Creative Ways to Tell Him We're Expecting??

agbaeb
agbaeb Posts: 179 Member
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Ok, I'm not pregnant yet. Let's put that right out there for those of you who know me in person. We're just planning for "soon" and I'd like some ideas before I get there on how to tell Adam (my husband) that we're expecting.

Thoughts?
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  • Jonalee1977
    Jonalee1977 Posts: 415 Member
    Put a bun in your oven along with the pregnancy test.
  • harleydall76
    harleydall76 Posts: 586 Member
    My friend found out right before Christmas. She gave her husband a card that said Merry Christmas Daddy, See You In 9 Months.
  • ilovemybuggy
    ilovemybuggy Posts: 1,584 Member
    Of course this would only work if you found out around fathers day and it was your first child - but my friend gave her husband a fathers day present when she found out she was expecting their first.

    her present to him was a picture frame that said worlds greatest dad with a copy of the first sonogram (she got that done without him being there, obviously)
  • heygurlheyyyy
    heygurlheyyyy Posts: 84 Member
    This was to tell the grandparents, but I thought it was super cute.

    A friend of mine had a calendar made with various photos of the family. When they presented it to the grandparents, they made sure they went through to look at each month's photo and the birthdays of the family members that they put in there. And they added their baby's due date in there too, of course. They recorded all of this and it was the cutest darned thing.
  • harleydall76
    harleydall76 Posts: 586 Member
    I'm sorry, and I'll probably sound like a *****, but I was trying to remember how I told my guy. It's been a long time, but I remembered.

    It was tax time and I had gotten the tax booklets at the post office. I brought them in to him and when I put them down on the table, I told him something like "we'd have a/another deduction next year". Something like that.
  • littlehedgy
    littlehedgy Posts: 192 Member
    get him a jar of Prego spaghetti sauce :)
  • Illona88
    Illona88 Posts: 903 Member
    This reminds me of a panel show, where one of the comedians said that his best friend had found out via facebook that his girlfriend was pregnant. She tagged him in the scan.
  • ket_the_jet
    ket_the_jet Posts: 1,257 Member
    Okay, so this one is in-depth. It will involve you, his best friend, and around $28,000 cash.

    First, flip the circuit breaker on your apartment. Oh yeah, you have to live in an apartment. This part is important. Go up to the roof of the apartment and comment that it is cold. Tell him to hold you.

    In the meantime, your husband's best friend will, with a spare key, enter your apartment and begin to trash all of your best stuff. Pissing on the couch, spilling leftovers into the carpet, and stealing $28,000 from the secret stash.

    A few minutes into being held in his arms, tell him that you wish you had a blanket or shawl. He'll return inside to find his apartment a mess. Sneak up behind him and yell, "This is what this place will be like all the time, just nine months from now!" Smile and show how excited you are.

    His best friend can come out of hiding in the corner now and ask for your husband's golf clubs--he'll never be able to play again--and his X-Box. They'll share a look and the friend will say something like, "Dude, we'll still be here for you" even though both of them know that the friendship is effectively over.

    Now you two can reflect on what you've introduced into the world around you.
    -wtk
  • ilovemybuggy
    ilovemybuggy Posts: 1,584 Member
    Okay, so this one is in-depth. It will involve you, his best friend, and around $28,000 cash.

    First, flip the circuit breaker on your apartment. Oh yeah, you have to live in an apartment. This part is important. Go up to the roof of the apartment and comment that it is cold. Tell him to hold you.

    In the meantime, your husband's best friend will, with a spare key, enter your apartment and begin to trash all of your best stuff. Pissing on the couch, spilling leftovers into the carpet, and stealing $28,000 from the secret stash.

    A few minutes into being held in his arms, tell him that you wish you had a blanket or shawl. He'll return inside to find his apartment a mess. Sneak up behind him and yell, "This is what this place will be like all the time, just nine months from now!" Smile and show how excited you are.

    His best friend can come out of hiding in the corner now and ask for your husband's golf clubs--he'll never be able to play again--and his X-Box. They'll share a look and the friend will say something like, "Dude, we'll still be here for you" even though both of them know that the friendship is effectively over.

    Now you two can reflect on what you've introduced into the world around you.
    -wtk

    hahahah that's terrible.
  • heygurlheyyyy
    heygurlheyyyy Posts: 84 Member
    Okay, so this one is in-depth. It will involve you, his best friend, and around $28,000 cash.

