Here's the thing - if all you ever hear is that being a parent is the best thing ever and it's all roses and you are going to feel complete, i think you're in for a major letdown when you realise it actually sucks some of the time. Little sleep, cranky kids, fighting with the wife because you're both stressed and tired and sick and tired. That stuff all happens and I'm not about to sugarcoat it.
Are there good times? Of course there are. But i choose to not gloss over the bad times.
I think it was two or three weeks in when my wife and I contemplated throwing the kid outside in a snowbank, getting a good night's sleep, and then deal with the police in the morning. Of course we were joking, but the things you think about at 2:00am when you're exhausted as all hell.
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But living an honest life - for that you need the truth. That's the other thing I learned that day, that the truth, however shocking or uncomfortable, leads to liberation and dignity. -Ricky Gervais
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