I am in my 30s, with three kids and a wife, and nothing that made me happy when I was younger makes me happy anymore. It’s all just a chore now. Planning our family summer trip? So much fun when you’re a kid, but a pain in the a** when you’re an adult. Going fishing with your son? Fun for the son, a chore for the old man. I hate that I feel this way.

When my wife asked me what I want for Father’s day, I said, “The day off. To be alone. Just to sit here and do nothing by myself.” She got mad.

About once every few months now I take the kids to school, call in sick to work, and come back home without telling my wife. She is at work, and I have to house to myself, and it’s WONDERFUL.