Added a couple more dads that I enjoy to the list over yonder, Backpacking Dad and Lost Parent Diary. Both of these dads write wonderfully and are well worth the read and subscription.
Now, a question. Is there some physiological explanation for the fact that the elderly feel it alright to walk up to my son and touch him? How is this behavior acceptable? The only thing that kept me from going all Royale with Cheese on the latest octogenarian to partake in this liberty was the death look from my wife... and the three MPD officers in Jason's Deli at the time.
And the clarification. This is not a gaming blog. I game, but that's not what this is about. I'm a thirty-something gamer turned full-time stay-at-home dad, guess which one occupies more time? (But I am almost ready to give my take on GTA4.) With this in mind, the next time someone feels compelled to leave an anonymous comment saying how much I suck as a games blogger, at least dad up and use your name.
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A couple of shout outs, a question, and a clarification.
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I use to care a lot more about that. The first time some old biddy tried it at a diner in central California when my daughter was 7 weeks old I just about flippped!
And I politely, but quickly, said, "Please don't touch my daughter."
It's on the tip of my tongue every time now, but I'm less nervous about it now (back then it was "what are you DYING from that you will get all over my kid?").
Surgical removal of the hippocampus would surely remedy the problem of old-farts touching our offspring. It would efficiently impair their ability to navigate through the crowd to reach the kids, and also prevent them from reminiscing about the time they had little ones. Efficteively inflicting alzheimers. Now if we could just get them to do it...
We feel your pain. Often while out in public, old-farts will come up to my pregnant Lilly and begin to tell her their life story. Fun times.
Carry a bag of marbles, ala Rockstar Games "Bully". Drop said marbles when oldie encroaches.
That'll show the old folks AND prove your gaming prowess, too.
You suck as a games blog.
But you write a fun parenting blog!
:-)
Thanks for the shout out. It's a nice welcome for the new kid on the parent-blogging block :-)
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