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   PID: CNet PRO 5.21b   
   This looks like an interesting echo. With BBS's of today, using network echoes   
   is a bit different in my mind, as it seems most boards I call all have the same   
    echoes, so I find myself dropping out of all the echoes, then going back and   
   joining different echoes on each board I'm on, so I'm not constantly being   
   bombarded with the same NEW messages on each board I call.   
      
   Anyways, being a dad for me came in a slightly different way. I met my wife   
   (now ex-wife) about 2 weeks before her son turned 16. I remember it took 5 or 6   
    dates before she'd let me meet him. He was a hockey goalie and an average   
   student with a couple of learning differences. We quickly bonded, and even   
   though his biological father was still in the area, he made it pretty evident   
   he didn't want to have much to do with him. It took him a while to stop calling   
    me Dave and start calling me Dad, but I have to say, that was a neat feeling.   
      
   My wife had gotten pregnant again about a year after having her son, but   
   because of complications in her pregnancy, she both lost the baby and lost her   
   ability to have any other biological children. I was alright with that, though,   
    and told her as much. We were both members of large families (she the oldest   
   of 5, and me the oldest of 4, although I also have an aunt that's 2 years   
   younger than I am, and growing up, she was like a sister to us). I had thought   
   we had the family we were gonna have, until 2 years after we married.   
      
      
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