Twenty-two years ago I made a couple posts detailing the issues surrounding my (Liam 58M) Wife’s (Jennifer 58F) pregnancy. Since I doubt anyone remembers, the short of it was we gave each other “Hall Passes.” My wife used hers, and was having sex with me around that time. Her birth control failed and she became pregnant.
We were torn about what to do, were always keeping the baby, but knowing it was possibly another Man’s child caused us quite a bit of heartache. Ultimately we decided to not get a paternity test and just raise our daughter together. Our daughter (Willow 22F) is a senior in college now.
She always comes home on extended breaks and over the summer, which is easy because her university is only about an hour from here (It’s the same one we graduated from). She is fantastic young woman with a bright future. This year she asked if she could bring her boyfriend (Woody 20M) of the last 9 months home with her.
We agreed. The night they got home we had a big dinner made for them. It was going along really nicely, and we were getting to know Woody.
He seemed like a really good kid. He was actually from Oregon. His grandparents lived near the university, as this is where his Mom and Dad were originally from.
He came to college here because it’s where his Dad went and to be around his grandparents. He was asking us questions too, and it was good until he asked my wife where she worked at and what she did. When she told him he said, “Oh cool, that’s what my Dad does.” Woody then proceeded to tell her that his Dad actually interned at my wife’s company before getting a job at their rival.
Then he got promoted and sent out to Oregon. I watched as my wife got noticably alert during this conversation, and then it hit me like a truck. I luckily did not fall over or blurt anything out.
My wife then said, “Woody, is that a nickname or were you named after the actor?” He chuckled, “Sort of, it’s my last name, Woodson, my first name is actually Josh, but my friends have called me Woody since middle school because, you know, when you’re 12 that’s hilarious, I just embrace it.” My wife was starting to sweat, “And can I ask, what was your dad’s name, maybe I remember him.” Woody, “Wesley Woodson, most people call him Wes though.”
I wanted to pass out. But we played it cool, Willow did ask if something was wrong but we said no, and changed the subject. They wanted to play Mario Party 30 with us, so we did.
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