This is the first of a new category of posts called ‘Who’s Your Daddy?’. These will be about how becoming a father has changed my reaction to the world, because I think becoming a parent is such a life-changing experience. The effect isn’t always positive, and it’s certainly not always easy, but it does alter your attitude to things!
I’d love to hear about other people’s experiences. What do you miss from your pre-parenting life? What have you gained that was unexpected? What would you advise prospective parents (apart from “Don’t do it. Back away from the Bugaboo. Don”t you understand you’ll never really relax again? Leave me here. Save yourself!” which isn’t really very constructive).
Here’s one to get things started. I can’t handle seeing a child in distress or pain on TV or in a film. The bit at the beginning of Madascar 2 where the baby lion gets kidnapped? Bawling my eyes out. Jenny and I had to stop watching a South African film called Tsotsi, which previously would have right up our strasse, because of the kidnapped baby being kept in a cardboard box and wrapped in newspapers instead of nappies. We literally couldn’t bear it. Almost every episode of Grey’s Anatomy is an emotional minefield.
Does anyone else recognise this, or is it just me? Please leave some comments (directly on the blog post if you’re reading this in Facebook or via RSS) and let me know I’m not going mad…
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