Friday
13Jun
SuperDad or Weird Kids?
Friday, June 13, 2008 at 01:25PM 
I often wonder if I’m a SuperDad or just a regular guy. Really I just wonder why it’s so much easier dealing with the kids alone than it is when MRS and I are both with them. Maybe she’s just a bad mother? (Yes, I’m joking.) She has the same experience with them when I’m not home. I know kids play off both parents to try to gain leverage, but our girls are so much better when one of us is not home it’s loco.
Maybe I should get my own apartment—a bachelor pad, if you will. Then I could start dating. (Yes, I’m joking, again.) Who the fuck would want to date if they didn’t have to? We all know what a joy that can be.
So are my kids weird or is that the norm? Or do MRS and I need to figure out a better system?
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Reader Comments (11)
Have you ever tried beating your children when they don't do what you want? I hear that's pretty effective.
That's an easy one... they're just jealous of your attention to each other and don't want to have to compete with the other parent. It's completely normal, trust me.
Our three girls are the same. Take one parent (or even sibling combo) out of the equation and they are totally different kids. It never ceases to amaze us when we are both home and the nice little girls turn into Satan spawns!
So I would guess thats normal.
Wierd isn't it? I have said many times that there is one too many people in our family. Sometimes I would be more than happy to move out into a lovely tranquil haven of my own - even a granny attic, or a garden shed!
Bet they are angels to everyone else in the world, but the minute they step over the threshold into their 'next of kin land' they mutate.
Well there's one thing, at least you know you aint alone in this!
Nice blog but I have a problem seeing white on dark colours - makes my eyes go peculiar, sorry!
1) Yep, she is a bad mom.
2) I'd buy myself a Russian mail-order groom before I'd date again.
It only works like that at our house if one of us is gone for more than 1 day. Otherwise they're brats all the time.
I kid!
I think.
You have until Father's Day to blame MRS. After that, it is alllll you.
So, with a new blog does that mean you actually have to start UPDATING IT REGULARLY NOW???!!!!
I often ask myself the same question.
Seems to be SOP around here. Ditto for acting like angels for babysitters and daycare.
Ah, is that what's going on? We only have one son, and he is a wild man when dad comes home, to the point I'm scared to leave him alone with dad for fear he'll go berserk -- but the minute I'm gone, he's an angel.
So it only gets worse with more kids?
Ah, kiddos. They'll do that. They'll make you wonder more often than not!