I’m just some random mid-40s guy that lives in Canada. I have a couple of younger kids, happily married. Live in the suburbs. While I’m a boring professional during the week, I’m also a guy’s guy, I like watching hockey, mountain biking, dirtbiking etc. Type 1 diabetic.
AMA
I’ll give your family 10 million dollars if you leave and never come back. Do you take the deal? Why?
I’d have to say no to this one. We enjoy each other too much. Money ain’t everything!
Do you spend time in a La-z-boy recliner?
Not anymore. We do have one in the nursery for when the kids were babies, but it’s mostly just decoration now and barely ever gets used.
What are your favorite shoes?
My answer depends largely on what I’m doing.
Ugg Nuemels are my casual favourite, much to the chagrin of my wife. Cole Haan Classic Oxfords if I have to dress up.
Activities wise, it has to be Five Tens on my MTB, I prefer Shimano shoes on my road bike, and Alpinestar Tech 7s on my dirtbike.
Do you exercise? Is dad bod catching up over time?
I’m fairly active, at least as much as I can be with young kids on the loose and a demanding occupation. I get out to the mountains usually once a week or so in the summer on my mountain bike or dirtbike. Road bike once or twice a week too, it’s on a trainer synced up with Zwift or Rouvy in the winter months. I’m not super hardcore with it on the trainer, but it helps to stretch the legs once or twice a week in the colder months. I work from home mostly, so because I don’t get that commute or office walking in anymore, I find I’m often feeling pretty stiff.
I used to be a big skier in the winter months, but not as much anymore. I find skiing has become so thoroughly enshittified and overcrowded now, and I’ve always been uncomfortable with the very real risks of back country skiing. So other than a rare time or for work (“business meetings”), I don’t ski that much anymore.
I’m also pretty thin to begin with, so I haven’t really had to deal too much with the dad bod as of yet.
