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Good morning LA,

About 1.5 weeks back I was fixing to do after dinner dishes and noticed the water was only luke warm. I thought maybe someone had dialed down the water heater and made a mental note to check it out. We rent a mobile home (not luxury, believe me, but it works) and the water heater is kept in a small box outside. Some months back I had reported that the floor of this thing was giving out and the heater was at risk of falling, possibly breaking a natural gas line. My land lord was on-site that day and I showed him my concerns. He said he'd get one of his builders over to look it over and get repairs started. That was in March as I recall. Getting back, I checked out the heater

Good morning fellow Dads,

Last Friday something took place that shook the foundations of my family. A former neighbor of ours, a terrible meth-head drunk, called CPS and accused us of abusing and neglecting our children. To say this is untrue would be putting it in the bottom of the list of "there are such better words for that" but I am just too angry to find the right ones. When I'm not fixing things for people at work I'm talking about my babies. I'm gushing with pride and fear about how my 2 year-old can now open doors, about the fact that my oldest is 8 and it feels like she's about to turn 18, or how my 7 year-old loves watching me build workstations. My kids mean the world to me. The

I'm just not. Growing up it was just us kids making a simple craft or signing a card and finishing the day with a good family meal. Despite being Daddy to 3 kids of my own I just can't get excited for it.

Rewind to Father's Day 2009 and I think I see where it all started. My wife was about 6 months along with our first child and we went to her great aunt and uncle's place to celebrate. Most of the offspring in her family are the result of affairs, cheating and bad decisions made by stupid people. Around noon I took a break from the Texas heat to go inside and get some tea. When I came in there was a gaggle of women in the dining room surrounding my wife and laughing. She was also laughing a

Hello, r/Parenting.

My wife is a stay-at-home mother taking care of our 3 kiddos ages 8F, 7M and 1M. Since summer break has begun the older two we told we'd be expecting them to help out more around the house this summer. There's a very strong chance I'll be transfered to another city by my employer so we're also preparing for a possible move.

When they get up they typically fix their own small breakfast and watch some cartoons. That'd be fine if that was it. No, they stay stuck to the TV all day. When asked to do something like help put away clean laundry we get whining, especially from my older son. You'd think we were trying to remove a limb with a Play-Doh knife! When I get home the li

Hello from San Antonio!

I learned today that my job has a 99% chance of relocating from San Antonio to either Austin, TX. or Denver, CO. I work in healthcare doing IT so clearly finding work won't be an issue. My biggest concern is where to live and great schools for my kids. Right now I live near Lackland AFB in SA and work near I-10 and 1604. We have offices off WM Cannon @ Westgate, Georgetown, Cedar Park, and Parkbend @ MOPAC. I don't yet know which would be my "home" office. I'm most familiar with the I-35 and Slaughter Ln area but very little else.

School: My kids are currently enrolled in a public charter school because our assigned public school is cranking out idiots. They are bot

I am 1 month in to a new role after being laid off at my former employer. I'm now eligible to enroll in benefits but the prices are a bit high once I look at covering my wife and kids. Coverage for just me would be about $463/mo on the PPO option or about $115 on the HSA option. For me and my wife/or kids it then jumps to $763 and $463, and then $1,418 and $763 for full family.

I can't afford that!

I'm only making $24/hr right now and the commute is rough with rising fuel costs. Currently my kids are on Medicaid as I enrolled them the day I was laid off. My wife has been uninsured since 2016 because we've never been able to afford it since.

How screwed am I now?

My daughter loves the Spurs (Especially Timmy D, she keeps hoping he'll say his retirement is fake) and loves basketball. She's a lefty and her PE teacher rags on her for doing everything with her left. I contacted SS&E and told them what's up and how something from Manu, another southpaw, would really cheer her up. Yesterday she got a letter (obviously a copy pasta, but hey) from Manu and she was ecstatic!

Specifically Manu. My daughter is getting shit from her PE teacher because she's a lefty and dribbles with her left, shoots, passes, etc. She came home crying once because of this. We had a word with administration but if this happens again I want her to have Grandpa Juice on her side. Is there any way to reach them or Manu to maybe get a letter or something?