We recently caught up with hilarious guy Brad Mendenhall about how his Father’s Day went.  Check it out, I know you’ll want to hear more from him!

Guest Post by Brad Mendenhall

“What do you want for Father’s day?” my wife, Heather, asks. I eye her suspiciously. This is a trick, right? Is Father’s Day still a thing?

Heather assures me Father’s Day is still a thing. This presents two problems:

• Crap! I have to get something for my dad. Does he want a tie? Is there a tie that goes with his collection of sweat stained t-shirts worn for both mowing the lawn AND falling asleep on the couch while Mom watches Supernatural?
• What do I want? Is there anything I need?

I’m lucky. I have simple tastes, a good paying job and am involved in the lucrative, sexy world of podcasting. Excuse me while I light my Cuban cigar with a hundred dollar bill.

Even if there was something I wanted, I’d feel bad asking. My life is so easy compared to Heather’s harried existence.

We have three kids. Maybe more. I believe people in the neighborhood drop extra kids off at our house betting we won’t notice.

Our oldest, Chase, is seven. Our twins, Logan & London, are five. They are wonderful and challenging children. After a lot of discussion, we decided it best for Heather to be a Stay At Home Mom. I became a Stay At Work As Long as Needed Dad. There are long days in the office. There is working from home late into the night. There are weekends and holidays spent in front of the computer making sure projects don’t get too far behind.

A co-worker (one without kids) asked if Heather appreciated how hard I work. I laughed in his face.

“Here’s the difference between my work and hers,” I said. “I sometimes work 10 to 12 hours a day. She is a mom all 24.”

“I sometimes work Saturdays. She is a mom 7 days a week.”

“I have put in time on holidays. When that occurs, it is Mom’s job to play goalie when the kids want to find Dad in his office, sit on his lap and ask an endless series of ‘Why?’ questions.”

“When I’m sick, I stay home and get sleep. The last time my wife slept in, she was in a medically induced coma related to childbirth complications. Children don’t respect Mom Sick Days.”

A year ago, I treated Heather round trip tickets to Alabama for a visit with her best friend. A few days pretending she isn’t a mom. “What about the kids?” she asked.

“They’ll be fine,” I assured.

“You can handle all three on your own?” Which is what she does all the time.

“Of course not. My first stop after dropping you off at the airport will be my parents’ place. The Twins will love time with Grams & Pop.”

Because I have absolutely no problem admitting I Am Not Man Enough to Be a Mom.

So…What do I want for Father’s Day? How about I take the kids to Five Guys where they’ll pester me for my fries and complain they don’t want the hot dogs they were begging for minutes earlier? And they can fight over who gets to crack open the peanuts and DAD, THAT WAS MY PEANUT! And Heather can stay home and have an hour to watch an episode of The Bachelorette she’s had waiting on the DVR for a month.

I think that is fair, don’t you?

Happy Father’s Day!

Brad Mendenhall is the Host/Co-Founder of the Cosmic Geppetto Podcast.  Follow him on Twitter . Most important, he and his stunning wife Heather are parents to Chase, Logan and London. They are sweet, beautiful children who may also be evil. Brad is convinced London will be responsible for the eventual downfall of Superman.