Tales from an Instagram Husband

ByThomas Dawson

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Hello! I'm Thomas.  For those of you who do not know me, I am a professional Instagram husband.

I am also the personality behind the world famous Instagram account @whatsthomaseating and husband to Gaby and father to Poppy and our cat Stella.


Fun Fact: I named Stella after the beer but Gaby insists she named her after the Fashion Designer. You be the judge… 


 

Anyhow, Whats Gaby Cooking as most of you know is a place for tons of awesome recipes, epic travel adventures, and countless lists of things Gaby is totes obsessed with.  

You know the stuff that is “literally EVERYTHING!!!”....

Makeup, yoga pants, kitchen items, pilates classes, tie dye sweatshirts...you get the gist  

This stuff is all great but I have one major question:

Where is the guy content?  

Many of Gaby's readers have husbands, sons, or boyfriends and there are lots of men out there who cook WGC recipes. 

What I am getting at is that the recipes work for everyone but the supplementary content is sparse for my dudes.    

As great as the Lululemon align leggings are (feel free to click this affiliate link and snag a pair of Gabys favorite leggings) 😉 the majority of guys are not rocking a Crop 23” align in Willow Green.  INSTEAD we are rocking the Lululemon 22” Surge Tight Nulux in black.  No joke the best tights I have tried, and I have tried them all.  (Feel free to click this affiliate link and snag a pair of Thomas’ favorite tights here). Also why are they called leggings for women and tights for men?

You see where I am going with this.  Maybe this is just me feeling outnumbered with the arrival of Poppy, and the ratio of women to men in our house jumping 2:1 but I feel that whatsgabycooking.com could use a little more balance.  Think of it as the occasional piece for the modern male.

None of that toxic masculinity BS.  Instead it will be a a place for content coming from a dad and husband who thinks he still has a little cool left in him.  A place to discuss single malts, grilling techniques, cocktails, joggers, technology, electronics, kicks, workouts, with the occasional anecdote of life in a house full of women, hell we will even cover my favorite shower gel (Jack Black reserve, no joke this stuff is next level and worth the price tag).  To round everything out we might even get a little deep and discuss the dad POV during pregnancy and miscarriages, not being the breadwinner, and any other stuff that is not been traditionally discussed or viewed as "manly".   Most importantly it will be content where we don’t take ourselves too seriously and discuss cool shit. 

On that note, it's great to meet you. If this sounds remotely interesting to you please feel free to share moving forward. Anything you want me to hit on or possible cover feel free to leave a comment below or send me a DM @whatsthomaseating.

Cheers!

78 Comments

  1. This is super duper excellent!! Love it and think you guys are great. Congrats on Poppy! Buckle up!!

    Best
    Kara (lover of what’s Gaby cooking)

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  2. Mazel Tov Thomas on your post and especially to your new title: father. Whenever Poppy naps, grab a nap yourself! I look forward to your next post. In my home it’s 2:1 boys to girl. I raised a son who was dear enough to call me today and ask for my secret cheesecake recipe so he could make it himself. Even after he realized he had none of the tools to bake it (no springform pan, no measuring cups or spoons and no stand or hand mixer), knowing he could borrow everything he needed he said he’d rather bake his own then buy one somewhere. Sweet! Your column was sweet too! Poppy and your wife are lucky to have you!

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  5. Love this! Thanks Thomas for your thoughts and views. Looking forward to reading about them and bring some new insight of what I learn to my hubby.

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  6. I accidentally discovered you two when I stumbled upon a long post discussion on the miscarriages experiences. Having had many miscarriages back in the early 90s and receiving zero support or understanding - people were just scared. Meanwhile I watched everyone else have baby after baby. It was a lonely and hard place. I was mesmerized by not only the information and how I wish I had had a resource like that back in the day. I soon became tremendously and awe of how honest and supportive you guys were with each other and the world you were sharing with. You were two super generous and nice souls and it is fun for us to feel like we are connecting with you... and I guess we are electronically. In any case I’m excited you will have a blog because you are dumb and funny and I’ll just put a vote up there for those kinds of things he referred to as not traditionaly manly - because you are clearly a role model for men. Also I loved your Valentines video to Gaby and and Poppy and your other fun videos that you do. I think following your creativity will give us a wonderful ride. Thank you!

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    1. Hi Thomas, I’d love to read your perspective and I’ve always had fun watching you. I remember one time you were cooking solo on IG and you couldn’t find something in your kitchen (spatula maybe?) and I knew which drawer it was in! Does that say more about you or me?

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