Hot Dads Hanging Out

When Hot Dads invited me to join the fray, I thought back to the last time I hung out with a bunch of dads, hot or not. It was, um…er… sheesh, I honestly can’t remember. What’s up with that?

I’m a single dad with 50 50 child custody, and let me tell you, most men and women in my neck of the woods don’t understand why I would sacrifice career and social life to take care of my kids. Don’t get me wrong, I know a lot of dads who are involved in their kids lives. But in general, the ones I know aren’t involved in the day-to-day running of their household. And they don’t do any of the social planning. Whenever I ask my married buddies if they can meet for dinner or a beer, they first have to check with the keeper of their social calendar – their wives.

A while back, I wrote a piece on Silicon Valley Moms Blog where I called all matchmakers for help setting me up with a woman. I told about a dinner party where all the dads were outdoors talking sports and business, and I was in the kitchen with the moms talking about books and women. Comments on that post ranged from calling me unmanly to gay. (My follow-up post asking if men who read and cook are sexy or unmanly garnered a lot of support, and was one of my blog’s most commented posts ever. Gotta love my Dad’s House readers! Most of whom are women, btw…)

My point is that I don’t get a lot of dad time. Blogging here will be good!

So, if the bloggers from Hot Dads met in real life, what would it be like?

• A group of men at the bar drinking beer and munching peanuts, talking about life, chatting up women who come our way…?
  
• Dads sitting in towels in a sauna, talking about life, chatting about woman, breathing in eucalyptus-infused steam…?
  
• A bunch of dads barbecuing big-ass steaks (and tofu burgers for the vegan crowd), talking about life, chatting up women who come our way…?
  
• A circle of dads practicing tantric breathing… er, let’s keep that image for me and a circle of women!
  

Whatever it’s like here, I think it's cool being called a Hot Dad.

Hopefully, not from being sunburned.

David Mott blogs about single parenting and dating at Dad's House.