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“Trying to help mom look for a size 14 dress… that was the closest I came to a scavenger hunt,” he jokes.

“I know that it's just a season. I know that next summer is gonna look different. I'm gonna have a one-year-old running around that will be able to do a lot more.”

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“I realized how important those tangible affirmations are to him. So I’ve made it a point over the last 15+ years to write things down in addition to telling him.”

“To not just be a better father—be a better husband, somebody better in the community.”

What they’re doing is part of a growing parenting trend known as “positive gossip”—speaking praise about your child as if they’re not listening, even though they definitely are.

“Whenever me or my siblings would ever say anything negative about ourselves...my mom would look at us and be like, ‘Don’t speak about my daughter like that.'”

Wells stride into a Chick-fil-A solo mission-style—no parent, no phone, and no GPS tracker clipped to his hoodie.

“All of my friends who have kids are in hell,” she said. “I don’t know anyone who’s happy and has children at this age... anyone who has light in their eyes.”

“The cutest little slumber party with his 2 besties🥹 🐶.”

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“I’m going to marry him.”

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“I’m also kind of at war with myself sometimes as I get ready to, hopefully, become a mom soon..."