All In a Day's Mental Sexiness
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Mentally Sexy
| Name of Entrant | Busy-Dad-E |
| Why I am Mentally Sexy |
So Why I am Mentally Sexy? Being Mentally Sexy isn't something that's done to score "husband points", to look good for others, or to win a contest. It's a fundamental part of who I am as a husband and father, a core belief of my personality. In other words, being Mentally Sexy is about the way I choose to live my life and set my priorities. Sure, it's great to surprise your wife with a things like flowers, chocolate, a massage, or a romantic dinner periodically. It's also great to surprise your kids with a special "date" or treat. But being Mentally Sexy is really about the little day-to-day things that you do EVERY day. My mom always said that you should care about your spouse more than you care about yourself. She was partially correct. I'd aruge that you should care about the two of you as a couple than more than you care about yourself. That might mean taking time for yourself--like for regular exercise--which ultimately benefits you both. I have a wonderful wife of almost 7 years. We have 3 boys, ages 5, 2, and 1 month. My wife and I are a team--we take equal share in the responsibilities of marriage and parenthood. I work full-time, but am home most every evening and weekends. Those evenings and weekends that I'm not home, I'm working at a second job to help put together a down payment on our new house. After the work day ("first shift") has ended, I come home for the "second shift" (my favorite). This means picking up the boys, going to their activities, fixing dinner (whoever is home first gets its started), playing, bathing, story reading, and goodnight-ing. Some days, when my wife is really tired, particularly at times during her pregnancies with the boys, I tell her to just go to bed, and I take care of the above things myself. If she's running late from work, dinner is on the table when she gets home (never mind the kitchen is a disaster awaiting cleaning). She does the same for me when I need it. Remember, it's an equal partnership. After we pass out on the couch go to bed, we start the night/"third shift", as we have a newborn. When he wakes up (and I do, too, which is a majority of the time), I'll go get him and bring him to our room so that my wife can feed him. Then I'll change him and put him back in his crib. My wife and I have each had times that we've been up with the baby for an hour-or-so at night, without the other being aware. The attached picture attempts to capture why it's hard a to have your house on the market with 3 kids age 5 and under, including a newborn the essence of daily Mental Sexiness. Sincerely, Busy-(Mentally Sexy)-Dad-E |
User reviews
Average user rating from: 7 user(s)
Man-ing up and getting the job done on a daily basis is very sexy.
i can see that busy dad-e is great at multitasking: holding baby, cleaning, etc. i think i'm with pete on this one: i think that's a house double. i have 1 tween & 2 teens and our house looks NOTHING like that. you would think younger kids make bigger messes. even though busy dad-e may not be a stay at home dad, you can see the mentally sexiness coming through by the things he does for his wife and kids. i know when i read his blog you can tell he really loves his family.
Mentally Sexy....TWO THUMBS UP!
I wrote a review, but didn't realize I wasn't rating Busy Dad-E. Please see my comments below, Aunt-E
Mentally Sextastic
Definitely hard work cleaning and holding a kid. He didn't even have time to change when he got home from work and had to go straight into holding one of his children while vaccuming. Awesome entry!
Mentally Sexy By Busy-Dad-E
Busy-Dad-E is mentally sexy because of the way he loves his wife (my daughter) SO much. He is mentally sexy because of his care, attention, and obvious love for his three sons. I have always felt that helping with the kids is not a "favor" a dad does for his wife. Children belong to the mom and the dad. When I hear a dad say he is "babysitting" the kids I always have to wonder what in the heck he is thinking. The kids are just as much the responsibility of the dad as the mom...therefore one does not "babysit" his own children. He cares for them. Busy-Dad-E understands this and that makes him mentally sexy. Yes, he vacuums, cooks, grocery shops and so many other things around the house, but the clincher for my vote is that Busy-Dad-E has his head in the right place. A mother knows when her daughter is truly loved, and I know that my daughter is.
PS: Busy-Dad-E helps the boys say the sweetest and cutest nightime prayers.
Gramm-E
Hard work and dedication
Great entry, except that being mentally sexy is most definitely something done to win a contest. Not convinced the house in the picture is in fact his real house - way too clean. Possibly using a stunt double house just for this contest. Will investigate and report back.
Solid Entry
It's always tough going first. This is a good entry. He's doing housework, holding a kid and he's in khakis. Not sure why, but this entry speaks to me. It says, "I have kids, but that's not stopping me." I like how he talks about helping his wife when she was pregnant--that's mentally sexy right there. Things that could have been improved on:
The kid--not nearly a discipline problem. If the kids was spitting up on him or running around as he was trying to vacuum, that would be something. The level of difficulty could be higher.
More pics--pics of him doing something nice for the wife would be in order.
Creativity--overall a good entry--but there is some room for improvement. A solid B.

written by Joeprah, February 25, 2010
Still a very good effort. I just need to let everyone know how I am judging this thing.
written by Aunt-E, February 26, 2010
-Aunt-E
written by Joeprah, February 26, 2010


