Rules For Prospective Fathers OR How NOT to Piss Off Your Wife

HA! If you read the title and assumed I was gonna say something insightful, well you're just WRONG!

Well, I figured it's been long enough, I might as well post something. Becky told me it's my job to be the 'funny one' in the blog, so I figured I'd try.

For those who haven't heard it, the story of Becky informing me she was pregnant is just another in a long line of classic Becky and James stories. It goes a little something like this....

*AHEM*

It was a dark and stormy night....well, actually it was just a Wednesday night, forgive me for taking a few liberties with the story. Becky got home from work, we talked about our days, the usual "Hi how are you, how was your day?" routine. At some point during this riveting conversation about our days (believe me, it was gripping) Beck needed to go 'freshen up', shall we say. She was gone for quite a while, and when she came back to the living room, she didn't seem to be quite as happy as she had when she'd left. Being the wonderfully sensitive man that I am (no comments, please), I asked her if everything was alright. She said she was fine, but we all know what "I'm fine" means. So I doggedly continued asking, and finally got her to tell me she had taken an Early Pregnancy Test, but was absolutely certain that the results showed she was not pregnant. After checking the little stick thingamajigger, there were two lines showing on it, but the second was much much lighter than the first. It was at this point, I did something which may well cost me my membership in the International Brotherhood of Men, but threw Becky for a loop...........

I read the directions.

Turns out, second or third sentence in the directions distinctly says "Second line may be lighter than the first".

(Stunned silence)

So anywho, we're pregnant! I'm pretty sure I've thoroughly annoyed Becky by now, every evening I have to ask her at least 10 times if there's anything I can get for her, bugging her about taking her pre-natal vitamins (she is, I'm just paranoid), and just generally being a pest. Oh, and the baby (currently named Coffee Bean) and I have little chats every night, this is probably the only time in the kid's life where I'll have such a captive audience!

That's all for now, more to come. Stay tuned!