A good friend and his wife are about to become parents for the first time. Thinking about it reminded me of this story from 13 years ago:
The year was 2004 and my wife had just delivered our first child and we were at the pediatrician’s office for her first doctor’s visit. The check-in nurse handed me a clipboard, asking me to fill out my new patient paperwork.
Patient name… address… insurance info… I filled out the form.
I got to “Father’s name” and instinctively filled in “Durga Agrawal” (my Dad’s name) and continued on, with a vague sense that I had made a mistake. And then a few seconds later:
“WAIT. A. SECOND. FATHER… THAT’S ME!?!?”