Six Months to Get a Life by Ben Adams

Author:Ben Adams [Ben Adams]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781909477506
Publisher: Clink Street Publishing
Published: 2014-09-20T04:00:00+00:00

Saturday 28th June

After I wrote yesterday’s update, the kids and I slobbed out in front of the telly, scoffed too much chocolate and watched a film, because for the first night in ages there wasn’t any football on. I was thinking something Harry Potter-related but the kids are growing up. We watched Shaun of the Dead. I hated the film with a passion but it did remind me of a dispute between my ex and I when our own Sean was born. We agreed we would call our new baby Sean. Both of us liked the name. Sean was ill the day we were going to go and register his birth so I got the job of going to the registry office on my own. Sean Hope is actually registered as Shaun Hope because I didn’t know you could spell the name any other way. When she saw the birth certificate my ex didn’t speak to me for a week.

Jack and I have now come clean with each other about the women in our lives. He was texting away at the breakfast table. When I asked him who he was texting, he told me he would tell me if I told him who I went out with last Saturday night. Fair enough. I told him I met Amy and we had a nice evening and are planning to meet up again. He told me he had seen Lucy after school a couple of times. Their first get-together was for a hot chocolate and cookies in Centre Court shopping centre (her choice) and the second was a Burger King (my son the romantic’s choice).

Once Sean had polished off his cornflakes and left the flat to go to the park with his mates, Jack put on a very worried look and asked me what he should do if Lucy wants to kiss him.

Now I don’t know about other dads, but I have sometimes wondered if my son would ask me this sort of question. As I have previously pointed out, Jack is a real novice with the girls. Although we haven’t talked about it too much, I think he feels awkward around them (I know how he feels). I know some of the other kids of his age have had numerous girlfriends already and their dads have either been asked for advice or have just given it whether they have been asked or not. But this is my first time having a proper grown up conversation with Jack about this stuff. I felt as nervous as Jack looked. Strangely though, I also felt really pleased to be asked. At least someone thinks I know what I am talking about when it comes to matters connected to the opposite sex.

So, how to respond to Jack’s question of what he should do if Lucy wants to kiss him? A few answers ran through my mind, including:

a. Go and ask your mother;

b. Run a mile

c. Run two miles

d. Do you want to kiss her? If so, then give it a go.

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