I don't know if it's because he turned 30 or because we are about to take an 18-month old on a ten-hour drive, but my husband just changed from "guy" to "father."
Obviously, he actually became a father 18-months ago. That's sort of an instant thing. But what I'm referring to here is that change in attitude when you suddenly notice that a person has completely accepted and given in to his fate.
The evidence is as follows:
I called Chris at work today to see how the morning went and talk through a few pre-trip details (like the fact that my car sounds like it will tear apart every time I turn the steering wheel.) Then he asks, "What time do you want to leave for Florida?"
Now, this inquiry would be odd as I have told him about sixty times what my goal is for the morning in question, but after six years of marriage, I have come to expect these questions. So I once again explained that I would like to have the car packed the night before, so we can just get up and go whenever we are ready (preferably early, but I can be flexible).
Here is where it gets interesting.
Chris replied, "I'd like to leave earlier than we might normally get up. If the baby is still groggy, all the better... she will sleep in the car."
Now, I mentioned in a previous post that we have taken this same cruise (same ship, same itinerary) once before. That time we flew down the morning of the cruise. Even with a FLIGHT TIME that we COULD NOT MISS, I pretty much had to bodily drag this man out of the bed and roll him to the shower. (Actually, what I do is poke him in the chest and sing "We're going to DisneyWorld" until he gets up simply to get away from me. But it's just as effective.) Now he's telling ME that we need to get up EARLY to go on vacation! Either an alien has possessed my husband or he has made that switch from "single, carefree guy" to "father who wants to listen to as little whining as possible in the ten hours on the road so badly he will even give up sleep."
So we'll see if the transformation is complete when the alarm goes off that fateful day. :-)
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Ok, Eaf, you have to do the "meme" deal. The list is as follows, I've done them on my blog as well:
Three ways that I am stereotypically female:
Three ways that I am stereotypically male:
Three names I go by:
Three parts of my heritage:
Three physical things I like about myself
Three physical things I don’t like about myself
Three things that scare me:
Three of my everyday essentials
Three LIES
Three TRUTHS
Three things I want in a relationship
Three physical things about men that appeal to me
Three of my favorite hobbies
Three things I want to do really badly now
Three careers I’ve considered
Three places I want to go on vacation
Three things I want to do before I die
Three celebrity crushes:
You know, I read something that said "Men marry women hoping they'll never change, and women marry men hoping they'll change". I guess men do change, but perhaps at the rate of an iceberg. And only after a long time do you realize the change has occured. Of course, I could be completely wrong here as I'm not in a relationship nor have I ever been married.
She hasn't seen the comment yet. I'll let her know it's there.
I'll post regarding this eventually... still working out some details... (just so you know I'm not ignoring it...)
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