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I'm a 33-year-old father and husband born and bred in Massachusetts. I have a beautiful son named Will, a gorgeous wife named MJ who is far too hot to have married me, a dog I love and two cats I put up with. I'm a smart-ass former newspaper reporter with a penchant for turning a phrase, who decided to go corporate and is now enjoying life as a content manager for a website.

This blog is not just another "daddy blog." Sure I write about my son, but these pages are a record of my life. I don't just highlight the fun milestones like first steps, I also chronicle the "other stuff." The fights, the torment and the doubt that inevitably come with being a husband and father. It's not always puppy dogs and rainbows, but it is very real. And often there is beauty in the sadness, redemption in the struggle.

Thank you for checking me out, giving me a try and sticking around for the journey. If you'd like to contact me you can email aaron_gouveia (at) yahoo (dot) com.

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The Bet

I was SURE the Celtics were going to beat the Lakers. I mean REALLY sure. So sure, in fact, I made a bet with J.R. at Sex & The Single Dad and Jack at Jack Be Nimble in which the loser had to paint his face in the opposing team’s colors and perform a song or cheer on camera and be humiliated across the Internet.

If you haven’t guessed yet, I am the loser.

Not only did my wife paint my face in the hated purple & gold colors of death, it seems my face is having a nasty little reaction after washing it off. Meanwhile my camerawoman/wife was questioning her choice of spouses as she wondered how the hell a sexy, successful woman like herself wound up painting her fat husband and watching him embarrass himself on camera for all to see. Truthfully, I wonder what the hell she’s doing with me too.

So here I am in all my awfulness. JR, Jack, I know you’ll have fun with this. That’s OK. I’ve steeled myself for the mockery. Enjoy yourselves fellas, you won:

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