The day I realized I'd become my dad

Jan 24·1 min read

So I was grilling last Saturday and my son came running over. Instead of thinking 'ugh kids are annoying' like old me would have, I got this weird proud feeling and spent the next two hours teaching him about fire safety and meat temps. Then I caught myself explaining the structural integrity of our deck railing to a 6 year old. Exact same thing my dad did with me. It hit me hard. I'm officially my father now and honestly it doesn't suck.

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Comments(6)

CCraig M.New DadJan 24

This is the best kind of full circle moment. When you go from thinking your dad was weird for enjoying grilling to actually getting it. My dad is loving watching me have these realizations now.

SSteve H.RegularJan 27

Did you at least enjoy him interrupting the grilling process or were you already too far gone into your dad era?

CChris T.RegularJan 25

Wait was the moment you not being annoyed? Or was it you being genuinely excited to see him? Because that second one is a real dad transformation.

RRaj P.RegularJan 25

Every time I catch myself saying something my dad said I cringe and laugh at the same time. At least we're aware of it happening unlike him I guess.

AAndrew T.RegularJan 26

The grilling thing gets everyone. There's something about standing in front of a grill that just activates your dad genes. I never cared about cooking before kids and now I'm considering getting a smoker.

AAaron T.RegularJan 27

I had a moment like this last week when I got genuinely excited about a new drill. Eighteen year old me would be horrified but thirty something year old me was like yeah this is nice actually.