How To Set A Bad Example

Only a few days ago I got 'tagged' and wrote a post about how Dad's should take time, which included a piece on Dad's taking time to act properly in front of their little people, as they so often mimic what we do. Well last night I became such a hypocrite, that I'm still a little bemused that I acted like that. It happened as we were walking Adrienne home from the station last night and began to cross the main road with everyone else. Adrienne was on my left-hand side, with Jarvis in-between, when a young guy came around the corner and ran the 'green-man' crossing light, coming very close to Adrienne. As I've already once been nearly knocked down with Jarvis by a guy driving through a red-light and with Adrienne, my beloved wife pregnant, I totally lost the plot. I pulled my family back and shouted at the top of my voice, so that practically the whole of the street stopped and looked at me, "You f**king b*****d, we've got a kid here". And with that, gave the side of his car a massive kick, leaving a rather large dent in the side of it. I had no idea that I could have made so much damage with the base of my foot while only wearing a pair of jandles/thongs/sandals. Adrienne said the guy looked petrified as he drove off. I can't remember what he looked like, as I was too busy writing his registration number into my phone. Adrienne reckons the damage to his car and the fright that he got was enough, and that calling the Police was not necessary. She's even banned me from waiting for him to drive the same route and do some more damage, which is of course the right advice from her.

Anyway, seconds after the incident, Jarvis started making a kicking motion and screaming "Arrrr...kick car", to which Adrienne said, "Jarvis, Dah just got a little angry with that man for nearly knocking us over", and Jarvis replied "Dah kick car, arrrrrr, Jarvis kick car too." So there you go, exactly what I said in my post about taking time to behave in front of our little people, as it was so the wrong thing to do.

In my defense, I think it was pent up frustration at having so many near misses because drivers here always run red lights, even the buses! Also selfish people parking in parent only parking spots, bikes running red lights when we are crossing and the general lack of respect for each other in the big city. I know that's a pretty lame defense, but it's all I have.

On the bright-side, Jarvis and I had a wonderful morning with Lisa and Oscar at The Entertainment Quarter, as we had them all to ourselves. Normally when we meet up, there's a big crowd, so you only get a snippet of conversation time with each person, however this morning I had some really long and stimulating talks with Lisa. She's just the coolest person I know and has such a wicked and sick sense of humour, it's a pleasure to spend time in her company. The boys are getting on so well too, which must be, as Lisa pointed out, an age thing. They played so well and enjoyed running around and Oscar is just the most considerate boy I've met, always sharing his food and toys, a real credit to his parents. I'm really looking forward to hanging with Lisa later in the year when we will both have beautiful babies, as Lisa, Michael and Oscar a a month behind us in pregnancy.

House Dad.