In a pickle; my pregnant wife is due June 14th or Italy USA June 17th?

Maybe YOU should have thought about this 9 months ago.

Dumbass.

congrats.

 

A guy named after an anus said your wife had Weapons of Mass Sperm Destruction? And this faulty intelligence has gotten you into a jam that you won't ever live down?



Ok, I'm done with this thread.

Congrats, by the way!

 

OTE=PsychedelicCeltic]Maybe YOU should have thought about this 9 months ago.

Dumbass.

congrats.[/QUOTE]


hillarious

yes he should have thought 9 months ago

 

Well, don't feel bad. During my wife's labor for our second child, I slept on the hospital room couch with headphones on. She had an epidural, so what could I do? She was dozing off during labor, too. I woke up about twenty minutes before the birth.

I do remember that her water broke while she was walking to the bathroom. I leaned up from the couch and said, "Hey, make sure you clean that up. I'm in my socked feet."

She knew that I was just kidding.

 

YES BE THERE, your wife need you..

if i were pregnant woman (and my baby would be due world cup) , I think I would try to make my birth in soccer stadium, during Finale Game Germany.
The baby would get directly german soccer jersey. It would be the most famous baby in the world. Just joking around of course.

 

Some women give birth more than once.

 

You can have kids almost anytime, a World Cup being played in the country you live in is probably once in a lifetime!!!
Statistcally speaking, the odds of your child being born while the game is being played is just too small to justify not planning on going.

Lee (<--- 40 year old single guy)

 

Uh fid.... women can give birth more than once... you wouldn't want this post to end up in Fidlette's hands would you?

Sachin

 

You must really be confident CONCACAF will continue to get worse and worse.

Here's your best argument. Tell your wife you don't want to build resentment toward the child starting from the very first day. You're going to have to give up just about every grown up fun thing you like for the next twenty years, so you should be able to have this one last thing. You'll just be in the way at the birth any way.

It's worth a shot, but I won't guarantee it will work.

 

Does your wife have any medical problems which could force the need for induction? If you go into delivery thinking it will only be 8 hours you're setting yourself up for heartbreak if not insanity. If your wife is induced it is very possible she could be in for up to 24. My wife was induced on Tuesday the 17th our child was born on Thursday the 19th. 40 weeks is a nice "target" and most happen between 34 and 36, but things could take place that would necessitate an induction.

my 2 cents...... the birth of your child is worth 100 World Cup Wins.
Go ahead flame away folks.

 

No inductions! That's why the US has skyrocketing c-section rates and crappy neonatal outcomes and why Germany is a safer place to give birth than here!

Just have sex with her like crazy! It's the old fashioned way of inducing labor!

As a woman who traveled to Korea 5 months pregnant, I say your place is home with pregnant wife/new baby. You won't want to leave if baby does arrive early, and if he/she hasn't, the birth of your firstborn is one of the few things that trump soccer.

Now if you're tickets need a good home, we're looking for Italy tickets and will gladly give you all the advice we learn this year doing World Cup with a 3-1/2 year old!

 

Watch it on TV. Save the ticket for the rest of your life. Share this anecdote with your child when he/she grows up. Consider your not attending the world cup match as the first official "sacrifice" you'll make for your child. (Not that American offpsprings seem to appreciate this sort of shit; your ass will end up in a retirement home no matter what. Go ahead, tell me that I'm wrong.)

Well, above is what the "good guy" would do. Personally, if I were all that crazy for watching soccer matches LIVE (from the stadium) and I found myself in your situation... that baby would have to go fatherless during world cup matches. I'm pretty sure that my father wasn't next to my mother when I was born, but he was around when it meant the most to me. My parents have been together for over 30 years.

In all reality, though, you oughta let your love for your lady guide you. Then again, if she loves you thiiiiiiiiiiiis muuuuuuuuuuuuch, she could tell you to enjoy the soccer match and even promise you to never mention to your child that you weren't around for his/her birth. And if pictures are taken, just make sure there's a bright green background so that you can later interpose a picture of yourself.

 

No-one has mentioned the divorce option.


just an idea

 

It's great reading a four year old thread about a situation that lies ahead in the future (at the time the thread was created) but has since been resolved. It's quite interesting reading it, wondering how one would would have responded to the thread using CURRENT circumstances only to find out one was an actual contributor to the thread and now living under very different circumstances.

My response to the thread came in April of '06. I was single and had no reason to think my situation would change anytime soon. Today I'm exactly three months from being the father of a three year old and just had the greatest day of my life as a father on Sunday.

I guess someone should remember to STICKY this thread right around September of 2013.

 

Somehow, refusing a wife sex from September through late 2013 (early births happen) seems cruel and unusual punishment for a couple. Pity the old farts that already reached the much feared, you aren't getting it anyway stage of life. Or, maybe their wives will encourage them to get the heck out of the house and such guys can hope not to miss out on Brazil 2014. Good luck on that possibility.

 

My wife is having a procedure in May that will hopefully ensure that we have a baby 9 months later. I missed the last WC because my son was born on the first US game in 2010. That one I couldn't miss, but having a new born in February I'm hoping I'll get a hall pass for Brazil!

 

Boy, you are one lazy husband!