Why Dads Get Screwed with Father’s Day

This post was originally published May 10, 2007. With Mother’s Day approaching it’s good to reflect on how good moms have it.

The following rant is an irrational, straight-from-the-heart rambling by a sleep-deprived overworked and stressed-out father. You have been warned.

The big day for moms is coming up this sunday: Mother’s Day. It’s a time for celebrating the best thing to ever happen to you and your kids: the mom. And even though it is all nice and cheery, deep down inside, us dads who are really honest about are feelings, feel like we get the royal screwjob. There is no question that moms deserve everything they get, but dads wants some action too. Here’s why:
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More Mother’s Day Gift Tips

The clock’s ticking, so let’s get right to it. Regardless of how cool an item you purchase for your wife, if signing the credit card slip at the mall or clicking the mouse on your computer represents your complete involvement in the Mother’s Day gift, you haven’t done enough. Oh, it might work the first year or two, but quickly you’ll learn that, at least for Mother’s Day: More Thought + More Effort = Better Gift.

It’s all about the kids. Make sure you add a kid angle to whatever you give your wife. Let’s take some of the items from Reviewdad’s gift list to see how this works. For the lunch tote, have your kids write a bunch of different messages on colored papers. Put them aside and slip one into the tote every once in a while when mom’s not looking. Think about how finding a simple note with the word “smile” written in your kid’s scrawl could turn her day around. For the yoga mat, if your kids are old enough, check out a book or video from the library and teach the kids some yoga poses so they can lead mom in an impromptu Mother’s Day yoga class.
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Is Chanel and Coach Really Worth The Hefty Price Tag?

Welcome to another installment of our weekly feature: Ask the Chick.
The chick is Latia Harris, a noodad reader and mom with a lot of
answers for you. Each week, Latia will answer the questions you don’t
have the balls to ask your own wives.

Dear Chick,

My wife and I have been married for 12 years and we have gotten in the habit of just telling each other what we want for our birthdays. Anyways, this year she told me she wants this $800 Coach bag and this $100 bottle of Chanel No. 5 perfume. My question for you, is is this stuff really worth the price because I may have to refinance my house!

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Give Her Flowers…or Get You Death

This article was originally published March of 2006.Although it is for Mother's Day it certainly applies to Valentine's Day as well.

Mother's Day, depending on how much you liked your mother was probably just a quick little obligatory holiday. You called home and told her you loved her. Maybe if you were proactive enough you remembered to send a card or even flowers. If you were like me, once I got married, my wife took over those duties.

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Understanding Bras and Thongs

Welcome to another installment of our weekly feature: Ask the Chick. The chick is Latia Harris, a noodad reader and mom with a lot of answers for you. Each week, Latia will answer the questions you don’t have the balls to ask your own wives. This week, she answers 2!

Q: Dear Chick, I feel pretty stupid about women’s bras. I want to buy them for my wife for Valentine’s Day but I have no idea which to buy.Like what is a demi cup? Or wireless or non-wireless? I know what Ilike to look at but I don’t know what to look for. Help!

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Noodad Proflowers Valentines Flower Giveaway! WINNERS ANNOUNCED

Noodads, Valentines day is nearly upon us! It’s time again to do something for our wives, girlfriends, boyfriends or uh.. other husbands to show them how much we care, support and stimulate the economy and maybe create a romantic moment that they will remember for at least the rest of their week.

Our friends at proflowers.com have offered Noodad and I five gift certificates each valued at $70 to give to our readers. The contest? I wanted to have 50 dads give up all of their personal possessions and be taken to an island where they compete in physical challenges against one another and vote off the losers, but Noodad said it had already been done. He is not as into my ideas since the time I insisted that noodad.com would become the single greatest site of all time if he took the hormones so that he could breast feed his third baby (and let me video him 24/7). It would have been so awesome, like Big Brother awesome.

Contest details after the break!!!

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What type of underwear do women really prefer?

Welcome to another installment of our weekly feature: Ask the Chick. The chick is Latia Harris, a noodad reader and mom with a lot of answers for you. Each week, Latia will answer the questions you don’t have the balls to ask your own wives.

Dear Chick,
What do women prefer in terms of underwear? Boxers? Boxer Briefs? Thongs? Tightie Whities? My wife says she doesn’t really care but there is no way she doesn’t have a preference. What do you prefer and why? — Underwear Trouble Read the rest of this entry »

Stuff it, boys. Gifts Moms Want.

**The following is an article from our friends at Motherwords Magazine. Make sure you tell your wives about this great magazine.**

Hold it right there! This is your stop. Take out a pen, paper, Blackberry, whatever you need, because THIS is what we want stuffing our stockings. No crotchless panties, no flower bouquets with fern filler. We want stuff we can use! Gift certificates for pampery, feminine stuff, house stuff, personal stuff—just stuff we don’t normally like you to see on the receipt, ok? Maybe a little something special in a pretty package? Don’t tell me you don’t know how to wrap. That’s what the gift-wrap section in the mall is for. Usually manned by cute little college girls on vacation from school. See? Something for everyone. Read the rest of this entry »

Is Pregnancy Boob Soreness For Real?

This is the continuation of our feature: Ask the Chick. The chick is Latia Harris (pictured above), a noodad reader and mom with a lot of answers for you. Each week, Latia will answer the questions you don’t have the balls to ask your own wives.

Q: My wife complains about her ever growing pregnancy breasts being too sore to touch. But there is no way something that looks that good can’t be enjoyed. Is she just exagerrating because she doesn’t want to fool around or do they really hurt as badly as she says?
— Boob Deprived, Holliston, MA

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The Wife-Kid-You Death Triangle

Remember when it was easier? All you had to concern yourself with was pleasing your wife and then taking care of yourself. For her, you cooked dinner every once in a while. You had flowers delivered to her work so she could show off to her co-workers. You even remembered to put down the toilet seat every once in a while when you thought the notion would get you some action.

For yourself, you made sure you had your daily dose of Madden. You treated yourself to a bottle of good wine every once in a while. You went to Best Buy and actually bought stuff, instead of just drooling over them.

You were a stud and you knew it. And the things you didn”t master with the confusing world of relationships, you learned to live with. Read the rest of this entry »