things ive learned as a dad

@bradengalloway

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The creator shares relatable and humorous insights into new parenthood, using a conversational tone and a touch of profanity to connect with his audience. The short, digestible points and the overall positive sentiment about his family likely resonated with viewers.

Summary

The creator shares three lessons learned six weeks into fatherhood. He emphasizes the importance of choosing the right partner, the necessity of efficiency and time management, and how becoming a father has taught him patience.

Structure

1The importance of choosing a partner
2The need for efficiency and time management
3Learning patience through fatherhood
4The reality of a baby's demands
5The decision to use Doordash for meals

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things ive learned as a dad Who you decide to marry and who you have kids with are the biggest decisions you'll ever make in your fucking life. I've only been a dad for about six weeks now, and it's been the best six weeks ever. And here are some of the things Ive learned Number one, I just said it matters who you marry and it matters the partner you have. Because the amount of respect I gain for just single parents or single dads, single moms or whoever, whoever. Trying to do this shit by yourself is fucking crazy. I'm not doing it by myself. Let me make that very fucking clear. My wife is amazing. We do split shifts, so I take the mornings. She has a lot of, like, late nights, so those time frames can get rough. Number two, I thought I used to be efficient. I thought I used to, like, work out efficiently. Do have the best time management skills. All of my shit sucked prior. Now it's like I'm on a race against the clock to when she's about to wake up, when we need to feed her, etcetera. So everything has a different sense of urgency. And I feel like I'm a lot, actually a lot more productive with now that Harlow's here versus before. I felt like I could just. I knew I didn't have shit else to do the rest of the day, so I could just take my precious ass time doing whatever. Three, I didn't have patience before I met Mackenzie. This is like a long time ago. Before I met Mackenzie. Me no patience. Me and patience didn't exist. I met Mackenzie. I slowly started gradually being more patient. Calm, calming down. Be more patient. Harlow has taught me a level I never thought. 'Cause obviously they can't. She can't say anything. And she. She does this thing where she lifts up like she'll be laying on me. She's not fussy, she's chilling. She. And she lifts up to be laying on my. On my shoulder and lifts up and screams loud as fuck in my ear. Like she has no idea what she's doing, obviously. What do you do? So two or three times a day I'm just holding her and she screams and I literally think my left eardrum is. Is alright. She's gonna bust my left eardrum eventually because it's always the same ear. And last but not least, we gonna Doordash. We gonna fucking Doordash. Fuck cooking. I'll cook like one meal, maybe two meals. Fuck that. We gonna order some shit.

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what i’ve learned 6 weeks into parenthood lol 😭

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Who you decide to marry and who you have kids with are the biggest decisions you'll ever make in your fucking life. I've only been a dad for about six weeks now, and it's been the best six weeks ever. And here are some of the things I've learned. Number one, I just said it matters who you marry and it matters the partner you have. Because the amount of respect I gain for just single parents or single dads, single moms or whoever, whoever. Trying to do this shit by yourself is fucking crazy. I'm not doing it by myself. Let me make that very fucking clear. My wife is amazing. We do split shifts, so I take the mornings. She has a lot of, like, late nights, so those time frames can get rough. Number two, I thought I used to be efficient. I thought I used to, like, work out efficiently. Do have the best time management skills. All of my shit sucked prior. Now it's like I'm on a race against the clock to when she's about to wake up, when we need to feed her, etcetera. So everything has a different sense of urgency. And I feel like I'm a lot, actually a lot more productive with now that Harlow's here versus before. I felt like I could just. I knew I didn't have shit else to do the rest of the day, so I could just take my precious ass time doing whatever. Three, I didn't have patience before I met Mackenzie. This is like a long time ago. Before I met Mackenzie. Me no patience. Me and patience didn't exist. I met Mackenzie. I slowly started gradually being more patient. Calm, calming down. Be more patient. Harlow has taught me a level I never thought. 'Cause obviously they can't. She can't say anything. And she. She does this thing where she lifts up like she'll be laying on me. She's not fussy, she's chilling. She. And she lifts up to be laying on my. On my shoulder and lifts up and screams loud as fuck in my ear. Like she has no idea what she's doing, obviously. What do you do? So two or three times a day I'm just holding her and she screams and I literally think my left eardrum is. Is alright. She's gonna bust my left eardrum eventually because it's always the same ear. And last but not least, we gonna Doordash. We gonna fucking Doordash. Fuck cooking. I'll cook like one meal, maybe two meals. Fuck that. We gonna order some shit.