I'm going to be a father... :-)

So...no long winding post this time. Just this message: my girlfriend's pregnant with our first child. She is due in January next year. (EDIT: her gender is no longer a secret at this point)

Can't really add much aside from "I'll probably be a lot less on the forums after that". I'm sure y'all understand. :)

Cheers,

Taleweaver


(edit: renamed from 'about to be a father' to 'I'm going to be a father'...perhaps this doesn't give this as much a sense of "urgent stuff happening" :P )
  • Like
Reactions: 25 people

Comments

Chary
Awwww! Congrats, dude!! I wish the best for you and your girlfriend, and your soon to be son/daughter!
 
  • Like
Reactions: 3 people
Veho
Congratulations! Best of luck to you and the girlfriend and the little one!

And don't kid yourself, you will be spending more time on the forum than ever, what with not having time to do anything else between the feedings and the sleepings and the changings and the walkings, you won't have time to do anything that can't be done in 2-minute increments on your phone so it's either the Temp or Facebook. Choose wisely. :P
 
  • Like
Reactions: 4 people
yusuo
Just celebrated my sons first birthday last week, its alot of work and tiredness but ultimately its worth it.

Just don't expect much gaming time anymore, my gaming time has dropped to nearly zero, just too tired now a days, I'm sure I'll get back into it when he's abit older and can join in
 
  • Like
Reactions: 3 people
Taleweaver
Thanks for the congratulations, tempers. :D

@erikas: I've editted the title. Hopefully it's a bit more clear now. :)

@Veho and @yusuo: so...more game on forums talking about games and less about actual gaming? Hmm...sounds a bit like when we got a puppy dog. Only of a magnitude worse, and taking longer, then. It's about what I estimated. ;)
(my brother has two children. I'm prepared for that "I just want them to be old enough to be self-sufficient" kind of look :P ).
 
  • Like
Reactions: 3 people
DjoeN
Welcome to the Dark Side of parenthood :evil: :whip:

Congrats :) and as always, i can give you 1 good advice :P
- Be there for your girlfriend/wife and kid, no matter what, from now on real family life is more important then anything else, Responsbility, Duty, love and respect for life is your main goal from now on to give the best to your son/daughter you can!!!

1 thing i know, you always will wonder/regret some things you will do for your family life, but that's life ;)
 
  • Like
Reactions: 3 people
Glyptofane
Congratulations. It will be stressful sometimes, especially in the beginning, but will be totally worth it.
 
eyeliner
Congrats! Recently having my second (he's two and a half months, going strong) let me tell you. It's one heck of a ride.
 
Taleweaver
More thanks to everyone's congratulations. I feel special now. :)

@Djoen: I've always treated my girlfriend with responsibility and respect, and extended that when our puppy dog got here. So it's not really new behavior to me...but I'm sure it'll be a few extra levels worth of challenge to it. B-)
(also: is there a non-dark side to parenthood, then? :P )

@leon315 : I'm 38. My girlfriend just turned 29.
 
  • Like
Reactions: 5 people
Bimmel
I wish you all the best from the bottom of my heart! Your posts are always worth reading, well thought and written - please stop by as often as you can. ;-)
 
  • Like
Reactions: 1 person

Blog entry information

Author
Taleweaver
Views
718
Comments
100
Last update

More entries in Personal Blogs

More entries from Taleweaver

Share this entry

General chit-chat
Help Users
  • The Real Jdbye @ The Real Jdbye:
    especially Nintendo because they only ever lower the price of games when they do a greatest hits/platinum hits/players choice re-release
  • Xdqwerty @ Xdqwerty:
    @The Real Jdbye, and the HD collections released for 7th gen consoles too
  • The Real Jdbye @ The Real Jdbye:
    but they don't seem to have done any of those for the switch yet and maybe never will
  • ColdBlitz @ ColdBlitz:
    I think we all forgot breath of the wild released for the wii u tbh
     +1
  • Xdqwerty @ Xdqwerty:
    @The Real Jdbye, tbh the HD collections are more justified since they include more than just 1 game per copy
  • Xdqwerty @ Xdqwerty:
    @SylverReZ I read that non-binary people identify as a blend of male and female. The point is i think i'm a blend of those and thus non binary
  • SylverReZ @ SylverReZ:
    @Xdqwerty, Non-binary people are those who don't identify themselves exclusively as male or female.
  • cearp @ cearp:
    I don't identify as anything, unless I need to get on a plane then I show ID
     +3
  • AncientBoi @ AncientBoi:
    👈 [homo, queer, fag, coksuqr, etc......]
     +3
  • Xdqwerty @ Xdqwerty:
    @SylverReZ, I meant that I read that they can also identify as what i mentioned
     +2
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    I identify as Long Rod Johnson, cause a cat called me that once.
     +2
  • AncientBoi @ AncientBoi:
    [takes a 👀 in your pants] Liar :angry:
     +3
  • Xdqwerty @ Xdqwerty:
    @SylverReZ, and thus that would make me non binary since i feel like a blend of both male and female
     +1
  • AncientBoi @ AncientBoi:
    @Xdqwerty only time will tell, what/whom you are. At 14, its a bit early to "Define" yourself. :)
     +3
  • Psionic Roshambo @ Psionic Roshambo:
    I only recently have learned who I am and how much I am capable of and I'm 50 lol
     +3
  • Psionic Roshambo @ Psionic Roshambo:
    A thousand epiphanies and unbelievable pain and growth.
     +2
  • Psionic Roshambo @ Psionic Roshambo:
    I wish I could sum it up for children to understand but it truly takes living a lifetime of learning
     +2
  • Psionic Roshambo @ Psionic Roshambo:
    It's more than knowledge it's understanding
     +1
  • Psionic Roshambo @ Psionic Roshambo:
    Both are required
  • Xdqwerty @ Xdqwerty:
    @Psionic Roshambo, ask chatgpt or Google gémini to summarize it
  • Psionic Roshambo @ Psionic Roshambo:
    Lol summarize life's lessons
  • Psionic Roshambo @ Psionic Roshambo:
    Wisdom
     +1
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    My wifey tells me all the time "You need to grow the fuck up." Which I don't understand, cause I'm full grown already.
     +2
  • Xdqwerty @ Xdqwerty:
    @BigOnYa, she means grow more
     +1
  • Xdqwerty @ Xdqwerty:
    Yawn
    Xdqwerty @ Xdqwerty: Yawn