{"id":8662,"date":"2005-02-25T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-02-25T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/02\/25\/obsession\/"},"modified":"2005-04-10T01:16:36","modified_gmt":"2005-04-09T22:16:36","slug":"obsession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2005\/02\/25\/obsession\/","title":{"rendered":"Obsession"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>I am getting obsessed with my son.  Yesterday I was looking at him straight for four hours.  Today I did so for almost twelve.  He was asleep most of this time, but I couldn&#8217;t take my eyes off him.  Every time I blink I feel guilty for missing the moment of his life.  In the evening I started worrying a bit that my behavior is not normal, but one of my friends with few kids&#8217; experience told me that its totally normal and traditional. He also said that it will get worse.  I suspect that he is right, because more I look at Maxim, more I want to look.<\/p>\n<p>If you need an analogy to understand what I feel, try remembering the most picturous sunset that you have ever seen (you did see one, didn&#8217;t you?).  Do you remember how beautiful it was?  Do you remeber how you stopped whatever you have been doing trying to see it all and not miss  a bit?  Now freeze the time.  That is approximately how I feel&#8230;<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>I am getting obsessed with my son. Yesterday I was looking at him straight for four hours. Today I did so for almost twelve. He was asleep most of this time, but I couldn&#8217;t take my eyes off him. Every time I blink I feel guilty for missing the moment of his life. 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