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Carpenter Reviews For MEN GET PREGNANT, TOO by S.L. Carpenter "Besides the endless laughs, I enjoyed the openness and candor that came from S. L. Carpenter. He has a great deal of respect for women, loved going through the trials and tribulations of pregnancy with his wife and readers can see how much his family means to him. MEN GET PREGNANT TOO may be a guide for father's, first-time or otherwise but the amazing and poignant thing about this book is that Mr. Carpenter's children will know what their father (and mother) felt while they were pregnant with each of them, what they went through, how they handled it and they will always have this journal of love representing the journey of their births. It will be their legacy." "S.L. Carpenter brings the man's point of view forward and let's it all hang out (so to speak) in this guide to fatherhood in MEN GET PREGNANT TOO. So grab your significant other (whether you are parents or not), grab some wine, your copy of MEN GET PREGNANT TOO and enjoy and learn together. You just might be surprised what some men are thinking!" Tracey, Reviewer & Review Co-ordinator, The Road to Romance Sample Chapter For MEN
GET PREGNANT, TOO by S.L. Carpenter
First Things First There are many firsts in every man’s life, from your first words to your first steps and your first real food, to all those other things that babies do for the first time. Firsts don’t really start to mean anything until the testosterone starts to flow through your body. Things are changing. Suddenly, all the firsts become a little more important. You notice your first whisker and you pluck it and put it in a jar of formaldehyde to show all your buddies and impress all the babes. (That’s right, babes!) Now your hormones are really kicking into gear and you notice that girls are different. Those lumps on their chests are getting bigger, and you find your desire to touch them is getting stronger, too. All your firsts become important, ‘BIG TIME’. Your first pubic hair … Your first fantasy (with a girl) … Your first erection (this usually occurs with the first fantasy) … The first time you bribe your brother to let you look at his ‘Playboy’ magazine, and then subscribe the next day using a phony name and address … Your first experiment with hand-to-gland combat, then having to explain the sudden growth of hair on the palms of your hands … and arms … and back … and … Then, as you discover girls, uh, women, there are more firsts. The first time you hold hands (sweat and all) … Your first kiss – usually it’s just a little peck where you both try to look like you know what you’re doing, but you both bop noses anyway … The bragging to your buds about what a stud you were, and something about the size of oranges in your hands … The first dance and having to excuse yourself (Erection Alert!) … Your first steady girlfriend … Making out at a theater for the first time, with about 2,000 people wondering what that wheezing sound is … Going to her house after school and trying your damnedest to figure out how to undo her bra (or as I call it, the Chinese finger trap – Man, how you wish they had invented Velcro bra fasteners back then) – Your first feel of a woman’s breast … Having to explain to your mom how your pants got stuck to your underwear … Then, after the endless bragging to your friends about what a stud muffin you really are, the pressure starts to build for you and your woman. So, you decided to embark on the never-ending quest for knowledge and the one thing that both of you can do for the first time together – and only once for the first time. Now you can act out all those fantasies – the ones with the Swedish ski team and a bottle of chocolate syrup and some whipped cream. Your First Time. You ever wonder why men spend 9 months trying to get out of what they try the rest of their lives trying to get back into? Your first time probably lasted about as long as it took you to read this sentence. Maybe less! But, as your fear, nervousness, clumsiness, bewilderment, shock, frustration and, most of all, embarrassment, subside, you probably could’ve cared less, because your first time was over and things would never, ever be the same. Let’s Do It Again! As time goes on and you do it again … and again … and again … and again … and … You start to wonder why. Why not? The reason I’ve decided to talk about the first time a man has sex is because one of the main reasons people have sex is to procreate. That’s right, to pass on the family name, to use the family jewels, to have children – and aren’t we lucky it feels so damn good! Of course whenever you hear or experience sex, procreating isn't usually on your mind. But that stupid parking brake sticking you in the butt is. Hopefully you were smart and careful and had some kind of protection, whether it be a condom (ie rubber raincoat), the pill, foam, sponge or even Saran Wrap and a rubber band, for that matter. At least you had better have had something, because prayers and voodoo doctors won’t help when super sperm goes after the ol’ egg. We all know what they call people who use the rhythm method … Parents! Becoming a daddy is an honor and something not to be taken lightly, because everything you do will affect your child. So don’t blow it. I, myself, have three children who are both walking dreams and the lights and inspiration of my life – but, they’re also holy terrors and my mother’s curse to get back at me for all the things that I did to her when I was a child! |