# Happy Fathers Day! Would you do it again?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-fathers-day-would-you-do-it-again/500472>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 21, 2009, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-fathers-day-would-you-do-it-again/500472 "2009-06-21T14:34:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-fathers-day-would-you-do-it-again/500472/21 "2009-06-22T18:46:12Z")

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> [@Jettboy](#):
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> A few years ago, when mi boyo was only 3, we went into the shop/studio of a sweet, wise old Ukrainian jeweler. In the course of our conversation, he asked how old my son was. I told him. He looked puzzled for a second, then asked how old _ **I** _ was. I told him, “Forty-three. My son was a gift for my middle age.” He smiled and said, “That’s the best gift a man can ever receive.”
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> And he was right.

I was reading my alumni magazine and some guy from the class of '62 has a new baby! Well, his wife had it, but still. :eek: My father, class of '65, just shakes his head.

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**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-fathers-day-would-you-do-it-again/500472/22 "2009-06-22T18:54:52Z")

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Good heavens, yes.

By coincidence, yesterday was not only Father’s Day, but the anniversary of the day I became a father, the day my son arrived off the plane from Korea. Which means [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=4724079&postcount=29) happened, twenty years ago today.

Twenty years? How did that happen?

Regards,  
Shodan

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**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-fathers-day-would-you-do-it-again/500472/23 "2009-06-22T19:00:35Z")

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My only regret is not starting sooner.

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**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2009, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-fathers-day-would-you-do-it-again/500472/24 "2009-06-22T20:13:02Z")

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No doubt about it – The Littlest Briston, while not sunshine and roses 100% of the time, still brings an unreal amount of joy and laughter into my life. I love that kid, and know my life would be poorer without her.

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**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-fathers-day-would-you-do-it-again/500472/25 "2009-06-23T00:37:41Z")

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Absolutely. They’re both grown now (and both in Europe, though the younger one wished me Happy Father’s Day on Skype.) They both turned out great. I’m not sure I’d want to do it all over again - but I do miss the snuggly baby phase.

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