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David M. posted an article on Dad's House - Sep 11, 2009, 5:00 am
... . Ya’ think!? (If you’re not sure you agree, check my backyard sex, wild animal story. It happened after cocktails.) Of ... the Hot Dads blog and read about: Drinking and Sex &#...
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