what are he benefts to being a dad?

[Rumad]

OK

Looks like my gf MAY (nots *is*) preganant and I may very well have a mini Rumad in the near future. But are there any benefits to fatherhood or is it all a mney leeching exercise?

[LB|away]

mini rumads

OMG

the impossible is happening

haha

congrats btw

[Dante Hicks]

You can warp them in your own image.

You leave a lasting impression on the world (aside from you l33t Planetarion achievements or whatever).

[Rumad]

Originally Posted by Dante Hicks

You can warp them in your own image.

You leave a lasting impression on the world (aside from you l33t Planetarion achievements or whatever).

I have no 1337 planetarion achievements i like teh idea of a mini me with my warped values and ideas though

:gollum:

[ChubbyChecker]

It's great. Sleepless nights, constantly smelling like baby puke, being unable to go anywhere or do anything cos you're always looking after the little un, spending all your money on stuff for the kid, constantly changing smelly nappies, what more would you want?

It's gonna be great!

Congratulations by the way. Cigars all round

[Illogical]

you no longer need to goto the shop for beer, send the kid and buy him a packet of sweets for doing so!

its like having a slave : )

also the woman can no longer blame you for anything, as you can just pass the blame onto the kid

[Chika]

The benifit is that you get a chance to do what you were put on this earth to do. Everything that you did wrong that you should have done right, u now have to make sure your child grows up better than you did. Everything that you should have cared for, you have to make sure your son cares about it. And all the girls you wanted to get but couldn't, your son can get because he will look better than you. and all of the girls you wanted to see naked, your daughter will see because she is allowed in the girls shower room .

[Rumad]

Originally Posted by Illogical

you no longer need to goto the shop for beer, send the kid and buy him a packet of sweets for doing so!

its like having a slave : )

also the woman can no longer blame you for anything, as you can just pass the blame onto the kid

\o/

This is sounding much better

[MrL_JaKiri]

Originally Posted by Chika

The benifit is that you get a chance to do what you were put on this earth to do.

This post starts bad, but gets oh so much worse.

[Chika]

Originally Posted by MrL_JaKiri

This post starts bad, but gets oh so much worse.

I love you.

[Dante Hicks]

Interacting with kids can be cool (get your mind out of the gutter plz). It's cool to teach them stuff, or when they're older witness the blatant propaganda that's poured into their mind by our apalling excuse for a society.

[MrL_JaKiri]

Originally Posted by Chika

lol. I won't make a fool of you on my m8's thread. But i will catch you somewhere else.
cheers

..what?

[Dante Hicks]

Don't make MrL angry.

You won't like him when he's angry.

[MrL_JaKiri]

Originally Posted by Dante Hicks

Don't make MrL angry.

You won't like him when he's angry.

I tend to talk more about the moral rights of man in a technological society, for a start.

[Rumad]

Originally Posted by MrL_JaKiri

I tend to talk more about the moral rights of man in a technological society, for a start.

tell me about your slant on technological dad in technological society then...


I think I will need as much help as i can get with this if it is confirmed what the home test said this morning by the doc.

[Dante Hicks]

Originally Posted by Chika

And all the girls you wanted to get but couldn't, your son can get because he will look better than you.

I sincerley hope my (eventual) son doesn't get the girls I wanted as it'll mean that he or I has some pretty major "issues". I'm guessing it's me, but the thought still isn't good.

[Belgarath The Sorcerer]

Originally Posted by Rumad

OK

Looks like my gf MAY (nots *is*) preganant and I may very well have a mini Rumad in the near future. But are there any benefits to fatherhood or is it all a mney leeching exercise?

Happiness and Joy, and all that Jazz.

You could always Sell it on Ebay*





*Not serious

[SilverSmoke]

In that case, I would encourage my son to become gay

[Rumad]

Originally Posted by Belgarath The Sorcerer

Happiness and Joy, and all that Jazz.

You could always Sell it on Ebay*

*Not serious

I would never do that but you were joking so its nt too bad.

[MrL_JaKiri]

That be the verse.

[queball]

I'm not a dad, but I know someone who is. It's apparently very satisfying, and brings stability and maturity and that sort of thing if you approach it right. It's part of having a full life, and doing everything (good) you can do. That seems enough reason for me.

And yeah, the reason you're here: to go forth and multiply. If you believe in anything outside your own life, you should probably have the same sentiment - things are worth doing even if they don't benefit your body materially.

They should be good for attracting random girls, and showing you're a family person can get you jobs. Socially, adults who don't have children are thought of as not really people, like marriage without children isn't an authentic marriage, at least that's the impression I get.

