When considering becoming a first time-parent in ones forties it is a good idea to list as many of the ways that your life will change as possible and consider how you might feel about it.
I did my best when it was my turn, though I did not really appreciate the way need for extra time to accomplish anything would follow a rule of maximum inconvenience; for instance, she climbs happily into the car when we have time and uses a effectively infinite arsenal of delaying tactics when we're late. Arrgh!
But I didn't consider that this decision meant there would be someone to insists on celebrating my birthdays rather than letting them pass quietly by with only a slight grump to mark the occassion. Sigh.
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