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And it makes me want to cry.
Let me preface this with the following:
I am a softie. I cry at movies and like chick flics. I shop, cook and clean. I used to be tough, but my wife and daughters have worn me down over the years and now I am soft. Not less of a man, just gentle.
I met Tick's Wife and daughter 15 years ago. TW was (and still is) smoking hot, and TK1 (Ticks Kid 1) was almost 2 and cute as a button. Now she has grown up and is almost a woman. I fell in love with my wife and my daughter at the same time. (Surfah I know will be able to relate to this one for sure.)
As she is filling out her college applications it makes me feel like I am losing something permenantly. I am happy for her and proud that she is adult enough to know what she wants to be and wants to do, but sad for me that every day is another day closer to her not being around anymore. And it literally breaks my heart. It is something that I don't really let my wife talk about because it just gets me emotional and I am not ready to confront it yet.
Here is a list of the schools she has applied to so far:
BYU
BYU-H
BYU-I
CSU
UofU
USU
Weber St.
PLU
Cal State Bakersfield (only to appease dad)
As you can see...she is intent on spreading her wings and flying away and it is something in theory that I knew was going to happen but was never a reality I prepared for. And it makes me depressed. Bad.
She is going to make a great Psychologist some day. She has the grades and wit to get into any of the above schools, and they will be better for having her.
This sucks ass though. For those that have gone through this, and I know there are plenty (PAC has like 47 daughters), how did you handle it or what way did you find to cope? I have probably put on 10 lbs in the last 2 months as we have started this process because I cope by eating...
Let me preface this with the following:
I am a softie. I cry at movies and like chick flics. I shop, cook and clean. I used to be tough, but my wife and daughters have worn me down over the years and now I am soft. Not less of a man, just gentle.
I met Tick's Wife and daughter 15 years ago. TW was (and still is) smoking hot, and TK1 (Ticks Kid 1) was almost 2 and cute as a button. Now she has grown up and is almost a woman. I fell in love with my wife and my daughter at the same time. (Surfah I know will be able to relate to this one for sure.)
As she is filling out her college applications it makes me feel like I am losing something permenantly. I am happy for her and proud that she is adult enough to know what she wants to be and wants to do, but sad for me that every day is another day closer to her not being around anymore. And it literally breaks my heart. It is something that I don't really let my wife talk about because it just gets me emotional and I am not ready to confront it yet.
Here is a list of the schools she has applied to so far:
BYU
BYU-H
BYU-I
CSU
UofU
USU
Weber St.
PLU
Cal State Bakersfield (only to appease dad)
As you can see...she is intent on spreading her wings and flying away and it is something in theory that I knew was going to happen but was never a reality I prepared for. And it makes me depressed. Bad.
She is going to make a great Psychologist some day. She has the grades and wit to get into any of the above schools, and they will be better for having her.
This sucks ass though. For those that have gone through this, and I know there are plenty (PAC has like 47 daughters), how did you handle it or what way did you find to cope? I have probably put on 10 lbs in the last 2 months as we have started this process because I cope by eating...
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