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Re: Found out two weeks ago.... [#permalink] New post   23 Oct 2007, 00:33
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that I am going to be a dad for the first time. Taking any and all advice at this point.


Congrats, lanter1! I became a father this past February and the whole experience of fatherhood is just amazing. Just make sure that you pay enough attention to the mother of your child (and there is never "enough", believe me) - this will be remembered long afterwards everything else is forgotten.
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[#permalink] New post   23 Oct 2007, 03:27
Congratulations!
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[#permalink] New post   Updated on: 23 Oct 2007, 16:41
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Congratulations!!!

Curious, why tell us now? You've been posting regularly for the past 2 weeks.


Doctors visit confirmed the other tests and I guess it just seemed unreal at first. This was completely unplanned. With all the applications and a new job, everything has been hectic. the last two weeks i have had to do a lot of inner reflection on the MBA process and have shifted my focus on what I want in a school. It's amazing how much less I am worried about myself now. I guees I just felt comfortable finally revealing.

Originally posted by lanter1 on 23 Oct 2007, 16:37.
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Re: Found out two weeks ago.... [#permalink] New post   23 Oct 2007, 16:37
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lanter1 wrote:
that I am going to be a dad for the first time. Taking any and all advice at this point.


Congrats, lanter1! I became a father this past February and the whole experience of fatherhood is just amazing. Just make sure that you pay enough attention to the mother of your child (and there is never "enough", believe me) - this will be remembered long afterwards everything else is forgotten.


Thanks, I am already noticing this and the next eight months will be a different experience.
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[#permalink] New post   23 Oct 2007, 16:39
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Curious, why tell us now? You've been posting regularly for the past 2 weeks.


essays before offsprings


true...my wife bought me two books...needless to say, I kept thinking about the movie Knocked Up and how they will not be read until the application process is over.
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[#permalink] New post   23 Oct 2007, 16:41
thanks to everyone for the congrats.
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[#permalink] New post   23 Oct 2007, 19:24
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thanks to everyone for the congrats.


Congratulations Lanter!

We have a 3 y/o daughter and expecting one more in February. Not to discourage you at all from app process, but I have postponed my mba plans to 2009.
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[#permalink] New post   23 Oct 2007, 19:29
My wife's friends were kidding around that second year is the perfect time for her to get pregnant...she can have a kid just as a graduate with a nice big salary. Then my wife can quit her job and become a stay at home mom.
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[#permalink] New post   23 Oct 2007, 19:32
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thanks to everyone for the congrats.


Did you make mention in your essays?

About your new baby, that is.
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[#permalink] New post   23 Oct 2007, 19:37
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lanter1 wrote:
thanks to everyone for the congrats.


Did you make mention in your essays?

About your new baby, that is.


YES...I have changed all of my essays and even left a school off my list due to the new change. My priorties and desire for an MBA has completely changed and they need to know how I feel now. This child will be a major part of my life during the process, and I want the school's to know that.
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[#permalink] New post   23 Oct 2007, 19:38
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My wife's friends were kidding around that second year is the perfect time for her to get pregnant...she can have a kid just as a graduate with a nice big salary. Then my wife can quit her job and become a stay at home mom.


At a Duke event, one of the reps told me that it's amazing how many couples leave campus with their first newborn...maybe it's not so bad.
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[#permalink] New post   23 Oct 2007, 19:38
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lanter1 wrote:
thanks to everyone for the congrats.


Congratulations Lanter!

We have a 3 y/o daughter and expecting one more in February. Not to discourage you at all from app process, but I have postponed my mba plans to 2009.


still applying...already submitted Yale with Darden and Duke next week.
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[#permalink] New post   23 Oct 2007, 19:59
lanter1 wrote:
riverripper wrote:
My wife's friends were kidding around that second year is the perfect time for her to get pregnant...she can have a kid just as a graduate with a nice big salary. Then my wife can quit her job and become a stay at home mom.


At a Duke event, one of the reps told me that it's amazing how many couples leave campus with their first newborn...maybe it's not so bad.



More time to do the hanky panky.
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[#permalink] New post   23 Oct 2007, 20:01
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At a Duke event, one of the reps told me that it's amazing how many couples leave campus with their first newborn...


This shows that b-school curriculum is not that rigorous :P
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[#permalink] New post   23 Oct 2007, 20:47
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lanter1 wrote:
At a Duke event, one of the reps told me that it's amazing how many couples leave campus with their first newborn...


This shows that b-school curriculum is not that rigorous :P


Avi wondering *****Does it take that long?*****



P.S. > It's 11:45 PM and I'm completely drunk, so excuse me.
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[#permalink] New post   23 Oct 2007, 22:18
Congratulations to you :)

Becoming a father will certainly bring you special feeling as you embrace your own nescant, fragile being...

Agree with one post that you should pay much attention to the mother of your child, because (as I am also a girl) to a woman, even a subtle care but at a right time means a lot ... it will empower her to overcome whichever ...
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[#permalink] New post   24 Oct 2007, 04:18
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My wife's friends were kidding around that second year is the perfect time for her to get pregnant...she can have a kid just as a graduate with a nice big salary. Then my wife can quit her job and become a stay at home mom.


You had some typos in your writeup. I fixed them for you:

My wife's friends were talking in an entirely serious fashion about how that second year is the perfect time for her to get pregnant...she can have a kid just as I graduate with a nice big salary. Then my wife can quit her job and become a stay at home mom. I think this was a joke but I'm in for a surprise.

My wife has been saying similar things....
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[#permalink] New post   24 Oct 2007, 04:35
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riverripper wrote:
My wife's friends were kidding around that second year is the perfect time for her to get pregnant...she can have a kid just as a graduate with a nice big salary. Then my wife can quit her job and become a stay at home mom.


You had some typos in your writeup. I fixed them for you:

My wife's friends were talking in an entirely serious fashion about how that second year is the perfect time for her to get pregnant...she can have a kid just as I graduate with a nice big salary. Then my wife can quit her job and become a stay at home mom. I think this was a joke but I'm in for a surprise.

My wife has been saying similar things....


This is funny. Im 30 now, and part of the reason I would want to go full time is I hear the second year is a perfect time to start a family. I cant see that happening if I go part time, for the next 3-4 years - PT MBA and a full time consulting job will already be way more than i can handle.
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