For those who know me

Mcrow · May 07, 2007, 08:41:57 AM

The Gods have played cruel joke on the world and has allowed me to reproduce.

That's right, I'm gonna be a daddy!

The baby should arrive in early December.

Woot! My wife and I are very excited.

Zachary The First · May 07, 2007, 09:35:48 AM

Hey, that's wonderful! Congrats to your and your wife!

So, are you wanting a boy, girl, or just healthy?

Mcrow · May 07, 2007, 09:37:50 AM

Quote from: Zachary The FirstHey, that's wonderful! Congrats to your and your wife!

So, are you wanting a boy, girl, or just healthy?

I'll be just as happy either way.

Though I fear what a teenage girl might do, some day, to my mental health. :haw:

jrients · May 07, 2007, 10:00:43 AM

Congratulations!

Mcrow · May 07, 2007, 10:02:43 AM

Quote from: jrientsCongratulations!

Thanks Jeff.

Silverlion · May 07, 2007, 10:56:31 AM

Congrats! Many happy returns as it were on that GIFT

*LOL*

HinterWelt · May 07, 2007, 11:13:47 AM

You know, I was thinking, besides Aragorn and Arwen, Eomer and Eowyn are also unclaimed names...baby naming advice....hmm, maybe you should just write me off.

Congrats! and remember, the Epidural is your friend.

Bill

Dr Rotwang! · May 07, 2007, 11:20:23 AM

Haikeeba! Congratulations. Parenthood is a wilder adventure than any Encounter Critical module ever was.

Or. Umn. Wasn't.

James J Skach · May 07, 2007, 11:20:31 AM

Well, I don't know you personally, but I thought I'd pass along two things:

Congrats - they change your life in so many unexpected ways, but it's amazing.
Don't fear the teenage girl - fear the teenage boy. The girl will have you wrapped around her figner by 5 anyway (and that's if she's taking her time in the process, otherwise it will be much sooner), so there's nothing you can do. The boy will be a completely different story...

Your moves will vary so this advice is meaningless...

Congrats - good luck!

Mcrow · May 07, 2007, 11:20:33 AM

Quote from: HinterWeltYou know, I was thinking, besides Aragorn and Arwen, Eomer and Eowyn are also unclaimed names...baby naming advice....hmm, maybe you should just write me off.

I'd love to give the baby a super geeky gamer name but Kim won't have any part of it. She's not a geek like us, but I think I got her interested in the Sci-fi channel.

QuoteCongrats! and remember, the Epidural is your friend.

Bill

Thanks Bill.

droog · May 07, 2007, 11:21:45 AM

Mcrow · May 07, 2007, 11:24:17 AM

Quote from: James J Skach
Don't fear the teenage girl - fear the teenage boy. The girl will have you wrapped around her figner by 5 anyway (and that's if she's taking her time in the process, otherwise it will be much sooner), so there's nothing you can do. The boy will be a completely different story...
Your moves will vary so this advice is meaningless...

Congrats - good luck!

Thanks James. I fear a teenage girl more for 3 reasons:

#1: as you said she would have me wrapped around her finger very early on.

#2: In know what being a teenage boy was like, I have no idea what it would be like for her.

#3: I know what teenage boys think about teenage girls. Good thing I already have guns.

James J Skach · May 07, 2007, 11:34:50 AM

Yeah - that's the old joke. If I have a boy, I only have to worry about one penis. If I have a girl, I have to worry about all the rest...

I know what it's like to be a teenage boy, too

The problem is, we don't know what it's like to be the father of a teenage boy! :pundit:

Have no specific fear, just a kind of general sense of unease. That way, you're covered. Ten fingers, ten toes - all the rest will work itself out.

Bradford C. Walker · May 07, 2007, 07:52:24 PM

Congratulations Mcrow.

I have no useful advice about raising children (yet) that hasn't been given. So, I give this instead, based on my observations of the men in my life as they did as you've done: you are about to die; the man that rises will not be at all recognizable to you are you are now, for fatherhood never fails to transform a man into something that his prior self would believe to be possible. Don't be surprised to see yourself embracing ideas, ideologies, or other things for love of your child that previously would've been anathema to you, and then claim it being a result of maturity. (You'll likely be right in the latter part.) Few things remake a man like becoming a father.

Dr Rotwang! · May 07, 2007, 07:56:05 PM

Quote from: Mcrow#3: I know what teenage boys think about teenage girls. Good thing I already have guns.

I have no firearms, but I'm giving science 12 years to make with the affordable fusion rifles.