6
Hobbies Dads of Young Boys Can Legitimately Have
When
men become fathers, many of their favorite past-times get forced out of their
lives into oblivion. Despite the boundless joys one experiences as a parent
(read: mind numbing drudgery punctuated by moments of blind rage/unfathomable
exhaustion) there exists a real void where productive and entertaining hobbies
used to exist. Gone are the days of quietly whittling a bird house/functioning
mini windmill out of the abundant raw wood you painstakingly collected on
multiple day long hikes in the woods. No, with those little rugrats taking up a
great deal of your valuable man time, you need some more realistic options.
1. Wine
Tasting
Us men no longer have the time to
head out to the bars at a fresh 1 pm and get turnt. 1) We are now responsible
for one or more (I routinely lose count) young and impressionable children. Our
hobbies have to accommodate for that. Wine tasting is an upscale and
responsible alternative and still completely acceptable in the middle of the
day if you are either wearing a sweater vest or it’s sunny outside. 2) We
should also consider hobbies that we can share with our significant others,
‘cause we’re in this together! Wine is the great harbinger of amiable
relationships, and if your significant other doesn’t like wine, you can have their portion and they’ll
appreciate your willingness to include them in your hobby.
2. Hide
and Seek
At first, it may seem as though
Hide and Seek would be more of a family pastime, but for the right man, it can
be a fulfilling solo creative hobby. Imagine the lessons you could teach your
children – especially after an hour long tantrum about the way their pineapple
slices are arranged on their plate - if they were unable to find you for days. You would get to truly tap into
the ingenuity that was your best friend in college while playing How To Pass
This Test Without Studying, and your kids will get a fantastic life lesson
regarding attachment disorder and how to avoid it in the future.
3. Reading
Remember when you and your
significant other had nothing but epic amounts of passion filled physical
release? That was great. These days, with sweet little cherubim rightfully
drawing the bulk of your attention, you’ll need to find a hobby that helps abate
thoughts that don’t include bath time strategies and grilled cheese recipes
(hint: crust is not an ingredient). Staring at words on a page/screen that
happen to be right next to some tasteful pictures of people just like you
enjoying the art of making more cherubim is a fantastic way to pass time that
would otherwise be spent bugging your sweetly sleeping significant other. If
you also happen to be tired, there is plenty of reading material that forgoes
the hassle of letters and words and allows you to just enjoy the purity of
image.
4. Racquetball
Racquetball is an enjoyable sport
that burns a ridiculous amount of calories, keeping you in shape.
5. Open
an etsy shop
While it’s not
something that most would have spring to mind if asked about manly hobbies, an
etsy shop could give you hours of productive fun. Etsy is a great place to not
only let the world finally see your lacquered PBR can belt buckles, but you
could also earn anywhere between -$12.60 and $0 for only like 47 hours of
laborious, detail oriented work. It’s also another great entry on this list
that you could share with your kids, cause if it takes off, someone is going to
have to help you finish those PBRs, and kids are great at drinking and eating
things they “haven’t liked since they were babies and now I’m a big kid and I
don’t like it.”
6. Invent
a time machine
You’re probably expecting me to say
something about going back and stopping yourself from having children. Don’t be
ridiculous! You’re going to use that time machine to throttle yourself into the
future so that you can scare the holy-living-crap out of your grandchildren in
the middle of the night as you enjoy your latest hobby, late-night-god-awful-payback.
You’ll also enjoy the opportunity to really mess with your now grown children
as you completely rearrange the furniture in their house and throw absolutely
every single piece of everything they own onto the floor moments after they
have finished cleaning and left the house to go to the store. It’ll be a blast.
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