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. Read the rest of this entry »
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.
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.
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 »
This post was originally published May 10, 2007. With father’s Day approaching it’s good to reflect on how Mom’s score with Mother’s Day.
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: Read the rest of this entry »
Ever wanted to know what its like to be with a supermodel? Supermodel Adriana Lima has some tips to being with a supermodel. You can read it here.
Odds are, you may have already dated or even married a potential supermodel. You just didn’t know it because you were buried in your Blackberry. For us married folks, it is important to remember how hot our wives are and apply the same principles.
Finally, national recognition (and reality revealed) for what us dads come to realize very quickly when we become dads – that the burden of keeping the physical romance alive when you have a family falls to us guys and that we’re pretty great for figuring out how to do it!
Where is this recognition coming from? NPR of all places. That’s right – National Public Radio.
Commentator Patrica Dunnigan’s revelation of the “romantic prowess” of “suburban dads” and assertion that “it is time to extend some long-overdue credit” should cause us all to puff up our chests and her words (which you can listen to or read here) should make us all smile. It did for me.
NSA (Noodad Service Announcement): Valentine’s Day is less than 3 weeks away. Don’t let it sneak up on you…do your shopping now.
And if your a busy guy who’d prefer to let your fingers do the shopping (I’m not talking about the 5 finger discount!), Red Envelope can help.
A ReviewDad favorite for many years now for its vast selection of “I’d NEVER have thought of that” gifts, stellar web site, great customer service (with honest-to-god helpful live chat) and somewhat reasonable prices, not only can Red Envelope help but it stands to become the chief weapon in your gift-giving arsenal from this day forward.
V-day is tough…I mean, do you want to be THAT guy who does the dozen roses thing EVERY year? You don’t and she doesn’t want you to be either. Other options include what? Undies and chocolate. BORING. Let’s face it, she doesn’t want to wear it and the chocolate isn’t much of an incentive! And none of these represent much in the way of upside for you. Read the rest of this entry »
Breastfeeding is a natural and very exciting thing for a dad to witness. As we have written before, although it may seem like an erotic peepshow jackpot for predads thinking they will get to ogle their wives’ monster jugs every few hours, they will quickly realize that it is sadly, not the case.
But is breastfeeding obscene? Apparently Facebook thought so. They banned pictures of breastfeeding on their site. Then when a video montage of women breastfeeding was put together by a mom in protest and published on YouTube, they banned it too. Read the rest of this entry »
We know that despite our best efforts, there are chicks visiting our site and reading our articles. You ladies just can’t help it can you? Like the scene in Porky’s you just can’t help look through the peephole to the locker room. Ok, maybe that was just us guys in high school that dreamt of the girl’s locker room.
Regardless, while you are here, we may as well use you to our advantage. After all, the holidays are right around the corner and you probably want to know what we want.
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.
This article was originally published March of 2006.Although it is for Mother's Day it certainly applies to Valentine's Day as well.
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 econ
omy and maybe create a romantic moment that they will remember for at least the rest of their week.
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.
We know that despite our best efforts, there are chicks visiting our site and reading our articles. You ladies just can’t help it can you? Like the 
