I was 30 when I learned and it took me five attempts! I was desperate to pass so I could get out and about with my daughters without having to depend on Ian all the time.
Just back from a choir tour to France and drafting something about that - I think that will be next, anyway. I’ve returned full of ideas!
Ah, cheers, mate. Great to hear you enjoyed it! I’m gonna have a deep dive into your posts this weekend. Thoroughly enjoyed the couple I’ve read so far.
Fantastic read, makes me wish I'd documented the birth of my daughter better. I did write about it but it has long since been digitally lost and my memory of it is now clouded by the years in between.
I do remember the midwife telling me to give my partner a back rub and my partner telling me to fuck off though. That, we still talk about.
Ha, you make some good points but I feel it may have irrecoverably damaged our relationship (no offence to any Helmuts out there...) Thanks for reading, Ros!
Loved this! Brought it all back.. all 26 years of it ago 😂 My farming husband brought the only thing into the hospital he thought he’d need; that week’s edition of Farmers Weekly!
Brilliant. I have just shared this with my son-in-law James, who will be going through all, or hopefully only some, of this, sometime in the next 3 weeks!
I'm yet to get my licence, my driving instructor replied "that's probably for the best" last time I quit so I don't have high hopes. Barry wouldn't like me, that's for sure.
Haha. Thanks, Wendy. Hopefully he will…
It took me 3 attempts and I was 29 but got there in the end!
Hope all well with you look forward to your next piece.
I was 30 when I learned and it took me five attempts! I was desperate to pass so I could get out and about with my daughters without having to depend on Ian all the time.
Just back from a choir tour to France and drafting something about that - I think that will be next, anyway. I’ve returned full of ideas!
Brought back some memories, Andy. Thanks for re-sharing. I love the dialogue.
Thanks, Kate - really appreciate it!
That was brilliant! You had me swallowing down chuckles next to my sleeping girlfriend
Ah, cheers, mate. Great to hear you enjoyed it! I’m gonna have a deep dive into your posts this weekend. Thoroughly enjoyed the couple I’ve read so far.
Fantastic read, makes me wish I'd documented the birth of my daughter better. I did write about it but it has long since been digitally lost and my memory of it is now clouded by the years in between.
I do remember the midwife telling me to give my partner a back rub and my partner telling me to fuck off though. That, we still talk about.
😂 Not just me then?! Lesson learned, I didn’t back rub with our second baby.
Thanks for reading, Mark!
Haha me neither, I'm still weary even 10 years after!
Hilarious. Gave me flashbacks but lightened some of the more *traumatic* recollections I had of my wife and I’s experience 😅
Ha, thanks, man. Glad you enjoyed it!
Should’ve called him Helmut. A life time of laughter for you. Resilience training for him. What’s not to love?
Ha, you make some good points but I feel it may have irrecoverably damaged our relationship (no offence to any Helmuts out there...) Thanks for reading, Ros!
Loved this! Brought it all back.. all 26 years of it ago 😂 My farming husband brought the only thing into the hospital he thought he’d need; that week’s edition of Farmers Weekly!
just lovely x and quite beautifully written; just as is without artifice or bullshit shame. Lovely.
Thank you, Cherry - very kind!
Funny and tender, Andy. At some point your son will thank you for writing this. Maybe.
Your mind-reading driving instructor, Barry, sounds a right one! Hilarious. (But you passed your test, so he must have been doing something right.)
Brilliant. I have just shared this with my son-in-law James, who will be going through all, or hopefully only some, of this, sometime in the next 3 weeks!
Thank you, Sarah. Glad you enjoyed it. Congratulations (and good luck to your son-in-law) on the impending new arrival!
Loved reading a birth story from the other side.
I'm yet to get my licence, my driving instructor replied "that's probably for the best" last time I quit so I don't have high hopes. Barry wouldn't like me, that's for sure.
Love to Helmut and all the fam