50 WTF?!

In this episode we touch on a topic that affects every man whether you're a parent of not – fatherhood.

Our fathers influence us more than we realise.

We explore how many of our behaviours and values come from our upbringing, and how our own own Dads shaped us in different ways.

We explore our often complicated relationships with them, the generational differences in expressing emotions and what life lessons we have learnt from them – even many years after they have both passed.

We share some personal stories, including when we saw rare moments of vulnerability, and how they showed love in their own ways.

We end on parenthood, with Karl reflecting on his choice not to have children and Laurence sharing his experiences as a Dad.

Links:

- Gruntled Pork Scratchings https://www.getgruntled.co.uk/

- The Walrus, Brighton ⁠www.thewalrusbrighton.com

- Vision 20/20 https://vision.happystartups.co/




What is 50 WTF?!?

We are two men in midlife. We have a lot in common but live very different lives.

Laurence is happily married with 2.4 kids and a white picket fence. Karl followed a different path and didn't get married, have kids or put down roots (but he gets to go snowboarding when he wants).

Together we explore what life on the other side of the fence is really like. What can we learn from each other? What advice can we give each other?

We'll invite guests to reflect on their life to date and consider what they want the second half of their life to look like.

We’ll touch on some big topics but with lots of LOLs, a few beers and who knows, maybe even some tears.