A couple of weekends ago, while consuming wings from Zaxby's and Pepperoni Pizza from a local restaurant during a a getaway with some of my close friends, I came across a troubling discovery.
Jamal ... you're getting older.
While in the past, a getway like this with the fellows would have revolved around talking about women we were interested in or potential career moves - this one was anything but. We discussed marriage - its very intricacies ... the pluses and minuses of it all, if you will.
This is a far cry from the kind of talk we use to have before the big M word (marriage) entered into our lives. Oh what a difference a spouse can make.
For six years, I have been married and most recently children have entered into the equation. Since then my taste in music has gone from listening to Wu-Tang Clan, to singing the Doodle Bops get on the Bus song with my lovely daughter Grace.
Instead of endlessly walking the mall looking for a potential date (hey it was much cheaper than going to the club), I now come home to my loving wife every night after a long hard day of work.
What's so amazing is that you never see the change coming. You just wake up one day and those fast days of college partying and hanging out trying to be cool and up on all the latest pop culture trends, seem to fade away under the never-ending responsibilities of being a husband and a father.
Now don't get me wrong, the weekend was awesome - but those days that use to occur nearly all the time in dormitory halls and in apartment rooms sprawled all across the Southeast - have faded and aren't the norm. A brief look to the past, as I constantly look forward.
For those of you who are unfamiliar with the Doodlebops Get on the Bus Song, I've included it below.
Jamal ... you're getting older.
While in the past, a getway like this with the fellows would have revolved around talking about women we were interested in or potential career moves - this one was anything but. We discussed marriage - its very intricacies ... the pluses and minuses of it all, if you will.
This is a far cry from the kind of talk we use to have before the big M word (marriage) entered into our lives. Oh what a difference a spouse can make.
For six years, I have been married and most recently children have entered into the equation. Since then my taste in music has gone from listening to Wu-Tang Clan, to singing the Doodle Bops get on the Bus song with my lovely daughter Grace.
Instead of endlessly walking the mall looking for a potential date (hey it was much cheaper than going to the club), I now come home to my loving wife every night after a long hard day of work.
What's so amazing is that you never see the change coming. You just wake up one day and those fast days of college partying and hanging out trying to be cool and up on all the latest pop culture trends, seem to fade away under the never-ending responsibilities of being a husband and a father.
Now don't get me wrong, the weekend was awesome - but those days that use to occur nearly all the time in dormitory halls and in apartment rooms sprawled all across the Southeast - have faded and aren't the norm. A brief look to the past, as I constantly look forward.
For those of you who are unfamiliar with the Doodlebops Get on the Bus Song, I've included it below.
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