I am terrible at it. I know so many great men. Social circles, life associations, parents in the same living space, school drops, sports teams, church groups. Great guys. We see one another all the time, we even host and hang out at each other’s homes and family events. We smile, give one another the…
I have been sitting with a question lately. Not out loud — men don’t usually do it out loud. But in the evenings when the house finally settles, it surfaces. I am 46 years old. By any honest statistical measure, I am well past the midpoint of my race. And I am ok with that….
Somewhere in your late thirties or early forties, the cultural narrative about you changed. From building to protecting. From peak to plateau. The assumption — so widespread it barely gets stated anymore — is that the best cognitive years are behind you and the task now is managing the decline gracefully. Here is what that…
The house is loud. Dinner is on the table. Someone is arguing about homework. The dog needs to go out. Your wife is asking about the weekend. Two kids are talking at the same time and neither of them is talking to you exactly — they’re just talking in your direction, the way you talk…
You made more money last year than you’ve ever made. You know this because you did the math at some point — maybe during tax season, maybe during a conversation with your financial advisor — and the number on paper is objectively higher than it was five years ago. Maybe significantly higher. And yet. The…
There is a number worth knowing. In a 2024 survey of parents conducted by Hims, 42 percent of dads identified as the most stressed demographic they know. The sample included more than a thousand American dads over thirty. That number does not surprise most dads who read it. What surprises them is that someone finally…
You probably still have it on your phone. The group chat from college, or the old neighborhood, or that job where everybody actually got along. Six guys, maybe eight. Some name that made sense at the time. Scroll to the bottom and the last message is from 2022. Someone sent a meme. Three people reacted….