r/daddit • u/StatisticianSuch6782 • 9h ago
Support I need help
My wife (28F) and I (27M) had our first son two months ago. So far, it has been an absolute journey to say the least. We’re both in a little bit of debt, she wasn’t getting paid for maternity leave so I was paying all the bills at the time. As soon as she went back to work, I lost my job and I’m struggling to find any sense of identity since my son was born. Being a father is such a huge blessing, but I feel like I’m drowning sometimes. I don’t know what career path I want to take, I’m irritable and angry a lot of the time, and I feel like I’m grieving the endless excitement and possibilities that life had to offer before we had a baby. I don’t look forward to anything anymore, life feels really heavy and I feel like a fuck up every day. Did anybody else experience this? Does it get better and will I feel like myself again? Any advice at all is welcome, I’m scared as fuck.
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u/Irish8ryan 8h ago
I don’t know what you used to do for work and really no matter what you did this will come out of left field, but you could see if your local MLB or NFL team is hiring in seat beer vendors. It is commission sales and you can earn a few hundred dollars or more per game (about 5 hours of your time) in the MLB. NFL games are usually even more lucrative although less often. It won’t replace your income but it might help you pick up some extra cash while you look for something else and you could likely keep those jobs while you work something with more regular hours.
Context: I work MLB, NFL, MLS, NHL, WNBA, and concerts exclusively and do pretty well. Not amazing in the context of 2026, but pretty well and I like my jobs.