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<blockquote data-quote="Mercule" data-source="post: 2457129" data-attributes="member: 5100">Heh.&nbsp; I used to hate kids.&nbsp; I totally freaked myself out when we were touring the hospital in preparation for our first (not exacted a planned event).&nbsp; We walked by the nursery and I looked in and said, &quot;Hey, that's a cute baby girl.&quot;&nbsp; Let me be clear, in my 28 years (at the time), I'd never said anything that even remotely resembled that before -- usually just the opposite, in fact.&nbsp; After I'd picked my jaw up off the floor, I decided that such a comment probably meant that I was ready to be a dad, after all.&nbsp;My daughter will have her 5th birthday in less than two weeks and she's already one of my best friends.&nbsp; To be honest, I enjoy her company more than pretty much every adult I know, besides my wife.&nbsp; (That doesn't keep me from being a dad first, friend second, though.)&nbsp;As for getting kids into gaming, don't worry about it.&nbsp; It's a huge part of your life and it'll wear off on them.&nbsp; You can't do anything to stop it.&nbsp; We realized this about a year ago when my daughter called my wife into the living room one day.&nbsp; Mommy needed to give her a magic potion to &quot;raise&quot; (her word) her because the dragon had killed her.&nbsp;This from a three-year-old.&nbsp; We spend a fair amount of effort to keep her from blurring the line too much.&nbsp; We don't want her to freak out the other kids at school or anything.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mercule, post: 2457129, member: 5100"] Heh. I used to hate kids. I totally freaked myself out when we were touring the hospital in preparation for our first (not exacted a planned event). We walked by the nursery and I looked in and said, "Hey, that's a cute baby girl." Let me be clear, in my 28 years (at the time), I'd never said anything that even remotely resembled that before -- usually just the opposite, in fact. After I'd picked my jaw up off the floor, I decided that such a comment probably meant that I was ready to be a dad, after all. My daughter will have her 5th birthday in less than two weeks and she's already one of my best friends. To be honest, I enjoy her company more than pretty much [u]every[/u] adult I know, besides my wife. (That doesn't keep me from being a dad first, friend second, though.) As for getting kids into gaming, don't worry about it. It's a huge part of your life and it'll wear off on them. You can't do anything to stop it. We realized this about a year ago when my daughter called my wife into the living room one day. Mommy needed to give her a magic potion to "raise" (her word) her because the dragon had killed her. This from a three-year-old. We spend a fair amount of effort to keep her from blurring the line too much. We don't want her to freak out the other kids at school or anything. [/QUOTE]

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