Dad’s World with Jonathan deBurca Butler

AS THE seasons pass I seem to be getting grumpier. As to whether it’s early onset midlife crisis or, to put a positive slant on it, that I’m now realising I’m always right. I can’t say for sure but I feel this grumpiness particularly keenly around this time of the year.

I have ranted before in these pages that the cacophonous confluence of barbecues, car beeps and people doing stuff in their gardens drives me mad.

While they’re all out there enjoying the grand stretch in the evenings I’m stuck inside trying to get the kids to sleep and praying that they don’t wake up with all the activity outside.