Talking to Chandler about the birds, bees, and other things
In this installment of “Father Knows Best?” I will have heart-to-heart talk with Dr. Rod from www.thenormalmale.wordpress.com.
Ok Nate…here goes…you and I are a bit different…you funny…me a tad serious….Have you thought of how you are going to have serious conversations with your son when he is older without comedy? I ask because so many boys are not used to heart-to-heart conversations with their dad’s and often atta-boys and comedy are used instead. Would love to know your thoughts on how you plan to balance comedy and friendship with fathering. Thanks
Dr. Rod
(photo by Paul Schmidt)
Alright Doc Rod (can I call you Doc Rod?), that’s a good question. I think the key to your question was the “without comedy” part. You see D-Rod, there’s not much I do in life that doesn’t involve comedy. I live my life as if it is one big sitcom. A good example of this is that I wear pretty much the same outfit everyday. And whenever I come up with a clever zinger I look right into the camera and give my best smile.
I’m not sure how serious I’ll ever be. When I have heart to heart talks with Chandler, I think they will have the same tone as the movie City Slickers. Remember that movie? It had a great message. In the end you learned a valuable lesson. But along the way you sure had a lot of laughs. That’s how I want my talks to go. Also, I’d like Billy Crystal to give the talks for me.
When I think back to my childhood, I don’t remember having the cliche’ father-son talks. I never learned about the birds and the bees, and my father never talked to me about sex either (ZING! And now I’m looking into the camera). Somehow I turned out all right. Well, maybe not all right. But at the very least, alright.
But I don’t want you to worry, Doc Rod. I know how important it is for young boys to learn how to express their emotions. If there is one thing I am good at it’s expressing my emotions. I’ll cry about just about anything. Paper cuts send me into hysterics and yesterday I found an episode of My Little Pony on Youtube that had me weeping for hours.
Are my son and I going to have good heart to heart talks? I think so. Are they going to be completely devoid of jokes. Doubtful. But don’t worry DRod, I think my son will turn out to be alright.
