How To Tell The Kids

[A_goodman]

Dan,

I am still following you and Barcley. I just wanted to let you know that I think you’re doing great. It’s a little scary to see what might be in my future, but you guys are helping me see things that I will need hopefully slightly ahead of time. I’ve learned a lot from my own posting and also by watching others in the same boat.

I’m totally with you bro. Almost everything abut this sucks to one degree or another. But the couple of things that don’t are pretty cool. I like the high from working out. I miss that AND the results. When I met her, I was running 2 miles a day (in 14 flat) and playing racketball 4-5 times a week. I was hard. Of course I was 23 years old too. In 17 years of being fat dumb and happy I let myself become a gelatinous blob. Also, my relationship with my boys is even stronger. But I’m terrified about what this will do to them both short and long term. I think you said you would have chucked in the towel long ago but for your kids. I couldn’t agree more.

Anyway, didn’t mean to talk about me. Just wanted to commiserate with you. Happy anniversary tomorrow. Not being a smarta$$, just wanted you to hear it from somebody.