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		<title>By: De'lightful</title>
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		<dc:creator>De'lightful</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 04:36:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dear Dude,
I wish my boyfriend (now ex-boyfriend) and I would&#039;ve known we had condoms in the nightstand.  

Also:
I&#039;m now 5.5 months pregnant and wish my ex-boyfriend had an ounce of compassion for the 4 months of chronic illness, loss of work time, depression, and required changes I&#039;ve made to accomodate the pregnancy.

He wishes I could still maintain the high level of patience required to coddle him through his self-imposed dilema&#039;s.  He makes an effort to do the right thing but it&#039;s a chore for him.  He&#039;s kind of a perpetual jerk and often seems to rub people the wrong way.  Various accounts of independent testimony from people that have associated with him report that, he seems nice but there&#039;s something not quite right with him. 

I wish he could sack-up and be more supportive/sacrificial for me during the pregnancy.  The best thing he&#039;s done for me so far is give me 4 weeks of necessary space from his judgement, critisism, and negativity.  Ironically, during that time I&#039;ve managed to regain some balance, confidence, and rekindled the positive ora I once posessed.  

In closing:
A few words of advice for controling dads; lay down your sword during this time and take up a compassionate, supportive, and observatory role.  Hopefully, this will help you tune-in to the host of your offspring and give you enough insite to predict some of her needs rather than try to dominate the situation and put your current and future relationship with the host and your offspring at risk.  

Sincerely,
De&#039;lightful</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear Dude,<br />
I wish my boyfriend (now ex-boyfriend) and I would&#8217;ve known we had condoms in the nightstand.  </p>
<p>Also:<br />
I&#8217;m now 5.5 months pregnant and wish my ex-boyfriend had an ounce of compassion for the 4 months of chronic illness, loss of work time, depression, and required changes I&#8217;ve made to accomodate the pregnancy.</p>
<p>He wishes I could still maintain the high level of patience required to coddle him through his self-imposed dilema&#8217;s.  He makes an effort to do the right thing but it&#8217;s a chore for him.  He&#8217;s kind of a perpetual jerk and often seems to rub people the wrong way.  Various accounts of independent testimony from people that have associated with him report that, he seems nice but there&#8217;s something not quite right with him. </p>
<p>I wish he could sack-up and be more supportive/sacrificial for me during the pregnancy.  The best thing he&#8217;s done for me so far is give me 4 weeks of necessary space from his judgement, critisism, and negativity.  Ironically, during that time I&#8217;ve managed to regain some balance, confidence, and rekindled the positive ora I once posessed.  </p>
<p>In closing:<br />
A few words of advice for controling dads; lay down your sword during this time and take up a compassionate, supportive, and observatory role.  Hopefully, this will help you tune-in to the host of your offspring and give you enough insite to predict some of her needs rather than try to dominate the situation and put your current and future relationship with the host and your offspring at risk.  </p>
<p>Sincerely,<br />
De&#8217;lightful</p>
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		<title>By: Dawn</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dawn</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:24:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I wish either of us had been prepared for the impact having a child would have on our relationship and that in the beginning my husband had realized he wasn&#039;t going to break the baby so he could have helped more.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I wish either of us had been prepared for the impact having a child would have on our relationship and that in the beginning my husband had realized he wasn&#8217;t going to break the baby so he could have helped more.</p>
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		<title>By: Fiona</title>
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		<dc:creator>Fiona</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sent to my B-I-L they had their bub on Wed!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sent to my B-I-L they had their bub on Wed!</p>
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		<title>By: Mike</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:29:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great stuff, Dude. I&#039;m not a dad yet, but this stuff is great to have in mind before I ever become one. Hopefully the adventure continues to be amazing as you go along. Thanks for sharing your list!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great stuff, Dude. I&#8217;m not a dad yet, but this stuff is great to have in mind before I ever become one. Hopefully the adventure continues to be amazing as you go along. Thanks for sharing your list!</p>
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		<title>By: Liz</title>
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		<dc:creator>Liz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:12:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I know my husband wishes he would have known that babies are purple when they are first born. :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I know my husband wishes he would have known that babies are purple when they are first born. <img src='http://www.expectingwords.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Brian A. Klems</title>
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		<dc:creator>Brian A. Klems</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:41:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Funny article. I really enjoyed it and tweeted it this morning. As far as &quot;What I Wish I Would Have Known,&quot; that list is a mile long, but this is probably toward the top:
http://thelifeofdad.blogspot.com/2007/09/no-longer-king.html

Thanks for the fun read.
Cheers to dadhood.
Brian</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Funny article. I really enjoyed it and tweeted it this morning. As far as &#8220;What I Wish I Would Have Known,&#8221; that list is a mile long, but this is probably toward the top:<br />
<a href="http://thelifeofdad.blogspot.com/2007/09/no-longer-king.html" rel="nofollow">http://thelifeofdad.blogspot.com/2007/09/no-longer-king.html</a></p>
<p>Thanks for the fun read.<br />
Cheers to dadhood.<br />
Brian</p>
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