Ask Blogger Dad!
First of all, thanks to everybody who posted a comment on my Best.Post.Ever! I responded to everyone, including the blogger who said that my post was of a typical cynical male skew.
Second, I’ve got an awesome announcement to make, but I’ll save that for the end of this post.
This might surprise some of you, but most of my readers are female. I haven’t done any research into this, I’m going straight off my instincts, judging from the comments and emails I get. It doesn’t surprise me, though.
Growing up, most of my friends were girls. Seeing that I was not a) scoring with these girls and b) not in the drama club, I was something of an anomaly in my school.
I just happened to click with girls better than boys. It put me in a unique position of knowing how both guys and girls tick and why they rarely tick at the same speed. Well, as much as a guy can hope to know how a woman ticks, anyway.
If only I’d thought to put out a book at the time or something, I’d be incredibly rich now like that little arrogant kid that recently wrote a book on how to talk to girls. What does he know about talking to girls? He’s like what, 11? Hell, I could’ve written a book on how to UNDERSTAND girls! My book would have been so much more awesome than his!
One of the comments I get most from new female readers is that they like my blog because it gives them a chance to see parenting from a man’s perspective.
Many women complain that the innermost thoughts of the men in their lives are a mystery to them. Chances are good that your guy’s innermost thoughts are a mystery to them, too. A lot of guys don’t like to examine their thoughts too closely. Now before you think I’m bagging on guys, I’m not. We have good reason to be like we are.
Now, here’s the secret about men
It’s not that men don’t like to talk about our thoughts, it’s just that we’ve learned that doing so usually leads to… more talking about our thoughts!
There’s only so much talking we can do before we realize we’re running around the same track over and over with no hope of getting off. We’d rather take action, even if we do so without much thought sometimes.
Women, on the other hand, loooove to talk!
Women can have the EXACT SAME CONVERSATION 200 times. In fact, I think they prefer to have the same conversation, rather than a new one. It’s as comfortable a routine as crying while eating a half gallon of mint chocolate chip ice cream (a flavor which only women like, by the way). Especially if that conversation involves:
- why can’t they lose weight? (as they eat more ice cream)
- what a jerk their boyfriend is
- what a bitch (insert friend/frienemy/co-worker name here) is
- why won’t their boyfriend be less of a jerk?
- why their jerky boyfriend would rather hang out with his friends rather than her
Most guys on the other hand, don’t care to talk about things they have no control over. Especially when there’s a game on TV.
And in the days of 17 ESPN channels, there’s ALWAYS a game on TV.
Being in the position of having many female friends who wouldn’t sleep with me, we wound up talking. A lot. And I became sort of the Answer Guy to many of them. And ladies, there’s nothing more that a guy you won’t sleep with loves than being asked questions about other guys. Oh yeah.
Guys also came to me for advice when they didn’t know how to deal with the girls making their lives miserable.
And I always had the right answer. It’s one of the few talents I possess – always knowing what other people ought to do.
Of course, very few people actually heed my advice. Most people ask advice only to affirm the bad decision they’ve already chosen. Which means, of course, more conversations about the same damned things.
So, I figured as a service to both sexes, I would start answering questions for my readers. I’m going to call it Ask Blogger Dad. Sort of an advice column, but with a bit less cursing, and not nearly as cool as The (awesome) Blogess’s column.
So, if you have questions about anything, and want a sarcastic/and or a funny response, rather than real constructive advice, comment here or send me an email at idrawcomics (at) gmail.com with “Ask Blogger Dad” as the subject line, and I just might answer it. If you comment here, I will use your name and url in the column. If you email me, you can specify if you want your name used.
Now, here’s the Big News.
I’ve been asked to write over at Chris Brogan’s Dad-O-Matic, a group blog with several awesome dads writing at it. I’m not sure if they recently lowered writing standards or if they actually like my stuff, but at any rate, they said I could write whatever I want.Well, probably not ANYTHING I want. But you get the idea.
So, I figured why not bring this new Ask Blogger Dad feature to their site?
If I get questions right away, I’ll post them this week and you’ll be the first to know when it goes live!
In other news…
Have you seen the re-design I did of Writer Dad’s site? Check it out. And while you’re at it, read his GREAT post on how to make your children better writers.
Collective Inkwell published the second installment of the vampire serial Available Darkness on Friday. If you missed part one, click here to catch up. We’re getting some great feedback.
Is this as good as it gets? Check out another unhappy comic for unhappy people over at IDrawComics which is probably why I’ll never get syndicated.
I got an award from the awesome Ribbon, which you can check out here. A huge thanks for the honor, Ribbon! I would post the image, but it’s got flowers, lots of pink flowers, and I think this post if this post gets an girlier, the other dads will likely point and laugh.
I’ve been meeting lots of cool new bloggers on Twitter. I’ve also had a lot of fun conversations the past week. I’ll post some highlights later in the week.
