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I have also seen a few different variations, both in English and German. I guess the point is the same either way.
I hope your son enjoys his summer, no matter where it is. I hope you and your wife handle it well too. I know that my wife is fearing the empty nest, and we still have a few years to go.
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I have a 19-year-old daughter who is away at college and an almost-18-year-old son who is raring to leave home. A few days ago he told his mom and me that his best friend is moving to San Diego and my son plans to spend at least the summer with him.
I'm not 100% thrilled and my wife is taking it harder than me, but if he manages not to get himself killed it could be a great experience for him.
- Bob
PS -- Packerman, somewhere I saw a variant of your sig line (and apologies for the botched Deutsche): Das nicht mich zegrunde richtet, mach mich starker.
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| Hey BIGYN, As I was reading through I noticed your dogs. I'm kind of a dog guy myself. Cavalier King Charles Spaniels are beautiful. I have a Kuvasz. She's beautiful and loving, and still very protective, but getting old. I'm afraid my wife won't agree to another dog for a long while.
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I have a 16 y/o Daughter and a just turned 13 y/o son. My daughter just got her drivers license, I still stress about her driving. My son just turned 13 and I swear every day I find pieces of his brain laying on the floor. It's like he forgot everything he's learned in the past.
But really, both are great kids, they do great in school, athletics and church. I truly have been blessed.
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I have a great place for Dads to talk about anything and find anytype of help for dads.
Daddyplace.com
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| I have a great 2 year old son --
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Hi dads!
I have a son, 12 years old. I was awarded sole custody of him when he as 18 months old.
I got remarried 3 years ago (has it been that long already?), and I thank GOD that my son and my wife have bonded so well. And my wife has helped me whip the ex into shape a bit; she now has him half the time, which is good for her and good for him, and good for us too.
Being a dad is, hands down, the most important thing I've ever done. It's why I've done everything else, really.
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DENNISBISHOP
3/24/06 11:20 P
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| Father - 4 boys AND a Grand father - 4 grandkids
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We have a pretty well established soccer group at work. There's also a ball class at lunchtime 2 days a week, but I haven't really gotten into that.
I bought a pedometer ($15 at Eckerds/CVS) and I walk about half a mile at my morning and afternoon breaks.
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I have a son, now 12 years old.
He was 18 months old when his mom decided/discovered she was a lesbian and we split up. I was awarded sole custody by the judge at that time, not because she was gay, but because she didn't bother to take any of the court-ordered divorce resolution courses, or even show up at the hearing, for that matter.
For the next 5 years or so, she had him 2 weekends a month. I never went after her for child support until she moved to Tampa a couple years ago.
Now it's nearly a decade down the road, and things are much better. I remarried about 3 years ago, and my wife helps me keep the ex from walking all over me. The ex has settled down considerably too, and quit smoking pot about a year and a half ago, has done a great job fixing up her house and now has our boy half the time, which is great.
Being a dad has been an awesome spiritual experience. I'm reminded of the expression: "Suffering is inevitable: growth is optional".
I'm looking forward to getting Rboy involved on the Sparkpeople program too.
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| I have 4 24, 20, 19 and 14...only 1 still at home and he works out with me!!
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So how do you fit doing your exercise in with the demands on your time from the kids?
I've found that after bedtime for the kids is really the only time for me to do it in the evenings. I've started playing basketball a couple of times a week at 6am, which is good. I always take time to play with the kids outside (tag, soccer, etc) to get cardio in.
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My first post in "The Guys' Lounge". Not many of us!
I have three daughters from two marriages. My first daughter is 22 and she gave me a grandson. My other two daughters that are from my current (and last) marriage are 9 and 3.
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| I have 3 children. My oldest (son) is forever 12, my middle (daughter) is 11, and the baby (son) is 10.
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ROADMOYER
3/18/06 10:04 A
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I started a 'sparkpoint group' for fathers.... click on SparkPoints and join the group...
the code is ZWP3VPY6UU
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NITEMAN3D
2/27/06 10:08 A
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CJ;
He stole a picture of me.
(From the future. After massive liposuction and a year of Marine basic and two years of intense weight training. Okay, so I lied about the picture.)
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Whos that in the pic Yooper?
CJ
Looked at your profile... you'll get there...stay focussed.
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10 yr old girl and 5 yr old boy.
