About Me

Babble.com's Top 50 Dad Blogs of 2011!I'm a 32-year-old father and husband born and bred in Massachusetts. I have a beautiful son named Will, a gorgeous wife named MJ who is far too hot to have married me, a dog I love and two cats I put up with. I'm a smart-ass former newspaper reporter with a penchant for turning a phrase, who decided to go corporate and is now enjoying life as a content manager for a website.

This blog is not just another "daddy blog." Sure I write about my son, but these pages are a record of my life. I don't just highlight the fun milestones like first steps, I also chronicle the "other stuff." The fights, the torment and the doubt that inevitably come with being a husband and father. It's not always puppy dogs and rainbows, but it is very real. And often there is beauty in the sadness, redemption in the struggle.

Thank you for checking me out, giving me a try and sticking around for the journey. If you'd like to contact me you can email aaron_gouveia (at) yahoo (dot) com.

Working Parents Have a Tougher Job Than Those Who Stay at Home

Working parents give 110% just like stay-at-home parents, but it’s split between work and home. But you know what happens when you give 55% at work and 55% at home? You constantly feel like you’re not doing enough in either role and you’re perpetually torn between the two. While stay-at-home parents can say with complete certainty they’ve devoted themselves to their kids, working parents are in limbo. They have to work to bring in money so their spouse can afford to stay at home, but they can’t work so much that they become strangers to their families. But the line between work and home is constantly shifting or being redrawn in the sand. [...]

November 29th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Uncategorized | 59 comments

Tom Brady is Right: Get Nice & Lubed Up!

It’s important not to drink and drive or get so drunk you lose control. But drinking at a football game is fun, it’s not against the law and Tom Brady did nothing wrong by encouraging it. Yet these yuppie, do-gooder morons can’t help but tell us that drinking and swearing at a professional sporting event built on violence and brute strength will somehow irrevocably harm our nation’s youth. [...]

September 15th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Category: Uncategorized | 5 comments

One Million Moms Can Be Wrong!

After all, it’s common knowledge gayness is contagious. Like I said, I’ve never actually watched Dancing With the Stars but I saw it for a second while flipping channels. Even though I didn’t go full on gay, I noticed myself talking with a slight lisp for about 20 minutes. I also matched my shoes and belt the next day before work, not to mention using the word “fabulous” to describe my wife’s cooking. [...]

September 6th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: Uncategorized | 23 comments

Men Need Friends Too

There is an interesting debate going on at the Good Men Project about whether dads-to-be should be allowed a bachelor party level night of fun with the guys before his baby is born. But in thinking about it, I believe we all missed a deeper issue. A lot changes when you have a kid. Many [...] [...]

June 22nd, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: Uncategorized | 31 comments

Why Does My Son Have a Purse?

Marriage can be a battle. And sometimes you have to play dirty. There is a song out there, written nearly 50 years ago, that drives MJ crazy. Actually, it drives every woman I’ve ever known crazy. My wife hates this song. Hates it! She’s not one to use that word unless it’s warranted, but in [...] [...]

May 12th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Category: Uncategorized | 15 comments
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