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What the hell are you talking about? Mint Choc Chip is not just for the ladies. Hunky guys like me eat it too.
Nice job landing the Dad-o-Matic gig. You’re on fire at the moment.
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Dude, I cannot WAIT for Ask Blogger Dad. It’s going to be awesome.
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I can’t wait to see the Q&A series.
As one of your women readers it is nice to see a Dad’s perspective on parenting. And as a wife it’s also very enlightening to read a husband’s perspective on stuff… and the humorous aspect of your writing softens the blow of the light bulb moments. 
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That confirms it … I am not a typical girl. I HATE chocolate mint ice cream. It’s cookie dough ice cream all the way. Actually, I couldn’t relate to the rest of the list either. But then again, I prefer hanging out with men over women, and my man (MANLY man) doesn’t watch any sports and does talk about his feelings. It’s the rest of the stuff he forgets to talk about … like what news his mother had when he talked to her on the phone, which days of the week he has the Little Lion due to schedule switches, and the fact that he is going out for a looooong lunch on Friday and will be VERY late picking me up at work.
Okay, I have a question for you ,Blogger Dad. When men talk on the phone to their mothers, or are being talked at on the phone by their mothers, are they absorbing ANYTHING their mothers are saying?
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I love mint chocolate chip ice cream, but only from Baskin Robbins.
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Mint chocolate chip?? Bleh!! Seriously, bleh!
But then…I DID fail Girl 101, can’t put on makeup to save my life, and pretty much live in blue jeans.
I always did like hangin’ with dudes best. Less complicated, less maintenance, much more impressed with a gal who could pee standing up. Mad skillz, yo.
Shade and Sweetwater,
K
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Dave – You eat mint choco chip, also? I rest my case. And thanks for the congrats!
Jen – Light bulb moments? You don’t mean to say you’ve learned anything here, do you? I try my best to offer anything of actual value.
Urban Panther – Cookie dough is the second on the list of favorite ice creams that women like. As for me, I’m cookies n cream all the way. As for your husband, it’s not that he forgot the news, he just wasn’t listening. Great question, it will be the first that I answer!
Jennifer – Can you rephrase that in the form of a question, please?
Kyydryn – You failed Girl 101? Well, you could always take a refresher course from Dave Fowler. He aced it!
Thank God I’m not alone!
I too was the guy that girls “love to talk to but would hate to go out with” because they wouldn’t want to “spoil our friendship”.
What else was there that no teenage boy wants to hear? Oh yes, “Marc’s a good listener”, “I can talk to Marc about anything”.
Have I forgotten anything?
hehehehe
I know the feeling…
it was painful sometimes… specially when you see girls like girls and they see you ase their best friend and confident… tough…
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Wow! Congratulations!
Although I am a little miffed that I was going to have an Ask Tracy this week and now it will look like I stole the idea from you. Sniff.
I want to know what possesses people to make a cake out of diapers and then hot glue some rattles on it and present it as a gift.
I also want to know what is up with people who do not say Hi back at small children. Or people with dogs who scowl at your children even though their germy butt dog is the one trying to lick your kids.
I have many more questions, but these are the most important.
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Blogger Dad, when a man says they’re thinking about “nothing”, is there anything floating around in his head at all?
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Hilarious. You go on about how girls love to talk and yet we can’t shut you up! Blogs, Twitter, you’re all over the place yak yakkety yakking.
I’ll tell you why you’re such a hit with the girls, you’re one of us my friend.
You gripe on about girls parties and girls shopping but you seem to know an awful lot about the subject. Like you studied it or something.
You’re a token girl Blogger Dad and you know it.
Oh and the pic for Ask Blogger Dad (which is fab), I have a real urge to doodle over the ‘in’ piece of paper.
The doctor is . . . mad
The doctor is . . . barely awake
The doctor is . . . a Vulcan
blah blah blahbla bla bla……… everyone loves to talk. …. few are worth listening to0 and even fewer listen!
thanks for being so kind about me.
you’re fun
best wishes Ribbon
Marc – Been there, done that. I was clueless and I really didn’t figure things out till my 20′s.
urbanvox – In highschool, girls only like jerks. That’s why you have to be their best friend and then turn on them. Then they’ll love you!
Tracy – Of course, The Blogess might think I stole it from her. Hell, we all stole it from Dear Abby. I did an Ask Penguin thing back in 2000 with my comic, though I wasn’t nearly as funny as The Blogess. She rocks. Great questions! I’ll add them to my list, thanks! And you should totally do it, anyway, I’ll read it!
GreenJello – Ha! Great one!
Tara – Why do you think you’ve never seen a clear photo of me? And ha ha on the drawing.
Ribbon – Thanks! Thank you for the LOVELY rose award! I blew it up and hung it in my office.
What a hilarious and fun idea. I have a question…if I start young, can I teach my son to love talking in circles like a girl, or is he simply hardwired to avoid these long-winded female emotional sharing fests?