Fatherhood
If I ever have a child, I think I’d really like to name him/her ‘Eight’. When the child was old enough to ask me why I chose that name, I’d tell him/her to, firstly, clarify their gender. Enough of this ‘him/her’ gibberish. Take a stance for once in your life, young Eight! Once he’d sorted that out, I’d tell her that the name was the score out of ten I gave him at birth. I figure 8/10 is a pretty good score for a newborn. It shows I love her (heck, I didn’t give him a three or something, did I?), but I’m still giving her an incentive to grow and strive for that elusive ten out of ten. Now, that’s good fathering.
Also, if I ever make the newspapers, they might well describe me as ‘Dan Liebke, father of eight’ (assuming the journalist has poor discipline on the name-capitalisation front) and people might then mistake me for Eight Is Enough star Dick Van Patten. Kick-ass!
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Posted: November 11th, 2009 under thoughts.
Tags: figure 8, gibberish, good fathering, kick ass, newspapers
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I love you but sometimes you scare me. :)
Correction! You love me because sometimes I scare you. Don’t worry. I’ll explain the difference to little Eight.
i feel really disappointed with the meaningless name i was given by my thoughtless parents now.
Your parents are thoughtless.
Happy birthday, regardless.