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Wife's sister just had her first baby

calvinbiss

calvinbiss

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My first nephew was just born a few hours ago. I am going to elave work at lunch and go to the hosital to see the baby and hang out with the family. My wife is obviously super excited, and I am excited too.

Sticky part is I (we) had big Memorial day plans. My wife is now going to stay in town and spend time with her sister and the baby and help out. She expects me to stay here as well. While I am excited about the baby, I wll be disappointed about missing out on the weekend, especially since I have been working hard and am really looking forward to the break.

Sooo, what do I do?

Sorry, no pics on work comp....
 
There will be other long week-ends

You piss off your wife and there WILL be long long weekends
 
The baby will be there next weekend, too. Figure out what you can do to appease the woman, and carry on with your plans if possible.
 
Originally posted by: Common Courtesy
There will be other long week-ends

You piss off your wife and there WILL be long long weekends
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See this is why a need ATOT. I hadn't even thought about that....
 
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
What were your plans?
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Plans were to go to the lake with a large portion of my family, as well as other friends that will be at the lake also. Need to work on the boat with my pops and I am ready for some fun in the sun.

See, makes me want to go just talking about it.
 
Why does your wife NEED to stay? What does her sister need help with? Doesn't she have her own husband? Sounds like your wife is all lubed up at "TEH NEW BABY"
 
Originally posted by: calvinbiss
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
What were your plans?
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Plans were to go to the lake with a large portion of my family, as well as other friends that will be at the lake also. Need to work on the boat with my pops and I am ready for some fun in the sun.

See, makes me want to go just talking about it.
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Spend Friday with wife and her family and then carry on with your plans on Saturday. You and the wife seem to have already had plans for a big weekend so try to split the time and still enjoy the weekend with your family as well.

 
You're wife is probably all excited to be part of her sisters new babies life but the reality is her sister and husband probably want to be left alone to bond with their new born child and learn how to care for it.

Plus it'd usually be the mother and not the sibling that'd stay and help out.

Maybe you're wife is overstepping and hasn't even thought of that?

Not any easy thing to suggest to her though.

Some times you gotta suck it up and change plans a bit, but as others have said, maybe you can split the weekend and be there with your wife and the baby for a day or so and then head on out to the lake to be with your friends and family.
 
Originally posted by: SonnyDaze
Originally posted by: calvinbiss
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
What were your plans?
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Plans were to go to the lake with a large portion of my family, as well as other friends that will be at the lake also. Need to work on the boat with my pops and I am ready for some fun in the sun.

See, makes me want to go just talking about it.
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Spend Friday with wife and her family and then carry on with your plans on Saturday. You and the wife seem to have already had plans for a big weekend so try to split the time and still enjoy the weekend with your family as well.
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Yeah, I'd go on Saturday. Talk to your wife and tell her that you don't want to change your plans and that you were really looking forward to this weekend. You can spend next weekend with your sister-in-law's new baby.

They'll probably want to spend this weekend alone with their newborn anyway, I know my wife and I just wanted to spend the first few days with our son alone.
 
Originally posted by: Fear No Evil
You sure its not your nephew but your SON? :evil:
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lulz at this...still laughing.

Others I have talked to have echoed the idea of the new parents being tired and wanting to be alone and that makes sense.

I think I am going to plan on Saturday, but if it works out then I will leave on Friday. I bet my wife is gonna end up coming too after the hype dies down.

 
Originally posted by: calvinbiss
Originally posted by: Fear No Evil
You sure its not your nephew but your SON? :evil:
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lulz at this...still laughing.

Others I have talked to have echoed the idea of the new parents being tired and wanting to be alone and that makes sense.

I think I am going to plan on Saturday, but if it works out then I will leave on Friday. I bet my wife is gonna end up coming too after the hype dies down.
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Yeah, people are different, of course, but that baby may be the bright shining center of their universe at this point. I didn't mind the people that came and visited for short times right after the baby was born, but I wouldn't have wanted people hanging around the whole time.
 
Originally posted by: calvinbiss
Originally posted by: Common Courtesy
There will be other long week-ends

You piss off your wife and there WILL be long long weekends
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See this is why a need ATOT. I hadn't even thought about that....
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If your wife will be upset because you don't devote an entire holiday weekend including a much needed vacation just because her sister had a baby, you're headed for a long, hard married life anyway. Might as well enjoy the weekend.
 
if the wife wants tos epnd the weekend i would do it. You are going to have a bunch of fun weekends. This is somehting that only comes once and to skip it won't be good.
 
Sister? who cares.... my aunt has had two babies and my dad didn't have to spend any time with her, no one but her husband did. The two other sisters didn't do anything either... I don't see any obligation here..
 
Originally posted by: calvinbiss
My first nephew was just born a few hours ago. I am going to elave work at lunch and go to the hosital to see the baby and hang out with the family. My wife is obviously super excited, and I am excited too.

Sticky part is I (we) had big Memorial day plans. My wife is now going to stay in town and spend time with her sister and the baby and help out. She expects me to stay here as well. While I am excited about the baby, I wll be disappointed about missing out on the weekend, especially since I have been working hard and am really looking forward to the break.

Sooo, what do I do?

Sorry, no pics on work comp....
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I don't know your wife, so I'll just assume she's crazy and would just as soon rip your testicle and store them in a pickle jar (the good one that she let you keep). Try to imagine another time you did something where you pissed her off like... Not picking up your son after school after you said you would; or forgetting an anniversary and ending up eating at KFC for the second year in a row; or not noticing a new hair cut; or calling out her sister's name while having (loving) anal sex; or waking up a man and not knowing what it feels like to bleed from a vagina - you know, other important things like that.

Did you survive? Does she still bring up that stuff a lot or in fights? Does she know the Vulcan Nerve Pinch? Seriously man, no ATOTer knows the fury of your wife better than you. For some women, leaving Friday or leaving Saturday is the same - you lose. She might be rational. If you're here asking, I'm already assuming you're looking for rationalization for yourself -- and pretty sure it won't come off well to tell her in the middle of the fight, "No seriously, all these random people on a forum in the 'interwebs' told me it'd be cool if we went halfsies."

On the upside, if you're going to be in shit anyways if you go - go balls out and go ahead and play ass-grab with that "friend-of-the-family" thats always been coming on to you.
 
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