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July 23, 2019

Stupid Stuff Couples Argue About

In this post I let co-blogger, bed-sharer, super-babe, mega-talented writer and mother-of-my-kids Julie Williams take me down good and proper. Julie is a fantastic spouse – if the main job of a spouse is to bring your partner down to earth, while loving him still.   Over to Julie…   What we argue about most…

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Tag: humour
March 16, 2018

4 Sexuality-Related Conversations You Must Have With Your Kids and Tweens

In Julie and my case, sex has had five amazing effects. When my wife was pregnant with twins (kid number 4 and 5), I bumped into an old friend who slapped me on the arm with a, ‘Well done, you horny bugger, you!’ At that point I realized that my reproductive abilities had been noted…

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Tag: humour, the-sex-talk
May 7, 2016

Two dads walk in their wife’s shoes and discover the awesomeness that is a mom

Mother’s Day is upon us. And I can think of no better way for us dads to honour moms than to try walk in their shoes, and living to tell the tale. This year my wife was recovering from an operation. For 3 weeks, I tried to fill the mom-void which included reading and skillfully…

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Tag: humour, mothers
April 19, 2016

My girls, the Moose and the Bear

Parenting little lives is so hard it can make you cry. Unless it’s someone else we’re talking about – then we can laugh. Here’s a second guest blog by my friend, whiskey expert, poker player, marine lawyer, wanna-be-surfer, stand-up comic, co-pastor of a faith community and progenitor of 3 girls – the one and only…

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Tag: humour
January 9, 2016

How to not forget the unforgettable things your kid says: How to listen so your kids talk (Pt 4)

So many parents only capture their kid’s pictures, but forget to capture their words. Although listening is not my strong point, there’s one kind of listening that I’ve become good at – listening for the unforgettable things my kids say. About a decade ago, a seasoned parent told me, ‘Promise me this: when you have…

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Tag: humour, kids-quotes, listening
January 3, 2016

Oh dear, surfs up!

Happy New Years. For many it’s time to shed some kilos. Take heart, my buddy Grant Clark writes this humorous guest blog for us on the subject. Just so you know, I don’t surf with him…   “It is a well-established fact that Exercise and I are not particularly good friends. I would say that…

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Tag: exercise, humour, surfing

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