I was raised in what I would consider
to be a very conservative, religious home. I went to church every
time the doors were open, went on all the mission trips while in
high school, and for the most part, lived the life of the
socially-awkward guy all of the ultra-conservative parents wanted
their daughters to marry. This pretty much remained the case until I
went to college and joined a fraternity. I then quickly became the
favorite subject at weekly prayer meetings. It's okay though;
apparently if you gossip, it's acceptable as long as you're only
telling large groups of people so they can pray for the poor lost
soul.
While in college, for lack of a better
term, I “found myself". I became more outgoing, discovered
drinking, attended some parties, and had a few relationships; some
serious and some not-so-serious. At that point, I had this idea in
my head of how the next 10-20 years of my life would go. It didn't
take long however, to realize how unrealistic this vision really was.
After college, I began my first
full-time job and eventually began casually dating my first
post-college girlfriend. Not thinking of the future, I had no
intention of this ever being more than a fun, casual relationship.
It seemed like everything was going perfectly until a few months
later when we decided perhaps it was time to take a pregnancy test
and it just happened to be positive. That is when I began to
discover the truth about pregnancy, hormones, and the life of a
father-to-be.
This blog is the story of my life
during this journey of fatherhood, as well as my brutally honest personal thoughts on
dating, relationships and current topics which might or might not make it to the news.
