What They Never Tell You About Being a Parent
I’m only two-thirds there, but here’s what I’ve learned so far…
My wife is now two-thirds the way through her pregnancy so by the end of October my first child will arrive in this world.
There are a few topics in life that are just a bit too deep or difficult to really talk about and it requires someone living through it to really understand or appreciate it. Some easy examples that come to mind include:
- How to handle your first love breaking up with you
- How to handle the death of a loved one
- How to determine who you should marry
- What it takes to make a marriage successful
- How to handle the stresses of parenthood
Parenthood is a great example where you don’t really know what you don’t know until it happens. Sure, you could ask and try to learn if you really wanted to hear advice. But you can’t really understand what’s going on until it happens.
And, yeah, I’m not even technically a full-fledged parent yet. But just seeing the ultrasound and getting the baby’s room ready and the baby shower coming up soon, reality is starting to set in.
There’s not a whole lot that most people can…
