The Gay UK November 2015 Issue 16 | Page 61

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FATHERHOOD

About five years ago I
went on holiday to Benidorm. I
met a gay couple from
Berkshire, one of whom had
been a long term employee at
one of the world’s largest banks.
After a few nights we got very
drunk and started one of those
deep conversations about life.
Recounting his time at the bank
and his life since, he said ‘until
you’ve really encountered some
s**t, you don’t really appreciate
life’. His encounter was leaving
the bank he had worked for, for
15 years, during the recession.
It made me think about what I
really appreciate in life, the
proverbial that life had thrown
at me, if I really appreciated
what I had and what sort of
person I am. In the last issue I
asked, what does £1000 mean
to you, and now I ask, what sort
of person do you think you are
and what’s important to you?
My answer at the time, to
myself, was mul F