You know you’re a parent when (1) nobody invites you to an Oscars-watching party, (2) you forget that the Oscars are actually being broadcast, (3) you check out the awards on the Web and realize that you haven’t seen even one of the movies that earned awards.
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Was just thinking the same thing, Phil. I saw that a movie called Birdman was a big winner and my first thought was that Sesame Street had gone into movie making.
Seriously, I’m older and will admit that as the performer who calls herself Lady Gaga came on stage to perform her rendition of Julie Andrews’ Sound of Music medley, I cringed. But by the end of what was by my estimation an incredible performance, I’d been reduced to tears and was forced to admit that yes, some of these pop singers can really, really sing.
(The original movie was a favorite of my late father.)
Yes Phil, parenthood changes ones life forever.
I think it is a combination of being a parent, and just getting older. You gradually get to the IDGAF stage 🙂
Alain de Botton said it best:
“Some of the crisis of middle age in developed economies is really a symptom of the law of diminishing marginal utility, which asserts that the more of a commodity you already possess, the smaller the amount of utility you derive from the acquisition of yet another unit of the commodity. It explains why one might have been more thrilled to acquire a new intellectual concept at 20 than 40; or why a beach holiday was more significant in childhood than in middle age etc.”
One time I was looking at the list of current best selling books in the paper.
Top ten fiction, I hadn’t read any of those.
Top ten non fiction, I hadn’t read any of those.
Top ten childrens book, I had read 7 of the 10.
Sounds like an improvement in your life, if you ask me.
Would you want more kids if you could?
If you watch the Oscar highlights the next day you realize that the entire 3 hour show (or whatever it is) can be compressed down to around 15 minutes of worthwhile content. The rest is filler. They really have to stop awarding “Best Audio Mixing” type awards on the main program. The general public could care less. I think they already move some of the technical awards to a separate (non-televised) presentation but they need to get rid of all of them and shorten the show by at least an hour.
The intense parenting phase is relatively brief. Someday you will have time again to see movies, etc. Enjoy your kid’s childhood while you can – it will be over before you know it.