Chapter One – The Beginning

Being a Dad really changes things although some Moms may not agree with this.

Being a Mom of course changes thing for her. And face it, even more than for Dad.

Let’s look at what it was like before being a Dad. Life was goood, ye, real goood. Mom cared about you, you were two as one, and also one as one. Confused – not really. You had Mom and also your buddies. An evening at a bar, or just hanging out every now and again. Oh… the good days. Well wait a decade or so. The good times come back, just hang in there.
Back to Mom. Mom concentrated on you. You concentrated on Mom. Well some of the time. You also had you. You could go to work, pursue your career and not worry too much. Mom was also doing the same or whatever. She also was busy. When you met in the evening or night it was like a holiday. Sometimes and even quite often a roller coaster.
Life was goood. You still believed you were the Man, the one who decides. You were important, needed and loved. Ye, Mom adored you and you adored Mom. Actually you sometimes had a problem keeping up. Ah, and yes, again, you were sure you “was the boss”.
Life went on with both Mom and Dad working, building a career and hanging out whenever you wanted to. Well, whenever Mom wanted to. Yes, grow up and understand your status, even when you went with buddies.
Work was consuming and tiring, or so you thought. Whether it was just a job, or beginning of a career, it was work and you were and even now (unless you or Mom or your families are rich) expected to be the main bread earner. Even in todays world most families expect the male to be the main money maker. This small fact or fiction (sometimes Mom earns more) will be an important “fact” later down the road. Actually, a very important one, which we will leave for “somewhere down the road”.
Looking back, now with my many interests I think I would have been a house-man (like house-wife but with an additional piece of equipment), but both of us needed to bring in the cash.
You were content and happy. You had Mom, Mom had you and you had a certain amount of freedom. Going out, together or alone was easy. Just took your keys and went.