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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Olaf the Stout" data-source="post: 3690446" data-attributes="member: 13703">Yeah, my wife has had enough of people telling her the birthing horror stories.  This is one thing where being a Kindergarten Teacher has been a disadvantage for her.  It seems people only ever want to tell you all the bad things that happen.  Nobody ever goes on about the nice normal pregnancy that they had!And we won't be letting anyone force us into anything.  My wife does get a bit fed up with some people that try to force her opinions on her.  I'm pretty good at just blocking it out most of the time.  If anyone persists at telling us what we *have* to do with our child (and not should do) I will be telling them where to go pretty quickly.I'm normally a very laid back guy that will go along with almost anything.  However, I'm not going to raise my child in a certain way to keep someone else happy or because someone told me to.  Obviously I will listen to advice from doctors, etc., but I'm not going to do something just because random stranger or relative says that's what I have to do.My wife has already told me that I have to write down what all the gifts are that people give us at the hospital so that she can write thank-you notes.  (I may not listen to some people but I'm not going to argue with a hormonal, heavily pregnant woman!  I learn quickly!!    <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/laugh.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing    :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /> )Olaf the Stout</blockquote>

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