Comments on: Early Fatherhood: I’m 2/3 the Man I Used to Be http://dethroner.com/2007/02/28/early-fatherhood-im-23-the-man-i-used-to-be/ Where every man is king. Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:06:33 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: middy http://dethroner.com/2007/02/28/early-fatherhood-im-23-the-man-i-used-to-be/comment-page-1/#comment-29170 middy Thu, 01 Mar 2007 22:37:40 +0000 http://dethroner.com/2007/02/28/early-fatherhood-im-23-the-man-i-used-to-be/#comment-29170 @mojoandy, want to trade? I have three sons between 5 and 10. My house resembles nothing so much as a professional cage match, complete with improvised weapons. @mojoandy, want to trade? I have three sons between 5 and 10. My house resembles nothing so much as a professional cage match, complete with improvised weapons.

]]> By: mojoandy http://dethroner.com/2007/02/28/early-fatherhood-im-23-the-man-i-used-to-be/comment-page-1/#comment-28986 mojoandy Thu, 01 Mar 2007 14:36:31 +0000 http://dethroner.com/2007/02/28/early-fatherhood-im-23-the-man-i-used-to-be/#comment-28986 I think worrying/nurturing are two sides of the same coin. When bringing our second kid back home we had to walk through a cordon of smokers outside the revolving doors. I had to fight the urge to tell them to f*ck off and get away from the door, don't you know my dauther's lungs have only been working for five hours and I don't want her first breathing experience to be Winston's, you inconsiderate sh*t. You know, irrational stuff like that. All that said, I offer myself up as an example of vaginal-wussitude that should make all you dads, new and old, to feel better about yourself. I have three daughters, a neutered cat, a strong-willed wife and the battered and still sore remains of a painful vasectomy. I also have three (or four, I've lost count) god-daughters. There is no testosterone in my life, and I am reduced to the classic shell of a father who is essentially useful furniture -- I'm not really noticed except in my absence. And I have no problem with it, unless I watch Spike TV or a James Bond movie, then I get sullen for about half-an-hour until I'm distracted by a diaper or asked to read yet another pink book about princesses. I think worrying/nurturing are two sides of the same coin. When bringing our second kid back home we had to walk through a cordon of smokers outside the revolving doors. I had to fight the urge to tell them to f*ck off and get away from the door, don’t you know my dauther’s lungs have only been working for five hours and I don’t want her first breathing experience to be Winston’s, you inconsiderate sh*t. You know, irrational stuff like that.

All that said, I offer myself up as an example of vaginal-wussitude that should make all you dads, new and old, to feel better about yourself. I have three daughters, a neutered cat, a strong-willed wife and the battered and still sore remains of a painful vasectomy. I also have three (or four, I’ve lost count) god-daughters. There is no testosterone in my life, and I am reduced to the classic shell of a father who is essentially useful furniture — I’m not really noticed except in my absence. And I have no problem with it, unless I watch Spike TV or a James Bond movie, then I get sullen for about half-an-hour until I’m distracted by a diaper or asked to read yet another pink book about princesses.

]]> By: junkshow http://dethroner.com/2007/02/28/early-fatherhood-im-23-the-man-i-used-to-be/comment-page-1/#comment-28741 junkshow Thu, 01 Mar 2007 01:25:04 +0000 http://dethroner.com/2007/02/28/early-fatherhood-im-23-the-man-i-used-to-be/#comment-28741 For me, the real gutpunch of first-time fatherhood was having taken all sorts of classes on everything from changing diapers to latching on, thinking I knew what the hell I was doing as a result, and then getting home and realizing I was absolutely clueless. Those classes are a sick joke. For me, the real gutpunch of first-time fatherhood was having taken all sorts of classes on everything from changing diapers to latching on, thinking I knew what the hell I was doing as a result, and then getting home and realizing I was absolutely clueless. Those classes are a sick joke.

]]> By: cmarsh http://dethroner.com/2007/02/28/early-fatherhood-im-23-the-man-i-used-to-be/comment-page-1/#comment-28690 cmarsh Wed, 28 Feb 2007 21:13:58 +0000 http://dethroner.com/2007/02/28/early-fatherhood-im-23-the-man-i-used-to-be/#comment-28690 yeah, i was gonna say something at the poker game but you just looked so....vulnerable. yeah, i was gonna say something at the poker game but you just looked so….vulnerable.

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