    First, flip the circuit breaker on your apartment. Oh yeah, you have to live in an apartment. This part is important. Go up to the roof of the apartment and comment that it is cold. Tell him to hold you.

    In the meantime, your husband's best friend will, with a spare key, enter your apartment and begin to trash all of your best stuff. Pissing on the couch, spilling leftovers into the carpet, and stealing $28,000 from the secret stash.

    A few minutes into being held in his arms, tell him that you wish you had a blanket or shawl. He'll return inside to find his apartment a mess. Sneak up behind him and yell, "This is what this place will be like all the time, just nine months from now!" Smile and show how excited you are.

    His best friend can come out of hiding in the corner now and ask for your husband's golf clubs--he'll never be able to play again--and his X-Box. They'll share a look and the friend will say something like, "Dude, we'll still be here for you" even though both of them know that the friendship is effectively over.

    Now you two can reflect on what you've introduced into the world around you.
    -wtk

    :laugh::laugh::laugh:
  • _the_feniks_
    _the_feniks_ Posts: 3,412 Member
    My wife wrapped the two positive tests into a jewelry box for me. When I opened it I thought to myself, "how in the hell is her telling me she is diabetic a present?'.
  • Discoveri
    Discoveri Posts: 435 Member
    I saw this in an airport and it made me tear up a little. There was a couple in their 30s who had a big sign that said "Welcome Grandma!" and I kept expecting an old lady to come walking off the airplane but it was actually a woman who was in her 60s and just started crying tears of joy and saying "I'm gonna be a grandma?"

    It was so sweet. When you do become pregnant, you could make a sign and hang it in the house saying "Welcome home dad".
  • Jules2Be
    Jules2Be Posts: 2,238 Member
    @wtk are you smoking something funny today?
  • Beastette
    Beastette Posts: 1,497 Member
    Okay, so this one is in-depth. It will involve you, his best friend, and around $28,000 cash.

    First, flip the circuit breaker on your apartment. Oh yeah, you have to live in an apartment. This part is important. Go up to the roof of the apartment and comment that it is cold. Tell him to hold you.

    In the meantime, your husband's best friend will, with a spare key, enter your apartment and begin to trash all of your best stuff. Pissing on the couch, spilling leftovers into the carpet, and stealing $28,000 from the secret stash.

    A few minutes into being held in his arms, tell him that you wish you had a blanket or shawl. He'll return inside to find his apartment a mess. Sneak up behind him and yell, "This is what this place will be like all the time, just nine months from now!" Smile and show how excited you are.

    His best friend can come out of hiding in the corner now and ask for your husband's golf clubs--he'll never be able to play again--and his X-Box. They'll share a look and the friend will say something like, "Dude, we'll still be here for you" even though both of them know that the friendship is effectively over.

    Now you two can reflect on what you've introduced into the world around you.
    -wtk

    I am not sure just yet, but I'm beginning to think I love you.
  • ket_the_jet
    ket_the_jet Posts: 1,257 Member
    @wtk are you smoking something funny today?
    Smoking is a dirty habit. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone, no matter how cool it makes him or her look.
    -wtk
  • Beastette
    Beastette Posts: 1,497 Member
    Change your cell phone settings to yell "YOU ARE NOT THE FATHER" in Maury Povitch's voice when he calls. Have him call where he can hear. Then say "Just kidding. You totally are."
  • rach41413
    rach41413 Posts: 82 Member
    I have a friend who wrote on her belly, "Hi Daddy!" She told her husband that she thought there was a weird lump on her belly, and she wanted him to check it. And then, voila, he saw the little message! Simple, but cute. :)
  • odusgolp
    odusgolp Posts: 10,477 Member
    I showed my husband the stick. He said F***, and walked out the door for work.

    We're divorced.
  • miranda_mom
    miranda_mom Posts: 873 Member
    Okay, so this one is in-depth. It will involve you, his best friend, and around $28,000 cash.

    First, flip the circuit breaker on your apartment. Oh yeah, you have to live in an apartment. This part is important. Go up to the roof of the apartment and comment that it is cold. Tell him to hold you.

    In the meantime, your husband's best friend will, with a spare key, enter your apartment and begin to trash all of your best stuff. Pissing on the couch, spilling leftovers into the carpet, and stealing $28,000 from the secret stash.

