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Birth Control Pill for Men

Being a stay-at-home dad (SAHD) provides me with a lot of time to think (because even though I’m watching my kids, my mind is roaming it’s own private Internet).  Although this can be productive, it can also be downright dangerous for someone like me to be alone with his mind because ideas like the following are created.

Steely Wife and I have been engaging in some serious discussions regarding the Hat Trick. Yup, we want to increase all the joy and bliss that entwine our lives by adding another little member to the Steely team. As a SAHD, I don’t belong to a union so this provides me with additional job security.

I love trying to make a baby. It’s pretty much the best thing in the world. I don’t get excited for the romantic reasons of bringing another life into the world, although that definitely enjoys a spot in my top 10 list. For me, the process is thrilling for much more debauched reasons: it’s the only time when my wife becomes a sexual Vegas buffet. She’s open all the time and I can have as much as I want. Now imagine if the Vegas buffet had one of those guys who stand out front a Tijuana nightclub blowing a whistle trying to lure every passerby with cheap drink specials. You know, like a carnival barker. That would be my wife when she wants to make a baby. “Step right up and come inside,” she will say in her best Jimmy Durante voice (but hopefully in this case I’m her only customer).

Throughout our history together a pattern has certainly emerged. This insatiable sex drive only presents itself when Steely Wife desires a shiny new infant. During our off season she has a “No Trespassers” sign prominently displayed on her vagina. I think she gets it waxed that way. It makes me feel like she only uses me for my DNA.

So I have devised a plan that I believe will enable me to lengthen the time that her fields will be available for plowing.

Since the days of Adam and Eve, women have used pregnancy as a means to trap unsuspecting and overly-trusting men into a long-term relationship. “Of course I’m on the pill,” a girl might say with the conviction of a seasoned con artist. The man believes her and nine months later he’s saddled with dirty diapers and the obligation of making child support payments. Well, I say let’s turn the tables, men, and assure our woman that we are off the pill. What the hell am I talking about? I want to invent a birth control pill for the guys. It occurs to me that men possess a natural aversion to any modification to their stones but before you reject my idea hear me out. As I was saying, I’d like the buffet to be open more often and for longer hours. How to do that? Tell my wife I’m no longer taking my birth control pill for men (the BCPM) but in reality, I’ll still be ingesting the daily dosage until I’m ready to plant the seed.

Let’s take a look at the pros/cons of my plan, shall we?

Pros (in order of importance):

More sex

Cons (in order of severity beginning with the least severe):

A loss of trust

Divorce

Homicide

Less sex with my wife

No sex with my wife ever again

Genital mutilation

From this analysis, one can clearly conclude the positive reasons far outweigh any potential negative consequences. I could probably maintain the charade until my wife freaks out because she doesn’t get pregnant and has a nervous breakdown that results in a trip to the local fertility clinic. By my estimation this will be no more than 28 days. It would also require some pretty adept maneuvering on my part to explain why there is the BCPM in my system. “Someone must’ve slipped it into my fertility smoothie, love,” I might plead. “Let’s question the boy. He never did want siblings.”

So guys, let me know your thoughts, if I should move forward with inventing a BCPM. If you agree, I’ll get to working on it straight away. I’ll just need to borrow one of those home chemistry sets and a high school science text. Also, just remind me: can you mix acids and bases?

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  • http://www.pjmullen.com/ PJ Mullen

    You could disguise them as vitamins and put them in a GNC bottle, although a trip to the fertility clinic is likely in your future. If backed into a corner, though, I’d probably try this line: “But, honey, you don’t want to end up like Octomom, and, besides, we’ve already been blessed with our beautiful children. I guess it just wasn’t meant to be this time around.” Then I’d schedule a secret vasectomy.