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SPACITYBULLDOG
2/25/06 10:52 A
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My son is 20 now (we have only 1 child) and a sophomore in college. I was very active in his life as was his mother. Baseball coach, scoutmaster if he was involved I was also until he got to his middle teens then he wanted less and less to do with his old man and mother.
That's okay and I understood where he was coming from.
Spend as much time with them as you can. It goes by way too fast. One day you're changing dirty diapers and the next he's graduating from high school.
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I have a 13 year old son...high functioning autistic and hes truly amazing... very academically gifted...but lacks the social skills of the "typical" 13 year old. Which I/we have no problems with :-D he hasnt developed the ability or desire to tell a lie!, steal, try sneaky crapp that the "typical" teen try on occasion. Hyperlexic is his specific "lable" they gave him. Meaning the accute ability to read, write and procees complicated probles at a very early age. He was crawling at 6 months, walking at 8! we knew we had an amazing child then but never realized how gifted he would become. Reads at college level...comprehension lacks some what. His constant joy for life just lightens the room when he comes in :-D truly our little gift. His big sis loves him too... a bit of jealousy early on when she was struggling with school a little, Ryan would finish up homework in a quarter of the time it would take her and usually get the better grade as well. Shes more focussed and both are on the Honor roll too !!
Life is good... take care all.
CJ
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| Hi all . I ahve one son 12yrs old. Great kid but turning teen he ahs really been pushing my buttons lately
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| My little girl just turned 29 and my little boy will be 24 in a month.
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| My daughter is great, she constantly reminds us to put in our food, or check our "sparkmail". I think she's as much into this as we are and she isn't in on the program.
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SMCHANGE01
2/15/06 7:51 A
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ROADMOYER,
My son, wholives locally is dieting with mom and I and I have made him aware of the site, but he says he'stoo busy to check it out. I told both he and my wife but great motivations are out here but neither seems to want to look over the site and use it. We do support each other and we are all continuing to lose weight.
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| Are you talking with your kids about what you're doing and why you're doing it (in relation to SP, that is)?
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| I have three very active boys
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SMCHANGE01
2/11/06 8:16 P
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I hear you. My daughter is 28 and my sons are 24 and 25, but I have nine grandkids. I enjoy visiting with them, but other than the one who lives a few blocks away, I'm glad that I'm able to home. Of course that means across the country as 8 of the 9 live over 1800 miles away and I see them only a few times each year. This works out okay because my wife and I don't agree with the way way the two children and their spouses run their lives or raise their children. But then I don't think my parents liked the way I raised my kids either.
My local grandson lives so close that we are almost seragate parents. He lives with our son, his dad, who has total custody and often asks us for suggestions and assistance. My wife loves the chance to help him raise Dakota. AN d we love having him over every day and a couple nights each week.
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ROADMOYER
2/11/06 10:25 A
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My SIL has one and has lost another. They've gone through that a lot as well. It's a hard thing, and I don't claim to understand all of how it impacted my wife when we were basically ready to stop trying. A very personal decision between husband and wife, that's all I know.
Many of The group of dad's I hang out with online have gone through that struggle as well.
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| We have talked about adoption, but it hasn't gone much further than talking. Right now we are just thankful for the one we have.
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Check out father2father.com .... it's part of a non-profit I run (in my spare time... ha!) for fathers. Kinda small, and a lot of dads with multiples (twins, trips, and quads), but we've got lots of good guys who can answer lots of questions.
You have to go to the community section to get to the forums.
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I'm kind of curious.. do any of you know of any GOOD message boards for new fathers? I really haven't found much. All the baby sites are centered around the woman (I wonder why... hmm)...
I was excited to find father.com, but that message board had been hacked...
-Tom
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ROADMOYER
2/10/06 12:43 A
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Have you ever thought of adopting?
We were on our last try before stopping trying when my wife got pregnant with the quads.
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I've got one, beautiful girl, 9 years. She's been great since I started on spark. She "helps" me work out, takes me on walks and bike rides and always reminds me that I shouldn't be eating that.
I would love to have had the chance for more, but for medical reasons we cannot. So we love the one we have all that much more.
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| I have 3 of my own plus a stepson. They range from 28 down to 21. I am having tons of fun with the grandkids. My oldest granddaughter might as well be mine as close as we are. It is nice though to have the fune with them without having to be the disciplinarian all the time. I let their Mommy be the bad one and they love their PaPa because of it. Am I bad or what?
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