I've been a father now for about 18 months, and sometimes I still can't get used to the idea. "I've" and "father" being in the same sentence just then is even a little weird. But of course there's not a minute that goes by when I'm not a father (or "daddy" as I'm known in certain circles), and there's even less time when I'm not filling that role in some capacity. For example, even at the grocery store I was fulfilling a fatherly role by "bringing home the bacon" (and also picking up some more diapers).
Here's some ways life is different compared to before my Cutlet was born:
Weekends
Before: Beer, party, loud and raunchy sex (when I was lucky), sitting around and doing nothing
After: Water, kiddie birthday parties, quiet and hurried sex (when I am lucky), giving piggy back rides until I pass out
Grocery store list
Before: Beer, frozen pizza, meat, bread, condoms (I'm pretending to be quite the stud. Even back in the day, it took my weeks to finish a six pack, and even longer to spend a box of "protection")
After: Whole milk, diapers, Teddy Grahams, bread, orange juice, sippy cups
Friends
Before: Single friends and couples without kids who still knew how to party
After: Mostly married couples with children, and we've forgotten how to party but can sing all the words to "Elmo's Song" while we're playing Yahtzee
The Dog
Before: We'd take long walks in the park, hang around the house, play fetch
After: She looks at me pleadingly to make the Cutlet stop poking her in the eye
My Heart
Before: When I was single, it was pretty empty and lonely – broken by occasional times of love, lust and longing (again, quite the stud).
After the Petite Filet: My heart was as full as I thought it could get
After the Cutlet was born: My heart must have doubled in size
Hey, my life isn't so unglamorous with a kid. If anything, I've got to fill the shoes of role model as well now. Few people looked up to me before, but maybe that's because I'm only 5'7''. Now I've got a Mini Me who wants nothing but to follow me around and immitate my every move. I've been told that will be the case for a long time. I'm hoping they're right.
Happy Father's Day to my fellow daddios out there.
Happy Father's Day T-Bone. Kids definitely change everything. Not for me personally beings I'm sans kid. The majority of my close friends are married with children though.
Happy Father's Day, T!
Hope you enjoyed your special day!
I hope you had a great Father's Day! It's such an honor to be a parent, isn't it?
So did the Cutlet buy you a nice new necktie?
I say your son is very lucky to have you as his Dad and he will be proud of that fact for a long, long time to come.
Now, about this raunchy sex....
hope you had a good father's day. you deserve one!