[Dante Hicks]

Originally Posted by queball

Socially, adults who don't have children are thought of as not really people, like marriage without children isn't an authentic marriage, at least that's the impression I get.

And what is life, if not a long series of choices where you submit to social convention?

[queball]

You can criticise social conventions, but you can't escape them dude.

[Dante Hicks]

Originally Posted by queball

You can criticise social conventions, but you can't escape them dude.

You can resist.

The titanic life long struggle against authority, against the banal clutches of convention and for individuality is something that all free men should relish.

edit : I knew I shouldn't have bought that packet of Frosties with the Max Stirner quotation cards.

[queball]

You could always **** your wife while thinking "well, on one level I am submitting to convention, but on another I am still an individual and so acting outside society. I don't share their interests and am in effect exploiting society, its customs and tradition, for personal gain, similar to how I can use children to pick up chicks at the park, without feeling I am submitting to females, or sell cheap crap without feeling I am submitting to the consumer. Perhaps I should consider some mediation that combines the opposing qualities of submission and opposition. If wonder if the local library has any Hegel?"

[Dante Hicks]

Doing things that society approves of obviously isn't the problem. It's doing it because society demands it is the problem.

Similarly, if I say to you "Spend all day on the internet like a sad pathetic maths nerd" then it's not problem that you do it, as you'd do it anyway. If someone says "bend over and take it like the bitch you are", and you submit because you fear violence / social censure then you're scum. Or at the very least someone to be pitied.

[Little Timmy]

Well I am going to be a dad. My wife is 20 weeks pregnant and we have our first scan next week.

I have to say its exciting and at the same time a little bit frightening.
I look at her ever growing bulge and think "theres a life there"
Already I can feel my attitude changing. Ive started to think about how much I drink and im cutting that down. Im attempting to stop smoking - thats hard.

Already there are huge feelings of responsibility . We are having a foreign holiday in May and I realise it could be our last for several years. - It really doesnt bother me.

Instead of thinking about getting a new gadget or some more clothes, I go to mothercare. I surf web sites about pregnancy and what to expect, I look at websites about bringing up a child.

I know my whole life is about to change. Dirty nappies, crying baby, giving up soo much.

And I know that the very first time my kid looks at me and smiles a toothless grin it will make it all worth while.

[queball]

Originally Posted by Dante Hicks

Doing things that society approves of obviously isn't the problem. It's doing it because society demands it is the problem.

Similarly, if I say to you "Spend all day on the internet like a sad pathetic maths nerd" then it's not problem that you do it, as you'd do it anyway. If someone says "bend over and take it like the bitch you are", and you submit because you fear violence / social censure then you're scum. Or at the very least someone to be pitied.

Or I'm into bondage & discipline.

What if you don't do things for any reason at all, because it's all just rationalisation? If you're weighing up pros and cons, I don't see why the approval of your peers couldn't be a pro. As long as you're responsible and not just desperately trying to get approval and developing some kind of disorder.

[Rumad]

Originally Posted by Little Timmy

Well I am going to be a dad. My wife is 20 weeks pregnant and we have our first scan next week.

I have to say its exciting and at the same time a little bit frightening.
I look at her ever growing bulge and think "theres a life there"
Already I can feel my attitude changing. Ive started to think about how much I drink and im cutting that down. Im attempting to stop smoking - thats hard.

Already there are huge feelings of responsibility . We are having a foreign holiday in May and I realise it could be our last for several years. - It really doesnt bother me.

Instead of thinking about getting a new gadget or some more clothes, I go to mothercare. I surf web sites about pregnancy and what to expect, I look at websites about bringing up a child.

I know my whole life is about to change. Dirty nappies, crying baby, giving up soo much.

And I know that the very first time my kid looks at me and smiles a toothless grin it will make it all worth while.

tbh I cnanot wait i am dead excited already and this is very true. I don't smoke and i drink a lt less since I ave been with my gf than I ever have. I hink wha i am most looking forward to is the moment when i realise that this precious little thing is in my safe care and needs me to be there for him/her. I like the idea of guidig and helping him/her without ever forcing or pushing.

i think most of all its something precious i made with a gf I love and I think that will go a long way

Only question is whether I have to move the wedding forward.

Is it ok to be this excited so early? I think I mght burst

[Little Timmy]

Originally Posted by Rumad

Is it ok to be this excited so early? I think I mght burst

Its really exciting. Its just the waiting for everything.
Each day things change. I cant wait to have that first scan and get a picture it will make it all the more real and will give the eric (the lump ) a real personality.

