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You, plus anybody that agrees, ping me. Email in profile. Becoming a father was the best decision I ever made. The duty of fatherhood has made me a tenfold bet

• mcphage 5y ago
  > Becoming a father was the best decision I ever made. The duty of fatherhood has made me a tenfold better man. > Fatherhood is not a bitter load to be carried. It is the greatest responsibility you will ever face, the true test of your character, and a duty to be met with great joy, energy, and devotion. None of these are mutually exclusive. The idea in our culture that something is either all good, or all bad, is an incredibly shallow way of experiencing life. Fatherhood is fantastic, and it's also difficult. There are times it is wonderful, and there are times it is terrible. It's both. Don't try to reduce everything into a one dimensional caricature, otherwise once you find a negative you can't explain away, you'll revert to the "this is horrible, it's only horrible", which is just as wrong.