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Offbeat Papas

Why doesn’t anyone ever talk about Child-Free men?

“For all the stories written by and for women on this issue — and there are markedly few — men are more likely to be absent from the public dialogue about intentional childlessness. It isn’t as if they don’t exist, so why aren’t men’s stories also being heard?”

An ode to skinny jeans

Kayden, my step-son, seems to be following in the same footsteps as myself and his father. He’s relatively unfazed by the current wave of en vogue accoutrements for middle school boys. Skinny jeans, however, were just too powerful a force to overcome. He needed to have skinny jeans.

Talking to your kids about dad’s vasectomy

Christine is the thirty-something mama of five kids (ages range from six to sixteen) and author of The Bean Blog. She wrote a post about telling her kids about her husband’s vasectomy.

A pipefitting, motorcycle-riding DILF

Alwaalee is a hottie DILF that digs on hanging with his family, customizing his motorcycle, and playing video games.

Notes from a stay at home dad in the trenches

It’s 8:15am, and I am the only male shopper at Target. Inside my cart is a bottle of Pinot Grigio, a 36-pack of Tampax Pearls, a tube of St. Ives Apricot Scrub and three packs of Purex Complete 3-in-1 because, you know, it was on sale. I am wearing the same shirt I slept in. Also a hat.

One hot, tattooed, restaurant-owning dad coming up!

There is no way to accurately describe just how awesome my husband is. Is he perfect? Hell no. Does he still leaves dirty towels on the floor in the bathroom and rarely manage to put his dirty dishes in the sink? Hell yes. But that’s ok, because he’s the most dedicated and loving father to […]

Princess Lasertron’s DILFertron, Dave

We’ve featured Megan, the owner of Princess Lasertron many times on Offbeat Mama, but now we’re talking about Dave, her husband and co-parent.

Awesomesauce DILF Who Does It All

Simply put? Kellen is awesome and rocks my socks off. I know, I’m totally biased. But over the last few years, he’s turned out to be the most amazing dad, husband, best friend and over-all dream man I could have ever asked for. He’s silly, sweet, strong, adores our son (and me), hilarious, smart and […]