It`s easy to see why teenagers find having a baby so exciting. It makes you feel like a grown up. Along with smoking and swearing、having a baby is seen as an adult activity. If you do this you must be mature. I`ve told my friends, “In eight months I`m going be a dad. Yeah it`s great isn`t it? Ah, Thank you very much.”
Nevermind that in one stroke I`ve produced a spawn which will leech off me for at least 18 years restricting my financial and personal freedoms. Maybe it`s the kick up the arse I`ve always needed. I`ll have to get a proper full-time job with some sort of career path and structure. Well I say that having a baby will mean changes yet I haven`t done anything about it whilst knowing of the egg for almost a month.
Starting a new job so late and in a foreign country, will I get paternity leave? Will I be stuck in class discussing George Bush`s election win whilst Reiko is screaming in agony releasing the egg? These are grown up questions if not posed by a grown-up.
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The big changes just sorta sneek up one day with a baby. In the beginning, we are all just worried about feeding, changing, sleeping, feeding, changing, sleeping until you realize one weekend while watching sports or walking in the park, “Hey I’m all grown up”. Good luck. I’m enjoying your entries very much. Found you through the Japan Webring. My husband, 3 year old son and I are in Japan also. My husband is working with Sushicam Jeff.
Nicki (japanyears.blogspot.com)