{"id":206,"date":"2025-09-10T07:37:04","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T07:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/?p=206"},"modified":"2025-09-10T07:37:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T07:37:04","slug":"he-believed-titanic-was-a-toy-for-adults","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/?p=206","title":{"rendered":"He Believed \u201cTitanic\u201d Was a Toy for Adults"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"auto\">On my wife\u2019s birthday, I gifted her a <em>Titanic<\/em> DVD, thinking it was a romantic choice. Our three-year-old, Max, asked to watch it, but I said it was for grown-ups. At preschool, he announced, \u201cMommy and Daddy watch <em>Titanic<\/em> alone because it\u2019s for adults,\u201d sparking laughter and confusion. His teacher, amused, clarified it was the ship movie. My wife found it hilarious, but Max grew fascinated with the real <em>Titanic<\/em>, asking about its sinking and building ocean liners with Duplos.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">One night, Max said, \u201cYou and Mommy didn\u2019t see your iceberg,\u201d referring to his unexpected pregnancy. It hit hard\u2014we\u2019d been rushing through life, disconnected. That sparked an honest talk. We made changes: I cut work emails, she painted again, we prioritized walks and each other.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Max\u2019s curiosity evolved\u2014dinosaurs, volcanoes, then deeper questions about life. At nine, in Halifax, he studied a <em>Titanic<\/em> exhibit intensely, later watching the movie with us, noting, \u201cThey were too proud.\u201d He wrote, \u201cEven the largest ships need to be humble.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">By thirteen, Max mentored others, thanked me for staying, and studied psychology in college. At graduation, he gave us the same <em>Titanic<\/em> DVD with a note thanking us for steering through life\u2019s icebergs. We watched it, reflecting on our journey\u2014humble, connected, and grateful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On my wife\u2019s birthday, I gifted her a Titanic DVD, thinking it was a romantic choice. Our three-year-old, Max, asked to watch it, but I said it was for grown-ups. At preschool, he announced, \u201cMommy and Daddy watch Titanic alone because it\u2019s for adults,\u201d sparking laughter and confusion. His teacher, amused, clarified it was the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":207,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-10-093401.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=206"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":208,"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206\/revisions\/208"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifestorybuffering.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}