Role on September when its due

[Hathor]

when they grow up they wash dishes and have little kids of their own who idolize you..that's the best bit, being a gran

[Ragnarak]

Congrats

By the way, how did Idler's thread along the same lines end up?

[Nodrog]

"its what you were put here to do" is probably the stupidest argument ever that doesnt contain the word 'theory' or 'hilter'.

[Rumad]

Originally Posted by Toccata & Fugue

Unless Rumad is Sam Beckett and Chika is Al.

i can't be sam beckett as i aint good looking enough

[queball]

Originally Posted by Nodrog

"its what you were put here to do" is probably the stupidest argument ever that doesnt contain the word 'theory' or 'hilter'.

A logical fallacy, even.

[JonnyBGood]

In this thread it turns out that people on the internet have lives?

[[RB]gwyn]

well john ya know where to come should ya need help! :P my kittle kira is 22 weeks old now and we love her more each day
at leat you didn't do what L0n3w0lf did and walk round the house for 2 days in a dazed state of shock saying nothing but oh fk oh fk oh fk :P

if ya need any thing let us know we got loads we don't use any more!

gwynnie

[Rumad]

Originally Posted by [RB]gwyn

well john ya know where to come should ya need help! :P my kittle kira is 22 weeks old now and we love her more each day
at leat you didn't do what L0n3w0lf did and walk round the house for 2 days in a dazed state of shock saying nothing but oh fk oh fk oh fk :P

if ya need any thing let us know we got loads we don't use any more!

gwynnie

i can't go round in a dazed state - i have to leave that for kelly to do

heheh

nah thanks bab its appreciated and I can't wait if i am honest - i wanna do up the house first but then its all new baby purchases ahoy

[Tactitus]

Being a father is the hardest job I've ever had.
It's awesome to be able to guide another person to adulthood,
but nothing ever turns out quite the way you expect.
You try to teach them your virtues
but they also learn your faults.

You teach them to crawl, and they won't stay put.
You teach them to walk, and they wander off.
You teach them to talk, and they won't be quiet.
You teach them to think, and they prove you wrong.

It's fun.

[Evergreen]

Benefits to being a father in the uk.

You'll get bumped up any Council House waiting lists. You'll be entitled to more benefits (which will be swallowed whole by the child but tbh with birth rates falling like they are I expect the goverment to start subsidising smart people to have children like how Malaysia subsidises their rich ethnic minorities to keep having children.)

Basically the time you invest into him you'll get back in the end, you just gotta make sure you do it all right, a child that has a diligent, disciplined upbringing can achieve anything, feed him right, nothing with too many colourings or additives cause that causes this adhd stuff nothing ****ing else. Make him drink water/milk until he's 12/13 cause that will save you millions on dental work. Make sure he's constantly active do not buy him a pc or a console cause you WILL regret it, I've watched many a parent regret buying their child a pc.

Stick him out in the sun lots(with proper protection), Don't give in on anything but always be reasonable, etc etc and you could have your very on Top Wage Bracket Earner/Celebrity/Sportstar in 18-21 years.

[Sandsnake]

Originally Posted by Rumad

Looks like my gf MAY (nots *is*) preganant and I may very well have a mini Rumad in the near future. But are there any benefits to fatherhood or is it all a mney leeching exercise?

You can answer that one by looking at yourself. Are you worth something or just a leech? Every father was a son first.

[queball]

Originally Posted by Sandsnake

You can answer that one by looking at yourself. Are you worth something or just a leech? Every father was a son first.

*thinks*

Oh dear.

[Sandsnake]

Originally Posted by queball

*thinks*

Oh dear.

Yeah, try not to think about that one too much, lovie...we still pretend to love you anyway. :P

[Structural Integrity]

I'm sure I read "dead" in the thread title.

[Sandsnake]

Originally Posted by Structural Integrity

I'm sure I read "dead" in the thread title.

would be easier to discuss anyway.

[Rumad]

Originally Posted by Sandsnake

You can answer that one by looking at yourself. Are you worth something or just a leech? Every father was a son first.

I was a leech but I stil don't know what benefits my father saw in raising me

Also from age 3-11 was leecing off my mom as she was a one parent family. So not much to compare with tbh

[Kurashima]

The Thong Dance clearly improves fertility.

[Rumad]

Originally Posted by Kurashima

The Thong Dance clearly improves fertility.

lol

yeah like a indian rain dance...

LOL

[Little Timmy]

So have you found out yet if she IS pregnant ?

[Hathor]

yes she is
Congratz John. You'll make an awesome daddy