Featured Father #2

Anonymous
Assistant Director-Film Industry

1. How did you meet your partner/wife?

We met at work

2. What was your first feeling & thought when you found out that your partner was pregnant?

I found out via a picture text from my wife.  I remember having a miserable day at work up until that point.  As soon as I saw the photo an instant, permanent smile came on my face.  I guess overjoyed would be the best work to describe how I felt.

3. What was your reaction when you found out the gender of your child?

We do not know the gender as we are keeping it a surprise.

4. How did you come up with your child(ren) name(s)?

Since we are keeping the sex a surprise, we’ve come up with names for both genders.  If it is a boy, following tradition from my family where the Son is named after both Grandfathers.  If it is a Girl, we are naming after my wife’s Grandmother (as it is quite a unique name) and what the size of our child was in the womb when we found out.

5. How did you prepare yourself to become a father?

Aside from arranging to purchase all the gear and clothing associated with have your first child (which is a lot more than what most people think), I’ve been preparing by thinking about what kind of father I would like to be to my children by taking the good and bad experiences from my own childhood and folding that into what type of father I would like to be.  I guess we’ll see how that turns out, as a lot of people say that you pretty much end up being your parents (*Gulp*).

6. How do you balance your work and family life?

This is where I credit my wife as I work long, strange hours for extended periods of time.  Have an understanding partner with excellent communication helps my family life a great deal and alleviates a lot of stress and burden for me, thus allowing me to find great balance.

7. If you had a super power, what would it be?

I would say super intelligence.  Because then you can figure out/build the rest.

8. Word of advice to other fathers to be:

Don’t stress about trying to get everything perfect, you never will.  Be the best Dad you can be and everything will fall into place.