Do I know you? (a post by Stephen)

It's funny to me that ever since I announced that we were expecting our first child to my colleagues, I seem to have ceased to exist.

What I mean is that people will see me in the hall and the first words out of their mouths are "How is your wife doing?" Not "Hey, Trammell, how ya been?" Or "Hey Stephen, want to grab lunch?" Or maybe "Stephen, we're promoting you." No, it's "How's your wife doing?" In fact, if my memory serves me correctly, some people who talk to me now haven't said more than a couple words to me in the past.

So actually, maybe my the fact that I don't matter anymore is all a good thing in the end. I'm networking and I don't even know it.