Immediately tell your wife how to feel, and I’m sure it will work out for you as well as it did for me.
About Shannon Carpenter
Flexing Through Fatherhood
Maintaining the peace with all the false confidence of a false prophet.
Maintaining the peace with all the false confidence of a false prophet.
Rolling Heads in Dungeons and Dragons
When I’m lucky, who I was and who my kids are line up perfectly.
When I’m lucky, who I was and who my kids are line up perfectly.
What My Daughter Will Never Know
She'll never know that her father is only big and strong because she thinks so.
She’ll never know that her father is only big and strong because she thinks so.
Dad’s Pot of Gold
Kidney stones cannot be intimidated.
Kidney stones cannot be intimidated.
How I Know I Am a Father
Because no one else knows how to use a plunger.
Because no one else knows how to use a plunger.
Which One of You Took the Purple Pacifier?
My sanity depends on the purple paci!
My sanity depends on the purple paci!
Cook Like the Great British Baking Show, but as an American Dad Who Never Bakes
If you want to make the holidays really special for all your visiting family, you need to buy around twelve pounds of butter.
If you want to make the holidays really special for all your visiting family, you need to buy around twelve pounds of butter.
How To Be a Manly Man
True men know who they are and embrace it.
True men know who they are and embrace it.
Five Years Ago I Decided to Become a Father and Now My Lamp is on the Floor
Kids complicate things.
Kids complicate things.
A Man’s Soulmate: His Baseball Glove
Borrowing another man's baseball glove is like borrowing a pair of his underwear.
Borrowing another man’s baseball glove is like borrowing a pair of his underwear.
Why I Let My Daughter Watch Scary Movies
It's a weird thing for a father to see his daughter grow up.
It’s a weird thing for a father to see his daughter grow up.
My Tribute to Mount Washing Machine
I must hurry. The toddler is almost done not napping.
I must hurry. The toddler is almost done not napping.
Parent-Athlete Philosophy by Sandlot Socrates
I am an expert in every sport my children play.
I am an expert in every sport my children play.
Destroying My Son
When video games determine who is Master of the House.
When video games determine who is Master of the House.
The Good and Proper Way to Tell a Fishing Story
When it's your son's first fish, the story better be epic.
When it’s your son’s first fish, the story better be epic.