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This *has* to be unpopular and legit.

So I'm a dad of three, and for the most part they are great kids. They all have their moments though and it's one of my biggest sources of anxiety.

If I'm in a restaurant or taking a flight or whatever and a kid just absolutely crashes out it makes me feel a few things;

1. solidarity. It's normal. It happens. It could happen to anyone.

2. a bit of selfish relief. *Oh thank FK it isn't mine*

3. it kinda lowers everyone's bar. There's already now a bit of noise. The difference between one meltdown and two isn't that much at this point.

I'd rather no kid ever got loud and screamed etc but shit, it's absolutely inevitable now and then as they learn to regulate and navigate the world. At least in this moment I can take the good from it, even in a weird way.

Hey, I'm visiting Brighton and it's my birthday on weds.

As a bit of tradition my family and I always get Japanese food on my birthday. I can see a few different places listed on Google, like pompoko and mogumogu.

The perfect place for me would be somewhere I can bring the kids so not too classy (afternoon), and super bonus points if it's actually Japanese owned and run as I love an excuse to speak some Japanese with the owners or staff. (Foods the most important bit but that's a super fun extra that I get a buzz off)

It doesn't matter where it is, we're just spending the day wandering around soaking up the city.

Thanks in advance.

Looking at the prospect of accepting a new job, it's around a 25/30k jump but requires 1.5 days a week in London (1 a week, then two the next week).

Even after the expense and tax it'll still probably put another grand a month in my pay. But I'd be walking away from a super flexible fully remote job that already pays fairly well.

I'm in my 30s with kids, so I both want to be a good dad and also grow my career. There's pros to both.

Anyone here glad they did it? Regretting it?

Edit: comments are about 50/50 so far which helps and doesn't! I appreciate everyone's feedback though and there are lots of good points I hadn't considered.