762x39 Posted March 13, 2021 Report Share Posted March 13, 2021 I dont know how many of you have daughters on here. Hug them every chance you get and tell them you love them. My little girl is getting married tonight and it is really hitting me hard. She had a baby 7 months ago and has lived on her own since before that. I love my future son, I couldn't have picked a better man for her to marry if I picked him myself. But for some reason today is hitting me hard, my baby girl is a woman and I is very hard to deal with. They have given me the most beautiful granddaughter, I love her so much, but it just bothers me looking back where has all the time went? I have so much to look forward to with Eden growing, but it makes me wonder if I did everything I could for my baby girl Autumn. I am gaining a great son, it is amazing if you consider everything that had to happen for them to meet and fall in love. My son Guy and his uncle Kevin are from Gabon Africa. Yes I have fighters named after them. Kevin has been in the US now for 10-15 years. He moved from Gabon to Paris to New York to Iowa then applied for a Supervisor Trainee job at my plant in Missouri, I hired him and we have become great friends I tell people he is my little brother. Kevin brought his mom over from Gabon and she is the most wonderful lady you could meet, he then helped Guy get over here from Gabon, Guy lived with his dad in Alabama for a few years when he first got here then ended up moving to Missouri with Kevin, well that's how him and Autumn met. I look at my baby girl Eden and cant help but think of how much planning God had to do to get her here. One of the first things I noticed about Guy is how much more family oriented he is than American kids his age. I couldn't be happier. I guess what I am getting at is every time you see your little girl hug her and tell her you love her. Make sure she knows dont just assume she does, tell her. If you dont one day you will blink and you will be walking her to give her away to someone else. I will try and get some pictures tonight to add to the post if I can figure out how to do it! 8 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwad12345 Posted March 13, 2021 Report Share Posted March 13, 2021 Very nice story Joe, thanks for sharing and congrats - this is a happy occasion. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mannetosen Posted March 13, 2021 Report Share Posted March 13, 2021 Congrats Joe, such a heartwarming story. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
762x39 Posted March 14, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2021 Thanks guys! I am still drunk I just got home and getting ready to sleep it off. I will try and figure out how to post some pictures tomorrow. But we all had a great time. Both families just joined like we have known each other forever. It is really an awesome experience. In a couple weeks Kevin is going to have us all over to his house for a dinner where we will all dress up in traditional African clothes and do their customary welcome into the family dinner. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJMitchell Posted March 14, 2021 Report Share Posted March 14, 2021 Congratulations! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xyel Posted March 14, 2021 Report Share Posted March 14, 2021 Congratulations! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
762x39 Posted March 14, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2021 Just a few of the pics, first is me and Guy, then the wedding arch I built for the wedding, then Guy and Autumn, and last my princess Eden Nadege. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjornmma1 Posted March 14, 2021 Report Share Posted March 14, 2021 Congrats Joe! ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HareRumpler Posted March 14, 2021 Report Share Posted March 14, 2021 Congratulations to the entire FAMILY Joe! I would have said both families, but clearly, it is now one big family! Enjoy the future and all the joy and happiness it brings. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barney Posted March 14, 2021 Report Share Posted March 14, 2021 Congrats, Joe! Great to see your family finding peace and happiness at such a weird and stressfull time. Wish the best for both families. Also, I'm just gonna leave this here cause it felt pretty much like your post. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizz81 Posted March 15, 2021 Report Share Posted March 15, 2021 Congrats Joe, I'm glad everything went nice and smooth! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monsieur.Camara Posted March 16, 2021 Report Share Posted March 16, 2021 Congrats Joe ! I got serious with my on and off (we've dated for almost 3 years) girlfriend during the pandemic and she (24) moved in with me late last year, it was very hard for her father to accept me even though I am extremely successful for someone my age (27), well traveled and very close to my family. I always thought he was just an uppity a-hole but it was really because he was afraid of "losing" his baby. I also don't believe in marriage so it was a hard sell lol We finally leveled during the holidays when I told him I wanted his blessing before we start trying for a baby. He is now like my best buddy lol , we actually have a ton in common my dad loves to come to our place watch UFC and he has started to join us. He drives all the way from Ottawa and they bring us traditional asian food. Tell Uncle Kevin his wife better make you fam some Fufu and Nyembwe Chicken or the wedding is off lol ! He will laugh. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
762x39 Posted March 16, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2021 3 minutes ago, Monsieur.Camara said: Congrats Joe ! I got serious with my on and off (we've dated for almost 3 years) girlfriend during the pandemic and she (24) moved in with me late last year, it was very hard for her father to accept me even though I am extremely successful for someone my age (27), well traveled and very close to my family. I always thought he was just an uppity a-hole but it was really because he was afraid of "losing" his baby. I also don't believe in marriage so it was a hard sell lol We finally leveled during the holidays when I told him I wanted his blessing before we start trying for a baby. He is now like my best buddy lol , we actually have a ton in common my dad loves to come to our place watch UFC and he has started to join us. He drives all the way from Ottawa and they bring us traditional asian food. Tell Uncle Kevin his wife better make you fam some Fufu and Nyembwe Chicken or the wedding is off lol ! He will laugh. That food looks good! But I didnt get fat from being picky! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monsieur.Camara Posted March 16, 2021 Report Share Posted March 16, 2021 Unlike most of Africa Gabonese hardly ever immigrate due to poverty. They are very educated and entrepreneurial, the only reason there is poverty in Gabon is because of bureaucracy and unbalance in oil wealth pyramid system. Their forests are among the richest in timber and a prime location for anthropologists. They are also very oil rich and even export uranium. Their food is not the typical african chicken dish buried on a mountain of onions and rice lol , they actually have incredible food with much much texture and their people are very beautiful with fine features like you see on your grand daughter. Buy a shotgun right MEOW, 2 actually, one for you and one for Guy Ludacris is married to a Gabonese beauty 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
762x39 Posted March 16, 2021 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2021 7 hours ago, Monsieur.Camara said: Unlike most of Africa Gabonese hardly ever immigrate due to poverty. They are very educated and entrepreneurial, the only reason there is poverty in Gabon is because of bureaucracy and unbalance in oil wealth pyramid system. Their forests are among the richest in timber and a prime location for anthropologists. They are also very oil rich and even export uranium. Their food is not the typical african chicken dish buried on a mountain of onions and rice lol , they actually have incredible food with much much texture and their people are very beautiful with fine features like you see on your grand daughter. Buy a shotgun right MEOW, 2 actually, one for you and one for Guy Ludacris is married to a Gabonese beauty The girl in the picture is very pretty. They had a lot of family at the wedding and he had several cousins that were there that were pretty. We catered in food, but his grandma Meme cooked a bunch. We had ox tail, goat, salt fish, fried fish, cassava, plantains. I love her cooking. I ate that instead of the catered food I paid for. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tetas Posted April 9, 2021 Report Share Posted April 9, 2021 Nigerians make the best african food and have the best afrobeats artist right now 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
762x39 Posted April 12, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2021 On 4/8/2021 at 11:03 PM, Tetas said: Nigerians make the best african food and have the best afrobeats artist right now I dont know the where the music is from that they listen to, but Guy always has music playing when I come over. It is in french so I always assumed Gabon. I dont understand the words but the music videos are always good with the girls dancing around! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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