    A few minutes into being held in his arms, tell him that you wish you had a blanket or shawl. He'll return inside to find his apartment a mess. Sneak up behind him and yell, "This is what this place will be like all the time, just nine months from now!" Smile and show how excited you are.

    His best friend can come out of hiding in the corner now and ask for your husband's golf clubs--he'll never be able to play again--and his X-Box. They'll share a look and the friend will say something like, "Dude, we'll still be here for you" even though both of them know that the friendship is effectively over.

    Now you two can reflect on what you've introduced into the world around you.
    -wtk

    thank you - i so needed that today. and i am a mother, so i'm not kid-hating. that was just hysterical.
  • greenbox06
    greenbox06 Posts: 101 Member
    Hang little shoes from his mirror before he goes to work.



    My wife had a couple ideas but we had to have science help us out so it kind of took the fun out of it.
  • dodihere
    dodihere Posts: 490
    Change your cell phone settings to yell "YOU ARE NOT THE FATHER" in Maury Povitch's voice when he calls. Have him call where he can hear. Then say "Just kidding. You totally are."

    Love this idea, BTW congratulations.
  • Fatal1ty2k5
    Fatal1ty2k5 Posts: 333 Member
    Write down babynames.com on a post it and stick it on the fridge
  • Jules2Be
    Jules2Be Posts: 2,238 Member
    @wtk are you smoking something funny today?
    Smoking is a dirty habit. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone, no matter how cool it makes him or her look.
    -wtk

    hmms...did you raid my medicine cabinet?
    (not srs...funny stuff, you)
  • Justa_Paperbag
    Justa_Paperbag Posts: 59 Member
    I put the positive test in a bracelet box and then got a bib that said "I love Daddy" (green and yellow, so neutral) and stuck it in a plain gift bag with one piece of pink and one piece of blue tissue paper. Maybe not original or terribly creative, but it was special anyway.
  • steph124ny
    steph124ny Posts: 238 Member
    Ask him to pick up something from the hardware store...paint, etc....and then tell him you need it for the baby's room. Give him a minute....they aren't too quick....LMAO!!!!
  • DrowningMermaid
    DrowningMermaid Posts: 143
    When I found out I was pregnant in 2010, I made a card that said GUESS WHAT! and when you opened it, there was this pic:

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    You could do something similar.

    Or there's always the Full House method:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6lChkMu2V8

    (and just in case the embed doesn't work, here's the link to the video:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6lChkMu2V8
  • DrBorkBork
    DrBorkBork Posts: 4,099 Member
    get a necklace case from a jeweler and put the positive pregnancy test inside. Ask him if he'll be your baby daddy :D
  • DrowningMermaid
    DrowningMermaid Posts: 143
    Adam is a firefighter and an avid runner and also has a MAJOR sweet tooth.

    . It would be fun to incorporate one of these into the announcement... any ideas?

    Get him a new pair of running shoes and tuck a Baby Ruth into them. Include a note that says "for when you're running after our new baby".
  • DrowningMermaid
    DrowningMermaid Posts: 143
    I showed my husband the stick. He said F***, and walked out the door for work.

    We're divorced.

    I don't recommend this:/


    My husband found out (the first time) because we were getting snacks for movie night and I was like "you know, I don't even like BBQ chips but I really kind of want some". He told me to get a test and I was like "phhhht, whatever!" He totally knew before I did.
  • dirtbikegirl5
    dirtbikegirl5 Posts: 391 Member
    This was with my ex:
    For our first, I found out on Father's Day and I came out of the bathroom and said "Happy Father's Day."
    For our second, third and fourth (triplets, did not know then), we had been trying and all of the tests were negative. When I got the positive one, he did not know yet he came over to me thinking he was consoling me for another negative and I just calmy said "yeah, negative is awful, but this one was positive, so we're pregnant."
    You could
    -give your husband a card if around a birthday or any holiday and sign it your name and baby.
    -put a note in his lunch, if you make his lunch.
    -put a rattle under his pillow with a note that says "do you think that you might be able to find a use for this? I do"
    -make him a dessert (cake) that says congratulations, we are going to be parents.
    -if around a holiday, you can give him a gift - baby's onesie, socks, or other outfit that could be for a boy or girl.

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