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    Thank you, @Modified Cub. I hoped it would land well with you.
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    Hehee I used that for the dad in Father's Day Strip-Off.
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    He's just playful.
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    Thank you @CCinPS. I'm really just happy to hear from you. To wrap things up, here's a look at Matt's visual inspiration, Matt Dubbe.
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    Glad you enjoyed it. FWIW, Matt was physically inspired by Matt Dubbe.
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    Thanks, buddy. Glad you enjoyed it. Next week I'll share a very different story, preview here:
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    Chapter 1: The Last Morning The rest of Sunday morning passed in a lazy, picture-perfect blur of autumn sunshine and changing leaves. They walked without much of a plan after breakfast—Matt and Chloe a little ahead, Caleb and Hayden behind, Erin in the middle keeping the pairs from straying too far apart. Matt’s legs still carried that pleasant weariness from the early run. Between the nine-mile loop and the sweaty threeway with the two grad students, he felt it in his thighs, his
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    Hopefully all three are tied. Parents Weekend will wrap up tomorrow, as Matt tends to the last item on his punch list in Caleb & Hayden's dorm room!
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    Chapter 1: The Loophole The digital clock on the Airbnb nightstand silently rolled over to 4:00 A.M. Right on schedule, Matt’s eyes fluttered open in the quiet room. The night before, after they had gotten back from the steakhouse, Matt had spent ten minutes tinkering in the Airbnb bedroom, tightening a rattling heating register and fixing a squeaky closet hinge. His brow had furrowed at what he called “two kinds of trouble.” Erin had watched him from the pillows, sighed, and made
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    He's a good boy!
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    Like knows like.
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    Who knows what men get to when they wander off together?
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    Sometimes it's the ones you most expect.
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    If that's how we're going, here's a Book Four teaser:
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    Thanks for reading Book Three of Parents Weekend. If you'd like a preview of the story coming after Parents Weekend, it's posted in Sneak Peeks. It's a very different story, and one I've waited almost a decade to write.
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    Chapter 1: The Neighboring Table The downtown steakhouse was a riot of noise, packed wall to wall with visiting families, wide-eyed freshmen, and parents nursing big glasses of red wine like they were lifelines. From Matt’s spot at the far end of the long wooden table, his brain was catching every channel at once: the sharp hiss of meat sizzling on cast-iron, the clink of silverware, and a dozen overlapping conversations trying to out-shout each other. He had taken the outside ais
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    Thank you so much, Cub! I so appreciate you giving it a read. While this story is playing out I'm working on one I'm very excited about, Love, Death & Lattes. I just posted a preview in Sneak Peeks if you're curious:
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    Hayden was named for a friend. Every time someone comments on story Hayden I'm sure to share with his namesake.
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    Glad you're along for the ride! Next up is Saturday night dinner at a packed steakhouse.
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    Buddy... it would have been a lot faster to ask me! But maybe in this case the journey was the reward.
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    It's tough to be a dad!
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    For now I'll just say the Parents Weekend agenda next has the family out at a steakhouse on Saturday night, and then a Sunday morning run.
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    And it’s only Saturday morning of Parents Weekend.
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    Chapter 1: A Beautiful Morning The digital clock on the Airbnb nightstand flipped to 4:00 AM. Right on cue, Matt’s eyes blinked open. There was no lingering fatigue from the long drive or the mixer or the heavy Italian dinner—just that pleasant muscle ache in his hips and thighs from keeping Erin very happy for the better part of an hour. He was wide awake and raring to go. He rolled out of bed, shifting his weight with ninja-level husband skills to keep any creaking springs from
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