What the...?

Kids

I have four kids now. I don't really think about that much except when people point it out to me. -and people DO point it out to me. I've been told (predominantly by Southern men) that I'm a "great guy" to take on "all that responsibility".

I've never really been sure what that meant exactly? I generally just nod and agree with them and try to avoid any political and/or religious discussions with them.. Oh! -and I don’t mention the Civil War –ever. I've found that seems to work out better for me in the long term

I love being a father. I'm not sure if that's ever really been made clear to anybody other than my children. That's not to say that I don't bitch about them or get frustrated with them but I really couldn't imagine my life any differently.

The odd thing is that when I was first granted primary custody of Logan all of my friends tried to set me up with women that also had children. I didn’t want to date anybody then and I preferred to just hang out with Logan and play video games.

When I met Mary one of the first things we talked about was our respective children. In fact we were talking on the phone and the girls were in the background screaming, she kept apologizing profusely for them. Eventually I said, “ -that was what kids did and that she didn’t need to apologize for them.”

Apparently that made some sort of impression on her. I suppose that I continually try to impress Mary -it's pretty much the cornerstone of our relationship.

Posted by shawn at January 29, 2004 11:41 AM