This is what Fatherhood Means ? slightly_grumpy - My Telegraph

May 24th, 2012 22:01

This is what Fatherhood Means

Frightfully bad form to put another piece on the front page when an earlier one is still there, but I do have to tell you what I have been up to for the last few hours. Please forgive me.

My youngest came back from school saying his housemaster had said any boy whose shoes were not perfectly clean tomorrow would be kept in for an hour. I rose to the occasion. I have devoted several hours to polishing his shoes (and his older brother?s even though the older boy?s housemaster is not so obsessive).

I remember a family friend (he was quite a distinguished Tory MP) telling me about how he used to creep up to his 23 year old son?s bedroom late at night, find his shoes and then polish them. He was convinced the lad would never succeed as a barrister unless his shoes were very shiny. The boy is now a very successful QC.

I may not be very good at the maths homework, but I can polish shoes.

Charles

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