Greetings, everyone.
I intentionally chose this title to start with, because being a father-in-law is, in reality, a high-risk job, and it comes at a price: your peace of mind.
Being a father-in-law isn't a problem in itself. The problem arises when you're a father-in-law and your daughter-in-law is wonderful, but your son is a lost cause 馃槄.
That's precisely my situation. My son is wonderful. Every father would say that, I know. In my case, it's the truth. I am very proud of everything my son has achieved in life, both in Cuba and in Spain.
Ah, but his adolescence in Cuba was anything but peaceful. My son is an attractive young man, and he has a gift for gab; he dances very well, and, much to my dismay, many women love that.
He wasn't one to have several women at once; we never taught him that. But he didn't deny them his attention either.
When I thought one of them was going to win him over, when I thought I was finally going to have my daughter-in-law, well, I was wrong.
He had several relationships with wonderful girls who loved my wife and me, but he was always out of touch with reality. He was always doing something crazy, like going away for a weekend to play soccer in another province, or to an electronic music festival, or something, but always without his girlfriend.
And that's when I faced the dilemma of whether to tell her or protect my son. I don't think there's a right or wrong answer in these situations. Either way, he'd always end up worse off.
Therefore, I decided to be as uninvolved in his relationships as possible. I decided to stay as far away as possible and give him complete independence.
In the end, that was just a teenage phase. He's matured now and settled down with a wonderful girl. He's lucky to find such great girls. He chooses them well.
That's the good thing about the passage of time: everything passes.
En espa帽ol
Saludos, estimados.
Quise comenzar con este t铆tulo con toda la intenci贸n del mundo, ya que ser suegro es, en realidad, un trabajo de alto riesgo y se paga con tu tranquilidad espiritual.
Ser suegro no es un problema en s铆. El problema radica cuando eres suegro y tu nuera es maravillosa, pero tu hijo es un caso perdido 馃槄.
Ese es precisamente mi caso. Mi hijo es maravilloso. Todo padre dir铆a eso, lo s茅. En mi caso es la realidad. Yo estoy muy orgulloso de todo lo que ha conseguido mi hijo en la vida, tanto en Cuba como en Espa帽a.
Ah, pero esa adolescencia en Cuba fue cualquier cosa menos tranquila. Mi hijo es un muchacho atractivo y 茅l tiene el don del habla, baila muy bien y, para mi dolor de cabeza, eso le encanta a muchas mujeres.
脡l no era de tener varias a la vez, nunca lo ense帽amos a eso. Pero tampoco les negaba sus atenciones.
Cuando cre铆a que una iba a conquistarlo, cuando pensaba que ya iba a tener mi nuera, pues me equivocaba.
Tuvo varias relaciones, con muchachas buen铆simas y que nos quer铆an a mi mujer y a m铆, pero 茅l en su cabeza por las nubes, siempre hac铆a alguna locura, como irse un fin de semana a jugar f煤tbol en otra provincia, o a un festival de m煤sica electr贸nica, o algo, pero sin su novia.
Y ah铆 entraba en el dilema de si decirle a ella o cubrir a mi hijo. No creo que haya una decisi贸n correcta o incorrecta en estos casos. De cualquier manera, siempre terminar铆a mal parado.
Por tanto, yo decid铆 participar lo menos posible en sus relaciones. Decid铆 mantenerme lo m谩s alejado posible y darle total independencia.
Al final, aquello fue una etapa adolescente. Ya madur贸 y asent贸 cabeza con una muchacha buen铆sima. Tiene suerte para encontrar muchachas muy buenas. Las elige bien.
Eso es lo bueno del paso de los a帽os: todo pasa.
