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Originally Posted by ProfCrash
Congrats! I hope you get to meet him. Hopefully you can send him postcards from all your travels, maybe keep a video diary for him.
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That's what Skype is for.
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Originally Posted by orlok
Many congratulations Stitchawl! You'll have to let me know if you feel any different, once it has sunk in. I'm not looking forward to the "Grandpa" moniker, but will no doubt enjoy everything that goes with it (particularly the bit where you can give them back at the end of the day  ). |
Living 5,000 miles away does make it a very different situation. I've never been a 'family' person, even when I was living in the States. Once a year for Thanksgiving was more than enough for me to enjoy my relatives. And I did enjoy them. I just didn't want to spend more time with them. I always felt a bit envious of 'The Waltons' (I hope you understand the TV reference) but I also realize that that sort of family is rather rare.
I spent more 'quality time' with my son when he was growing up than most fathers as I was a 'weekend father' from the time he was two until he was 14. Those two days were spent from morning til night interacting directly with him, not just sitting on the couch while he played in his room. Sociologists estimate the average American father spends less than 20 minutes per day in 'quality time' with a child these days, so I figure that with 20-30 hours of quality time together, we were doing OK. As he got older, his social environment changed, scouting, ski camp, summer camp, etc., and when he was old enough to meet 'Valerie,' it was difficult to get any weekends with him! That's when I knew it was safe for me to move to Asia.
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Originally Posted by VydorScope
Some parents name their children after some memorable event or item surrounding the conception.  |
Possibly. But I wasn't there at the time, so I really don't know.
Thanks! I think I'm going to celebrate with a bigger glass of rum tonight!
Stitchawl