The other night I was hanging out with a few friends at my Local Watering Hole and one of the occasional female customers that I chat with asked me a strange question. Some back story first thought: I had made reference as to how young 21 seemed to me now a days. There was a table of, what could only be described as "Kids" to me, but were indeed old enough to drink Alcohol. None of them looked legal to me, but I witnessed the bartender "proof" them. I later found out that some of them were as old as, get this... 23! Now my Daughter is in her 20's and I don't recall her ever looking THAT young to me as she grew to adulthood.
So here we chatting about memory road, and out of left field she asks me "Would you ever consider having kids now at your age?" Now this is a fairly well off business woman that always dresses well and has made sure she not reliant on anybody else, this is no nut case, we've talked before and we've had decent harmless conversation. So I replied "If I was still married or with you?"
Instantly my mind was off and running... I was remembering all the Joys that I experienced as a parent... The First Step and then getting woke up every 4 hours by a hungry Baby. Holding her in my arms with that Baby smell... And then lugging around enough crap to be a portable diaper changing station. That warm feeling when you are burping them and then that WARM feeling when they regurgitate down your back. How fast that first year went while raising Baby and then how fast a year of our lives went that we didn't get out much to do anything together other than for Baby...
A particular thought went through my head. My Daughter was fascinated with the VCR's tape door slot. I eventually got one of those child-proof slot guards, but that was only after several issues arose. When the VCR stopped working the first time, I found myself cleaning out the remains of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich that she didn't finish. When that VCR died, I kept it around as a project to eventually figure out what killed it in the future. It sat around my house for around 15 years before I decided it simply wasn't ever going to get fixed and that a new one was cheaper, and besides, we've moved on to DVD.
One the way to the trash, I dropped it and out popped a Dime! Yes, a dime... It seems that my little darling started her own savings account when she was young and apparently the VCR was her personal piggy bank. All of this flashed in my mind in like a second or two, like a micro burst of memory.
Fast forward to present, she replied "With me..." But it was too late, I was already laughing about the Dime and how my Daughter had foiled all attempt to repair that dang VCR! I was thinking about another Blog I had written several years ago in regards to selling "Genetic Material". Several other random thoughts bounced around my head while pondering her question.
She didn't say another word, just grabbed her purse and walked away, settled her check and left. OK, so what have we learned here? First off, don't wait until you are in your 40's to try to find a suitable mate to have children with. Secondly, if that was a pickup line or screening process, it needs work... So in the meantime, I guess that just killed any chance of having a serious conversation, or ANY conversation for that matter, with her in the future. Third lesson learned: Make Sure Brain Is Engaged Before Opening Mouth. I'll blame that on the Beer... I wasn't trying to insult her and I usually have more tact than that.
Whooooopsssieee!
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2 comments:
despite your good looks,high IQ and amazing propensity for the guitar, i think she'd be best served looking for her sperm donor at any other place than a bar...but that's just my observation... ;o)
little curious val and the vcr :o) kenny once put his grilled cheese in the vcr, but i ejected it in the nick of time
i'm personally happy that i decided to have my kids when i was young, but that doesn't mean it's right for everyone...i'm sure her career has left her set and able to provide better than i have, but to now have to run around looking for someone to co-parent with must be stressful...by the same token, sammi is a senior and will be on her own before i know it, and i'm left at this age (ssshhhh!) wondering what i can do to secure my future financially and otherwise...so really, is there any one right decision when it comes to the timing of wanting to be a parent?...probly not
I thought it was odd myself... Who goes shopping for a "Donor" like that?
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