For a lot of men, boobs rank pretty high up on the list of important things in life. They usually fall somewhere between establishing a successful career and owning a home. Part of the reason that men get married is so that they always have a pair around. They’re kind of like your second home by the ski lodge. You don’t live there full-time, but it’s always there on the weekends for your enjoyment.
If you’re single and dating, the boobs are similar to renting skis. Sure, using them is great fun, but they tend to get expensive after multiple trips to the mountain and you start to think about investing in a long-term pair of your own.
However, sometimes after you invest in a top of the line pair, you take them for granted and they end up sitting in the garage, under a heavy blanket, or perhaps on the sofa watching TV, smothered in a Snuggie. You realize that every once in a while, you need to break those puppies out and hop on the ski lift to knock off the dust.
What most men don’t have the foresight to see is that, if and when, you decide to start a family, you’re about to get an upgrade on your ski package. This is all fine and good and everyone should be excited about getting some big hot planks to show off, but there’s a catch. You’ve got to share your new toys with another avid ski bunny. And while you sit there suffering, watching her take her good old time navigating the boobie bunny slopes, all you can think about is how many of those massive moguls you could’ve conquered in the same amount of time.
Once the milk comes in, your season pass at the mountain has expired. And even though the off-season is a fascinating miracle of nature, it’s not always pretty.
Once we got Dolly Parton (my wife) home from the hospital, weird things started to happen. I was suddenly surrounded by trick bras, circular discs (boob pads, or for me, padded beer coasters) and the breast pump. The idea behind the feeding bras is easy access. Think of it as a convertible for the breast, except instead of popping the top and letting Daddy take a leisurely cruise down the Pacific Coast Highway, there’s an inexperienced minor behind the wheel taking her driver’s license test.
When your wife isn’t feeding, she’s probably pumping. The breast pump is a bunch of tubes and some ridiculous looking suction cups connected to a little engine in a tote bag. It also comes with a special nursing bra which looks like a back brace with nipple holes in it. It takes the whole world of being a sexy dominatrix and somehow twists and tangles it all up with dairy farming.
The act of pumping looks ridiculous at best. I recall one night when Jen and I were in separate rooms and a discussion elevated into a ‘loud conversation’. I walked into the living room to discuss our disagreement face to face and found my wife, yelling at me emphatically to prove her point, while in the middle of a full-on double pump. Needless to say, the ‘peacemakers’ made me forget what we were fighting about in the first place.
In the end, you’ve got to get your melons while they’re in season because before you know it, they’re gone. I’ve never been a big sharecropper, but your new ski buddy sure appreciates your generosity.
Grow up, it’s called being a father. It’s not all about you anymore.
Hey just do not squeeze the melons, they bruise easily and that is no fun for mom Jen, especially at this particular time
Bob, since you don’t have a sense of humor, this probably isn’t the blog for you.
Ouch…bob, that’s harsh. Pretty sure this site is for entertainment!
Think, to Bob’s point, “it’s about being a father” is exactly what this blog seems to be about. Adrian, think you have a unique take on fatherhood that is both enlightening and hysterical, all at the same time. Bob must’ve read about a paragraph of one entry and nothing else.
I’m a new fan, but addicted. Thanks for writing.
Memaw… your comment about squeezing the melons being no fun for me “especially at this particular time” is going to make everyone think I’m pregnant, haha! I think you were referring to nursing I’m not pregnant (as you know), but thank you for being concerned about my melons! 😉
i really look forward to watching this blog evolve, especially if you get more kulps. i remember the 1 year street fight/battle of wills/test of my will to live that was me staying home with my son.
somewhere around the year mark, i realized that waking up at 5AM and being trucked to the 909 for a 10 shift of ditch digging in perpetual mid august would be easier. then came pepper #2 15 months later. then came pepper #3 21 months after that.
your perspective is funny adrian. i remember being there. if you think it’s tough now, call the vasectomy doc!
Right there with ya Age on the whole mad scientist take on the breast pumps. They are odd contraptions and certainly not the standard motorized gadgets associated with nudity, LOL.
I think you should have left bob’s comment posted and let others take care of him. We all understand your humor. Parenting can be one of the biggest challenges in life and this site makes me laugh, it’s like having a little window to my husbands world (since most men are the same at their core). What man wouldn’t appreciate a fine set of mellons – and if they are yours, all the better for you!
LOL! This post his hilarious! We’re proud parents of a 7 week old, so I’m totally feeling you on this. I wrote a post about it a while back
http://gopopgo.wordpress.com/category/blog-memes/tmi-thursday/
and I’m still sad.
Just found you via Twitter and CAN NOT STOP LAUGHING after reading this. I’m a huge breastfeeding advocate, sans the pump (never used one). Gotta read more right now. Seriously, I haven’t laughed this hard in a long time, THANK YOU! “Wounded soldier” LOL!
Will be back,
Dagmar
Dagmar’s momsense
This is great, I love hearing breastfeeding from a father’s point of view. I found you from twitter JIC you wanted to know.