My life as a father begins again

How did you all spend the beginning of 2024? I? That being said, this year, I was working as a dad instead of going back to my parents' house.

As I wrote last time, the main reason for this is that annual incomes will gradually decline until 2023.

It's not that much of a difference just because you started working as a dad early in the year, right? There may be many women who think so.

However, if you change your way of thinking a little, you will find that there are many women who live as fathers and have the same idea.

What do you mean by this? In other words, it can be said that the number of rivals decreases slightly as you engage in fatherhood activities, and that doing so at the beginning of the year will give you an advantage over other women who engage in fatherhood activities.

In fact, when I'm doing dad activities at the beginning of the year, I realize that there are surprisingly many men who are lonely and eating ozoni.

I was also surprised by the fact that I thought this was normal for single men.

I rarely find myself alone at the beginning of the year.

This is true even if we look back at the past.

Somehow, I had family or someone around me, and I have nothing but happy memories.

Also, maybe it's just the dad I have a contract with, but he has children and grandchildren overseas, and he got divorced a long time ago and is single.

It's not like I'm in that kind of environment because I want to spend the New Year alone.

As far as I asked, most of the dads said, ``If possible, I would like to have a fun New Year's holiday.''

I certainly think so too.

If you have fun at the beginning of the year, you will be able to enjoy the New Year and be more motivated for the year ahead.

So, I thought it would be great if I could entertain dads even a little bit from the perspective of being a dad.

After all, my dad is the one who takes care of me every year.

I think it's only natural that if you have a feeling of gratitude, things will move naturally.

So, I contacted my dad, who had invited me to Christmas, but I couldn't meet him because of my busy schedule, and invited him to visit the shrine early in the new year.

We met at Meiji Shrine in Shibuya, but I was surprised at how many people there were.

It was also my father's first visit to Meiji Shrine, and he was very happy.

And since the weather was nice, we moved to a place where we could relax a little so we could eat on a nearby bench. (It was difficult to find Shibuya because there are so many people)

Actually, that day I had made homemade ozoni.

Nowadays, there are really useful products such as soups that can be carried around while still hot.

As expected, I didn't add rice cake, but I did my best to make the soup stock from well-dried shiitake mushrooms and bonito flakes.

Then, Dad told me that it seems like he hasn't eaten ozoni every year, and that it's been a few years, which made me a little happy.

When I saw my dad eating it so deliciously, I honestly thought, ``I'm glad I made it.''

Then, my dad gave me an allowance as a token of gratitude, but it was too big for an envelope.

Yeah? When I looked at it, I found out that it cost 50 yen.

It's not the amount of New Year's gift...

To be honest, I also invited him to get the next contract, not to get a paycheck. (This is a true story.)

So, when I said, ``As expected, I can't receive this much money today,'' he explained, ``You didn't get any Christmas presents, right?So, that's included.''

I didn't say, "I see?", but I thought it would be rude to refuse again, so I said, "Thank you very much. Thank you very much." I felt calm.

From there, we were supposed to take a taxi, but since that was normal, we took a leisurely walk to Omotesando and enjoyed it with my dad.

And in the blink of an eye, the evening passed.

To be honest, I was planning to go home at night.

However, when I looked at my dad, I noticed that he seemed very lonely, and that he also received a huge amount of money, so I changed my plans to spend the night somewhere and relax with him.

Then, my dad invited me, saying, ``I've booked a hotel for you, but would you like to come?'' I said, ``Yes, I'll come with you,'' and just followed him.

The restaurant I wanted to go to that day was closed, but all the restaurants at the hotel were empty.

I thought it was amazing.

So my dad opened a nice bottle of wine and we drank until the night.

Since I went to a hotel with my dad, I thought that sex would be a given, but it didn't feel like that at all. (I was saved because it wasn't underwear for sleepovers)

More than that, I was talking about urban legends with my dad over drinks, and we got pretty excited there.

At that time, I realized that the joy of New Year's holidays is not something that even rich dads can easily fill.

So, from my position as a father, I wonder if if I could fill in that part, we could maintain a good relationship forever. I honestly thought so.

I think about it every year.

The role of women who are working as fathers towards their fathers.

I really want you to call me when you say this, and I told my dad that too.

I told him, ``If you ever feel lonely, please feel free to call me on LINE.Of course, there are times when my schedule doesn't match up with my schedule, but I'll do my best to make Dad feel less lonely.''

When I did that, he looked really happy, and just for the record, he increased my monthly allowance by several tens of thousands of yen.

So, in a sense, I think I have set myself a higher goal than ever before, thinking, ``I have to work hard through my fatherhood activities'' to find a job that answers that question.

I'm glad I started working as a dad early in the year, and I also felt that there was a great need for dad activities for men of a certain age, so I thought I was making a small contribution to society. That's what I thought to myself.

Please come to all the women who are currently working as fathers.

During the New Year, dads often have free time, so please consider it once.