Across my 4 daughters, I have never gotten this right…It’s always hard to come up with exactly the right thing to say when your wife tells you she’s pregnant. I have no idea what those perfect words are. I can, however, offer up some lessons learned on what not to say.
- Are you sure?
- What now?
- Shit.
- How are we going to pay for that?
- You’re not even fat yet.
- How did this happen?
- I hope it’s a boy.
- I need to get some air.
- Is it mine?
- (*Nothing*)
Did I miss any?
I would add:
11. Again?
12. Well, that explains the moodiness….
Okay, I could keep going.. and did! This was fun… I added more things to say to your wife when she’s pregnant on my site… I give you full credit for this fun idea
Hmm, I’ve heard at least 2 of these.
As a dad of 5 and a newborn i would start out with…
Not again.
ANd of course… you know what causes that right?
lol
What about
I’ll be back in a minute
“I thought you might be, you look fatter than usual”
ill!
Oh Great ( while rolling your eyes)! My honest response when my overly critical, I can do anything you can do better, women should only breastfeed, epidurals are for whimps and bad for baby, day care means you don’t love your kid, I know it all cause I have been a mom for 1 year, Sister in law told me the “great” news. Only because I can’t stand her any other day of the week but when she is pregnant she is extra special!!!
How about I don’t care…honest response when a family member told her mom she was pregnant with #6 by baby daddy #6.
“oh, ok”
Haha. My husband told me this when I found out I was pregnant. I was like, “Is that all you have to say?”
haha, my husband said this too.
My ex-husband said the following (as I am so excited to tell him the news), “So, you got yourself knocked up.”
2nd Pregnancy – while I am in labor: “Do you mind if I go drinking…?”
Notice “ex.” And, I was dumb enough to procreate with this idiot twice, of course, I am the idiot who chose this character as a father to my children (whom he barely “fathered” during their childhood. Sad.
I would add:
1. Oh…. I just lost my job.
and
2. Go back to sleep…
Yes, really. Not the reaction I’d hoped to receive, either go-round.
Here are some I let fall out of my mouth.
1. ” I do not see the second red line”, from a pregnancy test.
2. ” Yes, Big Boobs again”
3. ” I guess there will be no more sex for a while”
I did say one thing I really regret, I told her that what she was sitting on was’nt “wieght tested”
that comment comes back to haunt me all the time.
Okay, cool.
How’d THAT happen?? (which is what I said with my third)
“No one’s said that to me since high school.”
and
“I guess your last business trip was successful.”
“We’ll see what the doctor says.” – Yup, that’s what my husband said.