A Simple Formula For Massive ROI
By CJ Mills on Nov 12, 2008 in blogging, jadyn, parenting
I have not been the best father to Jadyn over the last 3 years. I let her mother do a lot for her, and as a result, she tends to give her mother a lot of love back - makes sense and Andrea completely deserves that. Recently I’ve started to think that I’ve been cheating Jadyn and have wanted to be more intentional about interacting with her. I’m embarrassed to say that I’ve never taken my 3 year old daughter out, just the two of us, so I decided to do that tonight. We had our first Daddy/Daughter date night and it was a blast.
We went to McDonald’s - where every 3 year old wants to go for dinner - and dropped massive change on an extravagant dinner ($7). She got me napkins and a straw, all by herself (she was pretty proud of herself). It was fun to “talk” about what she “did” today and how excited she is for her new house and new toy room. After dinner, we went back home to play Wii together and eventually settled down and went to bed. It was a lot of fun and I deposited a lot in the relationship bank with her tonight.
I feel as though I’m missing out on Jade’s life and tonight was a big step towards gaining that time back. I look forward to more dates in the future, which I know will develop a massive ROI (return on investment for you simple folk).
Brad Ruggles | Nov 12, 2008 | Reply
Your Daddy-daughter dates will be your best investment you can make into the life of your little girl. Spoken as the dad of an almost-8-year-old who looks forward to every one.
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Lisa | Nov 12, 2008 | Reply
That is awesome! Right now you are “the man” in her life and her biggest hero! Have fun making those memories.
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CJ Mills | Nov 12, 2008 | Reply
@Lisa » I’m dreading when her biggest hero becomes perverted boys in her classes….yikes!
mandythompson | Nov 12, 2008 | Reply
wish my dad took me on dates back then.
He did take me to a concert when I was little. I’ll never forget it.
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patrowland | Nov 12, 2008 | Reply
Make it a priority… put it on your calendar because the time will fly. I’m so glad I’ve done that, I’m seeing huge returns right now with A. I wish my other investments were doing the same!
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Marvin | Nov 12, 2008 | Reply
when are we going to have a date?
CJ Mills | Nov 12, 2008 | Reply
Date night to Sweetwater, Marvin….save the date
Andy Borgmann | Nov 13, 2008 | Reply
It is unlikely her heros will be the perverted boys in her class…just the perverted boys on TV.
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CJ Mills | Nov 13, 2008 | Reply
EVEN WORSE!