Comments on: Sorry I Made ‘Dad Gone Mad’ Madder http://dadshouseblog.com/2008/04/08/sorry-i-made-dadgonemad-madder/ Single Parent Dating, Raising Children, Parenting Teens Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:03:21 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: dadshouse http://dadshouseblog.com/2008/04/08/sorry-i-made-dadgonemad-madder/comment-page-1/#comment-2083 dadshouse Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:24:14 +0000 http://dadshouse.wordpress.com/?p=108#comment-2083 Hi Kat - thanks for the pointers into your blog, I read your posts and totally related, especially to the divorce-gaffes where moms are considered the primary social conduit, whether a "couple" is married or divorced. (Funny that people see my ex-wife and I as a couple still!) I'll keep reading your blog. Hi Kat – thanks for the pointers into your blog, I read your posts and totally related, especially to the divorce-gaffes where moms are considered the primary social conduit, whether a “couple” is married or divorced. (Funny that people see my ex-wife and I as a couple still!) I’ll keep reading your blog.

]]> By: Kat Wilder http://dadshouseblog.com/2008/04/08/sorry-i-made-dadgonemad-madder/comment-page-1/#comment-2084 Kat Wilder Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:53:10 +0000 http://dadshouse.wordpress.com/?p=108#comment-2084 Dads House, I stumbled upon your blog through Single Mom Seeking (it's a rather incestuous blogging world, isn't it?), and this post got me thinking. Not the apology per se, although that was nice of you, but about dads, single and married, who are present and engaged in their kids' life. Your comment — "Through eight years of divorce, I’ve come across a lot of people who assume the dad has no parenting interests, let alone household or childrearing skills" — is something I have heard from many single dads I know. It's just sad. And (sorry, here's a plug for my own blog) I've written about it on "The Divorce Dilemma" http://blogs.marinij.com/katwilder/2007/08/divorce_gaffes.html and "Married to Mr. Mom" http://blogs.marinij.com/katwilder/2007/05/married_to_mr_mom_1.html I, for one, find those kinds of dads very sexy. Why? Because it shows they enjoy many kinds of love, and that expands who they are as a person and that is a truly beautiful thing. Dads House, I stumbled upon your blog through Single Mom Seeking (it’s a rather incestuous blogging world, isn’t it?), and this post got me thinking. Not the apology per se, although that was nice of you, but about dads, single and married, who are present and engaged in their kids’ life.

Your comment — “Through eight years of divorce, I’ve come across a lot of people who assume the dad has no parenting interests, let alone household or childrearing skills” — is something I have heard from many single dads I know. It’s just sad. And (sorry, here’s a plug for my own blog) I’ve written about it on “The Divorce Dilemma” http://blogs.marinij.com/katwilder/2007/08/divorce_gaffes.html and “Married to Mr. Mom” http://blogs.marinij.com/katwilder/2007/05/married_to_mr_mom_1.html

I, for one, find those kinds of dads very sexy. Why? Because it shows they enjoy many kinds of love, and that expands who they are as a person and that is a truly beautiful thing.

]]> By: Fran http://dadshouseblog.com/2008/04/08/sorry-i-made-dadgonemad-madder/comment-page-1/#comment-2082 Fran Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:02:04 +0000 http://dadshouse.wordpress.com/?p=108#comment-2082 Good for you; stand-up guy thing to do. Good for you; stand-up guy thing to do.

]]> By: dadshouse http://dadshouseblog.com/2008/04/08/sorry-i-made-dadgonemad-madder/comment-page-1/#comment-2085 dadshouse Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:34:11 +0000 http://dadshouse.wordpress.com/?p=108#comment-2085 Hi Terri - thanks for the note! I can only guess that DadGoneMad and his readers enjoy sarcasm. Not my cup of tea, but to each his own. Hi Terri – thanks for the note! I can only guess that DadGoneMad and his readers enjoy sarcasm. Not my cup of tea, but to each his own.

]]> By: Terri http://dadshouseblog.com/2008/04/08/sorry-i-made-dadgonemad-madder/comment-page-1/#comment-2087 Terri Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:23:49 +0000 http://dadshouse.wordpress.com/?p=108#comment-2087 I don't read Dad Gone Mad but I went over there to see what all the fuss was about. I agree with Jen that there are two sides here. But I wonder how Dad Gone Mad and his readers would feel if he was told he could only see his kids half time. Would he think a life like that is Shangri-La like he says? Would he keep on complaining about his kids and dread seeing them by himself? I'm a single mom with half time custody, and I'm so glad my kids' dad is involved in their life. But like Dad's House, it tears my heart out whenever they aren't with me. I don't enjoy hearing a full-time parent whine about their kids when instead they could be happy and grateful for the experience they are having. I don’t read Dad Gone Mad but I went over there to see what all the fuss was about. I agree with Jen that there are two sides here. But I wonder how Dad Gone Mad and his readers would feel if he was told he could only see his kids half time. Would he think a life like that is Shangri-La like he says? Would he keep on complaining about his kids and dread seeing them by himself? I’m a single mom with half time custody, and I’m so glad my kids’ dad is involved in their life. But like Dad’s House, it tears my heart out whenever they aren’t with me. I don’t enjoy hearing a full-time parent whine about their kids when instead they could be happy and grateful for the experience they are having.

]]> By: dadshouse http://dadshouseblog.com/2008/04/08/sorry-i-made-dadgonemad-madder/comment-page-1/#comment-2086 dadshouse Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:57:39 +0000 http://dadshouse.wordpress.com/?p=108#comment-2086 Totally empathetic! Though I have way bigger fish to fry than this issue, as the coffee drinking single mom well knows! Totally empathetic! Though I have way bigger fish to fry than this issue, as the coffee drinking single mom well knows!

]]> By: singlemomseeking http://dadshouseblog.com/2008/04/08/sorry-i-made-dadgonemad-madder/comment-page-1/#comment-2089 singlemomseeking Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:47:55 +0000 http://dadshouse.wordpress.com/?p=108#comment-2089 Well, I hope you were able to let off some steam about this issue with that single mom you had coffee with... Was she empathetic? I hope so. Well, I hope you were able to let off some steam about this issue with that single mom you had coffee with… Was she empathetic? I hope so.

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