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Getting your feet under you in the year after a divorce

The first year is mostly logistics, sleep and showing up on time. Do those and the rest gets easier than you expect.

GuideBRO for HerNina CastellanSep 23, 20267 min

What the first year of homeschooling actually looks like

The legal paperwork, the curriculum you don't need, the week in October when it falls apart, and how to tell whether it's working.

Skills6 min

Re-caulking a bath and shower without it peeling in a year

Family5 min

Write the parenting plan while you can still be reasonable

GuideBRO for HerNina CastellanSep 23, 20266 min

What wives thirty years in say holds a marriage together

Repair faster than you fight, say the thing out loud, and stop handing your marriage to your children. The unglamorous habits that keep it standing.

GuideSkillsWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Basic Welding: A First Weekend With a MIG

Buy the helmet before the welder, burn a dozen practice beads on scrap, and learn to hear a good weld before you try to see one.

Family6 min

Twenty-six weekends a year is plenty if you stop performing

BRO for Her6 min

The first year of widowhood and what it actually asks of you

GuideSkillsWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Why Fences Lean, and How to Set Posts That Don't

A fence never fails at the pickets. It fails in the first eight inches of dirt below grade, and that part is decided on day one.

GuideFamilyMarcus ValeSep 23, 20266 min

Dating again when the kids are still at home

Practical rules for the timing, the introduction, the ex, and the house — from someone who has watched plenty of people get it wrong.

BRO for Her5 min

Self-defense that holds up when you're frightened

Skills6 min

Changing your own oil without making a mess of it

GuideFamilyCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

Ninety seconds at the kerb decides how co-parenting goes

You can't fix the relationship. You can absolutely fix the handover, the money and the messages, and that's most of what your kids will remember.

GuideBRO for HerNina CastellanSep 23, 20266 min

Pregnancy and the first year, without the soft focus

The six-week check isn't a finish line, your hair will fall out at four months, and the night shift needs a rota. What the books leave out.

Skills6 min

How to hang a door so it closes with one push

Family6 min

What it takes to come back from a separation

GuideBRO for HerNina CastellanSep 23, 20266 min

Start with a .22 and fifty rounds

A first range day goes better when you shoot less, stand closer and wear the right shirt. What to book, what to bring and who to ignore at the counter.

Skills6 min read

Changing a tire at the roadside without getting hurt

The order matters more than the muscle. Loosen before you lift, and know the one place you should never do this at all.

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