There comes a time when a man has to admit he is no longer that cool young guy anymore but has slowly, over time evolved into his dad. The time for me is now.
Oh the signs have been coming but I tried to ignore them. My wife was the first to notice maybe 8 years ago and she seemed quite happy to tell me that I walk just like my dad. Of course I said no way and walked off. Then there came another sign, I'm sitting on the couch watching TV and my wife again points out that I'm crossing my legs at my ankles and my hands are clasped behind my head just like my dad. Now I'm starting to take notice and I'm begin to worry that she is right. I tried to fight it because I want to be my own man and I'm much cooler than my dad ever was but now the signs are coming faster and more often. I forget words to songs so make up my own, I break out in dance if I hear a catchy tune whether it's a jingle from a commercial or a song on the radio. I think the final dagger was when I would catch myself bugging my son when we were driving somewhere. See when I was young my dad would be driving and he would have his left hand on the steering wheel and with his right he would reach over and touch my ear or just tap my head. Of course I hated this just like my son doesn't like it when I do it to him but it makes me laugh and I understand now why my dad did it to me and who knows maybe sometime in the future my son will do the same to his son or daughter.
When we were young my friends and I would always say we were not going to be like our parents we were going to be different but time, maturity and love have their ways of changing the way we view ourselves and our parents and if I could be half the man my dad is I would consider that a great accomplishment.
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