Husband / Dad taster lesson 1

Last Saturday, 8 of us happy boys and gals went 'ballistic' at Bricketwood. Apart from 'Big Rob', we were all virgins in Paintballing. Due to the size of the group we ended up fighting with/alongside kids which reminded me about my old age. The 'armour' overall was just a workman suit which wasn't protective at all. I was particularly worried that there was no 'cup'!!! I am just glad that I didn't get hit in that area.

Bruising asides, it was great fun, great laugh. What a shame that the games were kinda short and the combat zones were too small. Next time, we will try another site but a few gals will stay away as it was too painful... Totally understandable.

Back to the story. ..

Yesterday, I travelled to Cambridge to meet my good friend Ms C and intruded her hotpot dinner party with her girls. The ratio of male and female was 1 : 6, which I am comfortable with because it was fun. What I found fascinating is that the conversation between gals is the same as guys, but on the flip side of course. It was the new thing I learnt of the day. The old thing I already knew is that my MR2 can over heat in a traffic jam, and also try to park with 17 inches alloy without power steering is a nightmare. Dilemma, should I sell my first car and get myself a 5 year old semi-auto Celica? What a tough choice I have to make in a few week's time.

Husband moments:
Because the evening was dominated be gals I decided to take refuge in the kitchen preparing food for the dinner. Ms E (the lady of the flat) helped me out with the food whilst other gals were enjoying themselves in the living room. I suddenly got this feeling of me being a husband, letting the wife and her gal pals enjoy the evening. Did it scare me? Not at all, I enjoyed it a lot. The icing on the cake is that I found out quite a bit about Ms E... A date might be possible because Ms C is my contact inside the group. Let's wait and see.

Dad moments:
I stayed at Ms C's home yesterday night with her two lovely sisters. Having known Ms C for a long time I knew she is very caring and a responsible person, but the way she looks after her 2 sisters can be described by 1 word = MUM. Things like 'brushing the teeth', 'Go to bed, it is late', 'School tomorrow' were the tasters of what I might hear / say when I have my family in the future. Again, the weird thing is I don't find it scary at all. In some way, I am actually hoping I will have a chance to experience this on a daily basis.

Some people like to live wildly. For them, they have to live wild when they are still young. For me, I haven't lived wild at all and I don't miss it particularly. This job is really remodelling my life. I thought I prefer to travel around, see everything out there to be seen. Before yesterday, if you ask me 'Family or Photography?' I would say photography without hesitation, but after yesterday, nothing is straight forward anymore. What I thought was intelligent can overcome human biological design has now been disproved.