Fathers To give the husbands in a Lamaze class an idea of what it feels like to be pregnant, the instructor had them war a bag of sand. One man piped up and said, "this isn't bad." So teh teacher dropped a pen and told him to pick it up. "I should get the pen as if I were pregnant, just the way my wife would?" he asked. The instructor nodded. So he turned to his wife and said, "Honey, pick up that pen for me." Give signs you've reached vacation overload The words "Are we there yet?" constantly repeat in your head. You take extra-long showers just to get a few moments to yourself. Sleeping hasn't been the same without that wayward spring in your own mattress You've exhausted every create-your-own-omelette combo You actually miss the sound of your boss's voice.

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