I substituted "Being a dad _can be and commonly is_ a long, emotional, draining, and lonely journey", perhaps unfairly. This could really just be seen as an exp

I substituted "Being a dad _can be and commonly is_ a long, emotional, draining, and lonely journey", perhaps unfairly. This could really just be seen as an expanded version of "being a dad is hard", which some people will identify with and others won't. This is also something that could be spoken from the perspective of that person. "Being a dad is a long, emotional, draining, and lonely journey _for me_."