The husband people dream of
Posted by qmonkey on September 30, 2007
There’s never a tape recorder around when you need it most. This morning would have been a good time to have one, or at least some witnesses.
I was on baby duty this morning from 7am, leaving the mrs to lie in (she had done likewise for me yesteday morning). At about 9am i went out for a walk with him in the pram, got the Observer, then decided to walk a further 5 minutes to the local Zest cafe/bar. The wee man was being good, playing with his rattle and intermittnetly sleeping, so i ordered the Full English/Ulster Fry! The French (or possibly Polish) lady asked me where my wife was (we’re regulars), i said she was in bed, and i was letting her lie in. She replied, “aww, you must be ze husband people dream of”. Yes, yes i am.
I decided to leave it at that, and bask in the warm glow, rather than telling her that the Mrs had been up about 3 times in the night feeding and calming him down, while i rolled over and pretended to be asleep. I felt that would rob me of the moment a little.
NB: Picture is indicative, and may not represent actuality
October 5, 2007 at 9:58 pm
Thank you, thank you, thank you: Mr Q Monkey for the revival of the “Athena poster man” although the baby is now probably fathered children of his own! (No wonder so many girls my age are single look what the average man has to live up to!)