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The New DU. Reply #17: I had no idea what it was going to be like to be a parent.
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Tue Jun-20-06 11:24 PM
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| 17. I had no idea what it was going to be like to be a parent. |
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I thought about it. I read about it. I knew lots of other parents. I thought there was a chance I got it.
Not a clue. Not even an awareness of where to find a clue.
The meaning of 24/7 really hit hard. When the kid was a few months old my wife took it to visit her parents. I found myself waking up in the middle of the night and panicking if I didn't hear the tyke. So I asked a friend who's daughter was long since grown up and moved out if she used to get up in the middle of the night to make sure the baby was still breathing.
She said when her daughter visits, she still does.
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