(blog title is a reference to Paul Reiser’s novel “Couplehood”. For those who don’t remember, Paul Reiser* played the smarmy Company exec who got squashed in Aliens- for non-geeks, check out Mad About You, or My Two Dads.)
With quite a few things happening to people I know regarding children, my mind has wandered onto the subject with increasing frequency. Mac and I had a late night conversation before falling asleep the other evening about us potentially having kids. It was brief, and we both admitted that it’s not something we’ve talked about in depth, but probably should sometime soon.
We’re nowhere near ready to have a kid in the financial area- we’re just now getting ready to look at a house, she’s still in school, and her career is really just starting to take off. It’d be a horrible time for the endeavor of rearing an offspring. Not to mention that the process of obtaining one the old fashioned way terrifies her. I don’t blame her a bit.
But, emotionally, I think we both could handle it. We’re always looking at other people’s kids and thinking “if/when WE have a child, it’d be this way or that way”, mainly to demonstrate that we would be superior parents in pretty much every way. Our particular upbringings would provide us with the skills necessary to outshine even our own parents in the process of raising a boy or girl. We’d kick ass as parents, man. Wicked cool.
With familial things that have happened lately, a few people have told me that I’d missed my calling- before, I took that to mean child psychology or counseling. But the more I think about it, the more I think that it may mean as a father. As Mac and I discussed, there’s an age difference, and if we wait too long, I’ll be in even more horrible shape, and won’t be able to play catch or attend tea parties- whichever applies (to either gender, I’m not pigeon-holing here).
To wrap up- congrats to Grant and Jennie Coble on a new daughter. It’s awesome to hear that your family is growing. Hope everyone is safe and happy.
*what the hell happened to Paul Reiser, anyways?
- Talk Hard