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Home › Articles › Essays, Opinion and Humor › How I Knew I Was a Dad

How I Knew I Was a Dad

15 Surefire Ways

By Jay Sauls

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  • After six months of changing baby diapers, you no longer flinch while opening a Tupperware container that has been hiding in the 'fridge for the past eight months. You also find yourself performing this death-defying trick at parties hosted by your single friends. They're impressed that you perform it without a net.


  • You find food particles floating in your drink after the baby has crawled past your cup. To solve the problem, you no longer drink clear liquids.


  • Every time you try to steal 15 minutes of quiet in the bathroom, a tiny set of hands opens the door and calls out your name. The plus side being that hands under your stall in the men's room no longer bother you.


  • The new excuse for buying things you want is: "The baby will want this in a couple of years!" When my little girl is 2, she'll have access to a nice riding mower, table saw, set of Craftsman tools, Camaro...


  • You start counting down the years until he/she is old enough to cut the grass. Realizing the difficulty in getting kids to cut grass, you start thinking a little more basic. You start thinking about getting a trained monkey or possibly a goat.



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