While I was working upstairs, Jane was eating her breakfast and watching TV. I could hear her sniffle every minute or so, so I had a feeling she was crying… again.
I came downstairs and she told me about a video she saw on the Today Show that made her cry. A few minutes later I walked back through and she was crying again and she told me about how she was crying over something she saw on Twitter.
And now, just a few minutes ago, Jane told me that several people told her that crying and all of the emotions DO NOT END once she has our baby.
Uhhh… What?!
You mean to tell me that some switch has been activated within my wife that will make her become a crying machine? I thought that this was only during pregnancy because of the hormones? You mean I will have to deal with this…. forever?
Now-a-days I don’t do well when I see people cry – especially my wife. I don’t think Jane knows it, but every time I see her cry now, I start to get some tears in my eyes. What in the heck is going on here!?
Why do I feel more emotional? I don’t have pregnancy hormones flowing through my blood like Jane – and now me, the strong one, the one who never cries, the one who is the rock, and MAN in the relationship is feeling these weird strange emotions? I’ve seen Jane cry before and I’ve never ever once had my eyes get watery.
And now that she’s pregnant, when I’m in the room or I come downstairs and see her crying (like during a commercial on TV) I’ll start to get watery eyes. WHAT IS GOING ON WITH ME!?!
Now please understand - I don’t have any tears flowing – I just get watery eyes when I see Jane cry now. I need to make sure you understand that so you can keep your big and strong Tarzan image of me I hope that you have in your mind.
But seriously. What’s the deal here? Why the hell am I feeling ‘emotional?’ I’m a guy. I’m not supposed to feel these things or feel this way, right?
Please… don’t tell me that this is another one of those “not talked about things” that guys go through while their wife is pregnant. Seriously. Now I have this image in my mind of this secret “soon-to-be fathers support group” flashing through my mind of all these soon-to-be fathers all sitting in a circle, all crying about their pregnant wife, crying about a commercial they saw, crying about how they spilt some milk on the floor this morning, and all hugging each other and patting each other on their backs.
Image… please… get… out… of … my… head.
Are My “Sympathy Pains”
Kicking Into High Gear?
I’ve heard about the “sympathy pains” that some father-to-be’s can go through. I’m not sure I really understand exactly how that happens or why it happens, but someone please tell me that sympathy pains DO NOT include me feeling emotional? Seriously!
I already have a pregnancy-induced ice cream addition since Jane became pregnant. Yes, I still have ice cream each and every single night. I mean EVERY night now.
I’m starting to get a little freaked out here. I’ve been noticing all these weird things going on with me since Jane became pregnant – and we’re only in week 15! (Although she’ll be 16 weeks pregnant tomorrow! Also note: We’re in the second trimester – and still the big sex drive Jane is supposed to get while pregnant isn’t there! 
) We still have a LONG way to go!
At the rate I’m going here, I’ll be going into labor with Jane when it’s time for her to give birth to our baby!!!!!
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Hi, Tarzan, I love your stories. Do you what your're having? Mia
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