Don’t Panic

Don't Panic

We all knew this might happen one day. We all knew the risks involved. We all understood the consequences.

There is no point assigning blame or pointing fingers now. It won’t help to bicker about whose fault it is. We’re all in this together now. Panicking won’t solve anything either no matter how easy it feels to give in to it. The important thing now is to remain calm. We can get through this if we just stick together.

Yes. We must remain calm and… and.. deal with this as responsible, mature adults. We just have to accept that it has happened because panicking will not change the fact that I, Invader Stu, am going to become a father.

Yes. You read it right. In just a few months (October in fact) I will be busy changing nappies and drinking enough caffeine to raise the dead.

I could not be more excited… absolutely terrified but excited.

Stuart

Stuart is an accident prone Englishman who has been living in the Netherlands since 2001. Even his move to the country was an unintentional accident, the result of replying to a cryptic job advertisement he found one day in a local British magazine. Since then he has learned to love the Dutch (so much so that he married one of them) and now calls the country home. He started the blog Invading Holland in 2006 as a place to share his strange stories of language misunderstandings, cultural confusions and his own accident prone nature.

34 Responses

  1. Fabio says:

    OMG STU!!!!!!!!! congratulations!!!!! and a big “in bocca al lupo”, you need it!! ;)

  2. mub says:

    Congratulations!!

  3. Jason says:

    Congrats to you and your wife!!!

  4. Lady in Red says:

    Awwww! Billions of congratulations!!! I’m so excited and happy for you that my eyes immediately filled up with tears lol I’m sure you’ll be an awesome dad :-)

  5. Alison says:

    Congrats to you both!

  6. Laura says:

    Again, congratulations! I’m so happy for you.

  7. Juliana says:

    yeeeeeeeey! Congratulations Stu, you’ll be the best and funnest dad ever! :)

  8. Brandon says:

    I can only assume that the cartoon version of Stu Jr., set to debut sometime in 2013, will also rock a huge Conan o’Brien-style orange mane.

    (congrats, man)

  9. Koen Havik says:

    Congrats!!! Looking forward to the “How to be a daddy(?)” blog.

  10. YAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!! :D Félicitations to you and your wife!

    I suddenly got an image of your T-Shirt shop selling some Invading Holland onesies, for those Dutch parents-to-be who want their kids to rock out in awesome style, ha ha.

    As for coffee that raises the dead: if needed, I will gladly send you a couple of packets of Cuban coffee. That’ll raise the dead AND make them dance to “Thriller.” :P

  11. Terri says:

    A little Stu…or Stuette…!!! How totally, wonderfully, amazingly cool for both of you..!! I can just imagine the postings to come…

  12. Wezz6400 says:

    Congratulations and good luck. :-)

  13. Unexpected Traveller says:

    Congratulations are in order. i see the Dutch are continuing with their nefarious plan to assimilate the rest of the human race and have found you to be a willing slave to their cause. Resistance, it would seem, was futile!

  14. Stuart Britton says:

    Congratulations to you both!

  15. Frieda says:

    Congratulations :)))

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