We finally had The Discussion after watching a documentary about Robert McNamara, who, like all Secretaries of State before and after, failed to see the wisdom in preparing for the fall. There were three issues: what I wanted, what she wanted, what we wanted. I offered to arm wrestle for it. Instead, we lit a candle and sat cross-legged on a fraction of our available thread count, while she hinted at a fulfillment I couldn’t even begin to imagine.
Sean Beaudoin recalls what it meant to decide to be a father in an essay over at The Millions.
