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As Kate and I don't really do Valentine's Day, I was alarmed when a red, handwritten envelope came through the letterbox this morning. As was she. I was even more alarmed when it appeared to be a Valentine's card. As was she. And, to employ the rule of three, I was further alarmed still when ...
I'm not bad at buying gifts but there is one big exception to the rule. Flowers. I struggle when there's too much choice and end up spending ages agonising over what to get. Step forward the husband-and-wife team behind Smart Men's Flowers who offer a service for the florally challenged like me. First things first, this ...
It's all too easy to moan about your parents and insist that you won't take after them. For the record, I don't; I definitely know which side my bread is buttered. Hi Mum and Dad! But, if this infographic is anything to go by, you could do a lot worse than to follow in their ...
Ah, Valentine's Day. That one day in the calendar that, more than most, strikes fear into the hearts of usually confident couples up and down the country! It's strange that people worry so much about getting their other half the right thing when they know them so well, but it's something we all seem to panic about as soon as ...
I'm Tom Briggs. A proud dad of three and, somehow or other, the writer of a multi-award-winning dad blog.
I've been writing Diary of the Dad since 2010 and it's gone from a small hobby to my full-time job.
I still have the same enthusiasm for this blog as I did when I wrote my first post and hope you enjoy reading my musings as much as I do writing them.
