What it is really like to be a dad at home

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"I don't have a boss (except if you count Ava trying to manipulate me) or a calendar, apart from dual NAPs, which are a must."

Once upon a time in my life when I leaned towards what was cool, sharp or in tune with the times. I worked in Hollywood, more precisely in the comedy. I have been a leader of development of TV stars like Adam Sandler and Chelsea Handler, as well as a booker for a late-night comic popular talk show on CBS. I was Movin' and shakin', hopping from meetings in the power of networking dinners and ending my night with a double lookout on the rocks in the back corner of a double show at the Hollywood Improv. Everyone thought that I had the coolest job and did so I.

I'm not proud of it, but I think that it started going to my head. I would be having a conversation with a guy and someone else see walk in which had a little more current, and I would find myself zoning out, nodding the head, saying things like, "Yes, man, I totally agree' or ' Oh, really?"? It is cool." Just call in. It was a little more than three years, until I left the entertainment industry and became a dad at home full time.

A few weeks ago I found myself at a barbecue that had dragged on my wife (reality TV full time Executive) took me to, talk to some Sorin who asked what I did for a living. Here we go again, I thought.

"I'm a dad in the home for two children at a young age," I said.

And just like that, it came a complete turn on me. I could see the look empty on the face of the guy, as he has begun to look beyond the distance, watching as someone else entered the group. He gave me a ' Oh, that's cool, man. '' I wanted to break the stupid microbrewery on his forehead, rip on his intestines and wrap them around his neck, but I couldn't.

I'd be a hypocrite.

I tried subtly to explain that being a dad in the home was really cool. I don't have a boss (except if you count Ava trying to manipulate me) or a calendar, apart from dual NAPs, which are a must.

Think about how awesome it is to introduce these children to something new every day, something that they have never seen before and sit back and watch the looks on their faces. Forget the big deal of closing - I taught just a toddler to aim and pee on stuff with exceptional precision. I am their Ambassador in the world, which represents a huge increase in my last job title.

I've been selline, but I do not know if it was buyine.

At the time, I think that the reason for which I erased on people was because I couldn't communicate with what they were talking about or because everything what they were pitching me just didn't seem very promising.

I guess that the same thing happened to me at this barbecue.

Lots of guys can not connect with the fact that I am a sami. In most cases, they were initially tested me on why I do not work, tell me "it sucks", and they will put me in touch with their buddy who is a head hunter and me squared away for next week. Next Page >

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