Young Stay At Home Husband: Bored What to Do?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:volunteer in school and join the PTA.

When we moved here, I was wfh, and so the only people I met were through my kids' school.

- a man at the PTA meeting?! That will go over well.

? it did in our school. There were a few male PTA leaders.

Plenty of dads actively participate in our school’s PTA and almost every field trip has at least one dad chaperone. We live in DC though. YMMV.

[Anonymous]

We’re this many pages in and you haven’t clarified if you are a parent or not? Even after we suggested you join the PTA, and half the posts are responding as if you are a parent, and half the posts not?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We’re this many pages in and you haven’t clarified if you are a parent or not? Even after we suggested you join the PTA, and half the posts are responding as if you are a parent, and half the posts not?

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:volunteer in school and join the PTA.

When we moved here, I was wfh, and so the only people I met were through my kids' school.

- a man at the PTA meeting?! That will go over well.

OP here. Would it be odd? I feel as if other moms might think I have nefarious reasons for joining. I can't imagine a lot of other moms would like a 20-30 year old male joining the PTA....

If you have kids at the school, it would feel totally normal to me. If you don’t, that would be super weird (and would be super weird regardless of your age or gender)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here:

I appreciate all the comments and suggestions. I'll definitely be taking some of them up and try to improve my situation.

For those who called me a "troll," grow up. I outlined before about my unique situation and I'm not hiding the fact that I am very, very fortunate to come from family money which has allowed me to be riskier with my financial situations, combined with when I got into the market (2010s), and inheriting family money. I've managed to end up in a fortunate situation.

DW doesn't want to leave her job as she's very interested in a promotion (hence why the longer hours) and believes she can obtain it by the EOY.

We've been working on the DB situation, including speaking with someone as someone else suggested so I appreciate that concern.

As for now, thank you all for the help!

So you claim to be young 20s man. Did you get into market at 5 yo?

[Anonymous]

You could volunteer. I volunteer weekly and have made friends through that.

[Anonymous]

At my DCs' K-8, we had a couple of dads on our PA board and who otherwise helped out with fundraisers and other volunteer stuff. They were welcomed without question.

If you're just looking for a productive way to pass your time at home, consider studying another language. I'm an old stay at home person, and I'm currently learning Italian.

[Anonymous]

This must be a fake post. He claims to be in his 20s and “getting family money” which enabled him to enter stock market in 2010.
Even presuming that he was a finance genius at 5-10 yo, kids just don’t get full access to trusts before turning 10.

[Anonymous]

There is a dad’s WhatsApp group in our neighborhood. They go for beers weekly. See if there is something low key like that where you are?

[Anonymous]

Go on small overnight trips with your children. Amtrak train ride to another town for the night maybe? You have nothing holding you back from traveling. I am a single parent and placed like great wolf lodge can be fun (for just a night lol) since everything is in one place which makes it easier being the solo parent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This must be a fake post. He claims to be in his 20s and “getting family money” which enabled him to enter stock market in 2010.
Even presuming that he was a finance genius at 5-10 yo, kids just don’t get full access to trusts before turning 10.

He said 2010s. I am 31, and I had children in the 2010s! He could be 26 which is just 5 years younger that means he was in high school and college in the later 2010s, and a preteen in the early 2010s

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:volunteer in school and join the PTA.

When we moved here, I was wfh, and so the only people I met were through my kids' school.

- a man at the PTA meeting?! That will go over well.

We had a man president of the PTA at at a JKLM school. He was a total @hole, but he was a man. It wasn't uncommon to have men show up to volunteer, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pickle. Ball.

+1000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Go on small overnight trips with your children. Amtrak train ride to another town for the night maybe? You have nothing holding you back from traveling. I am a single parent and placed like great wolf lodge can be fun (for just a night lol) since everything is in one place which makes it easier being the solo parent.

Oh wait, you don't even have kids...?! Dude, get out and travel! You have money! Go to cool cities! You don't need her with you.

[Anonymous]

Gym, shopping, baking, cooking, running, dog walking, writing a novel, watching true crime, reading, lifting weights, cleaning, organizing, starting a blog and shagging the neighbor. Kidding on the last one. Don't do that.