I’d argue most problems with society would be solved if you keep letting them fall down for another 14-20 yearsQuote:
Originally Posted by ExtraSlow
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I’d argue most problems with society would be solved if you keep letting them fall down for another 14-20 yearsQuote:
Originally Posted by ExtraSlow
Other than the fact he was on concrete steps, I agree, let them fall
Or 75 yearsQuote:
Originally Posted by killramos
Help, I've fallen and I can't get upQuote:
Originally Posted by Buster
Suzuka 2015 for me and our 3rd. I ended up not going just in case and gave my ticket away. I would've made it back with time to spare haha, kid was born 6 days after. Wasn't worth the risk of missing that moment.Quote:
Originally Posted by shakalaka
If you need someone to give the ticket to, you have my number.
@shakalaka
You know you have to keep your kid for longer than six months, right?
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Originally Posted by Buster
You are certifiably insane if you don't cancel that. I'm not kidding. Considering the past complications and even the best case scenario is you get to hear about "how he skipped town right before the big day"... for decades.Quote:
Originally Posted by shakalaka
Don't be poor and cancel that.
Dad's biggest responsibility during pregnancy and the first 6-12 months of the baby's life is to the mother.
Being away this close is a very bad idea even if the baby doesn't come early.
This is a time when your relationship with the mother can get stronger if you work at it.
Wow you guys are making me feel like shit, lol. My wife doesn't even care and is planning to stay with her parents during that weekend. But maybe I will talk with her again to ascertain what she truly feels.
"Oh, I'm fine with it. You do whatever, Honey! I won't hold this against you until the end of time."Quote:
Originally Posted by shakalaka
- every human female ever
Don't ask, cancel it and tell her she is your main priority no matter what.
This x(infinity).Quote:
Originally Posted by ExtraSlow
Easiest decision of 2023.
You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to ExtraSlow again.
Definitely cancel. 0 debate.
Even if the baby doesn’t come, if you aren’t there to take her to the hospital during scares and little medical problems ( which always come up) you are fuck.
YesQuote:
Originally Posted by ThePenIsMightier
Think this is how every car purchase talk goes? :rofl:Quote:
Originally Posted by ThePenIsMightier
This is the right move.Quote:
Originally Posted by ExtraSlow
Shak - no matter how well prepared you think you two are, or how level headed your wife is, or how much family support she has, there's nothing that actually prepares you for the birth of your first child and the time leading right up to it. You're far enough out that it's unlikely that anything major will happen, but it's such an uncertain time, especially for the mother, that you really need to be there.
It's hard to comprehend, but there will never be the same feeling of it just being the two of you after you have your first kid... I was lucky in that I was able to take about a month off before my first was born and looking back, it was honestly the best time I spent with my wife... Do what you can now to make the most of this time... After you've been through the first, everything is so much less uncertain and - can't find the right word - easier, that you can feel ok being away closer to the birth of the next one (I was in the US about a week before the birth of two of my others). But for #1, especially in hindsight, no way... Enjoy these times.
+1 for cancel. When my wife was pregnant with our first, I was still travelling a shitload for work. We weren't even close, like month 7 or 8 (I can't remember exactly), and I was out of town for work one night and she called me because one of our dogs got under her feet, she tripped and fell and landed on her stomach/face. Her brother had to come to take her to the hospital, and I felt awful. She ended up being fine, but that was an absolutely miserable experience for me (and her, I suppose :rofl: ).
And fwiw, it was totally a freak accident. My dogs rarely get in the way, my wife is fit/athletic. Weird shit happens when women are pregnant, and it's a good idea to be around for when (not if) something happens.
I've been hearing about how my dad wasn't there for my younger brother's birth for 42 years... that shit doesn't go away.
You may also find you won't be able to enjoy the event properly worrying about your wife and baby-to-be, or at least now you won't be able to thanks to Beyond haha. But I agree, canceling is the right move.
ordering up a black baby is another problemQuote:
Originally Posted by schurchill39
It involves an awkward conversation with your wife and a dude named Darnell or Tyrone.