At some point during almost every dinner or night out, the conversation turns to the same question. Someone leans in with a smile and says: “So… have you and Sam thought about having kids?”
It’s never asked in a nosy way. People are genuinely curious. But ever since we got married almost two years ago, it seems to be the question that comes up more than any other.
The honest answer is that our lives are already pretty full in ways that sometimes feel a bit like parenting – just without the school runs, packed lunches and tantrums.
When Sam and I talk about it, we always agree on one thing: we’d probably be really good at it. We’re both proud godfathers and uncles, and Sam is particularly brilliant with kids. He has this rare ability to drop straight into their world. He’s playful, he makes them laugh and somehow manages to hold the attention of even the most chaotic child.
Everyone knows that if Uncle Sam is coming over, it’s going to be a good day.
I love watching him with his nephews and godchildren – sometimes without him even realising. They absolutely adore him and are always asking when Uncle Sam is coming round next. Seeing that makes it very easy for me to imagine what he’d be like as a dad. In fact, I’m usually the one saying to him: “You know you’d be excellent at this.”
There are already plenty of kids in our orbit, so there’s no shortage of birthday parties, chaotic family weekends and holidays with friends and their children.
My best friend Fraser has two girls and we’ve been on holiday with them before, which is always brilliant. Sam’s sister has three boys and we’ve had holidays with them too.
Then there’s Sam’s best friend Josh and his wife, who somehow manage life with three boys of their own. They all absolutely adore Sam – and now, thankfully, seem to quite like me too. I really love it because obviously they didn’t know me before I met Sam, but now they’ll grab my hand and feel safe with me.
But honestly, I don’t know how their parents do it. Three boys and two busy careers – it’s amazing, but it also looks exhausting.
At the moment we have what feels like the best of both worlds. We get to be the fun uncles, fully involved in their lives, before heading home to a quieter house at the end of the day – where our dog Teddy is absolutely convinced he’s the most important member of the family.
Apparently my niece told a friend in the car recently: “I love Uncle Scott – he always gets the best Christmas presents.” I feel like that’s exactly the reputation you want as an uncle.
The other reality is that my career is at a really important stage right now. Two years ago I had no idea I’d be setting a 4am alarm to host the Radio 2 Breakfast Show. Life throws these twists and turns at you and you never quite know what’s coming next.
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People sometimes assume that doing breakfast radio means you’re finished by mid-morning and that your day is done. And sometimes that is true, although I’m very hands on with the show so we all band ideas back and forth all day on our phones. The job actually involves a lot of travel, extra recordings, other projects and last-minute schedule changes that people don’t see.
Even organising life with Teddy can feel like a military operation sometimes, so adding children into an already unpredictable routine would be a huge change.
Who knows what the future holds – but for now we’re very happy being the best uncles we can be, getting all the joy, noise and laughter from the children in our lives, before heading home to a quiet house where Teddy is the centre of the universe. Which he already knows of course.
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