  • http://surprisedmom.blogspot.com/ SurprisedMom

    Steely Wife has a great sense of humor, doesn't she? Does she read your blog? I have to admit I could never talk about The Mister as openly (and no pun intended) as you do about Steely Wife.
    But I do remember, so long ago and far away, when I wanted to have children, I was like, NOW! NOW! NOW! Even I was amazed at how strong that drive to procreate was inside of me. We only had two, but if life was different and I had only paid attention to that drive, I could have had 12.
    As for the BCPM? GO FOR IT! I think men should have to deal with the hormonal goofiness of, how did you put it, “modification of their stones.” Let's see who has PMS now. (Just don't deceive Steely Wife or you might face one of those negative conseqences.)
    Oh and that line about the fertility smoothie? I'm still laughing.
    Funny post!

  • http://www.steelydad.com steelydad

    Thanks for the awesome comment, SurprisedMom. Glad you liked the post. Yes, Steely Wife does have a good sense of humor. Just look at me. How could she marry me and not have a good sense of humor?

  • http://www.steelydad.com steelydad

    Great idea, PJ! But I think if I did a secret snip-snip, my wife my snip-snip my carotid artery.

  • Steely Wife

    Okay, as Steely Wife I am offended by the Jimmy Durante voice comparison. Couldn't I have a voice like Kathleen Turner's in “Who Framed Roger Rabbit”?!? Or anyone with XX sex chromosomes for that matter?
    I believe that Steely Dad has some making up to do….put down those acid-base titrations and c'mon home….

  • Steely Wife

    Okay, as Steely Wife I am offended by the Jimmy Durante voice comparison…couldn’t I at least be as seductive as Kathleen Turner’s voice in Who Framed Roger Rabbit?!?
    Or at the very least, anyone with XX sex chromosomes?
    I think you might just have to make it up to me…..and stop fiddling with your acid-base titrations……

  • http://www.steelydad.com steelydad

    I'm sorry who is this? I thought I had a spam filter in place. Just kidding, honey! First, the Durante voice was more appropriate for a carnival barker. I can't imagine Kathleen Turner as a barker (unless it was for a peep show). Besides, your voice is sexier than, than, than hot fudge without the sundae and more mellifluous than satin sheets. I could literally listen to you read the dictionary and be turned on.

    OK, how'd I do?

  • http://lifeofanewdad.blogspot.com/ Otter

    I think you have stubled upon the greatest description of the difference between men and women ever published.

    This also reminds me of that old anwer to the are you having kids question. No but we sure are having fun practicing.

  • http://lifeofanewdad.blogspot.com/ Otter

    I think you have stumbled upon the best description of the difference between men and women ever published.

    Also this reminds me that age old answer for the are you going to have children. Not right now but we sure are having fun practicing.

  • http://www.steelydad.com steelydad

    LOL…wow, Otter, that's high praise from a man I respect. Yes, I LOVE the practice. It's when we pull the goalie that things get crazy!

  • http://mysupernormallife.blogspot.com/ May

    Whaaaat?!? Babymaking sex is the worst kind! Good I only had to do that for one kid (so far). But you're right about the access-all-areas-pass – man, was my husband available! :o )

  • http://www.steelydad.com steelydad

    Baby-making sex is definitely a quantity over quality proposition but I'll take it any way I can get it!

  • http://www.mybottlesup.com/ nic @mybottlesup

    dude, i'm fascinated by this because hub and i have never had “baby making sex” which is funny to think about… cuz all sex could potentially make a baby, thus… if a + b = c…. eh, nevermind.

    our magoo was a whoopsie, but an awesome one… we were doing the whole “we're not NOT trying” thing and as it turns out, though women are told that “the pill” can stay in your system up to 3 months after you stop taking it, THAT'S A LIE. cuz i was knocked up only DAYS after i stopped taking the pill. DAYS.

    so…. steely fam… steely fam-to-be… good luck and happy baby making, should that be the path you go down.

    har har… :)

  • http://www.steelydad.com steelydad

    Whoa! You're a Fertile Myrtle. I love you comment and that's a great story. See what happens when there's no pressure? You pull the goalie and blamo, you get pregnant. We're not going to start right away; it's just something we've discussed more seriously as of late. But I will be convincing that we need to do lots of practice before we start in earnest!

  • http://www.mybottlesup.com/ nic @mybottlesup

    dude, i'm fascinated by this because hub and i have never had “baby making sex” which is funny to think about… cuz all sex could potentially make a baby, thus… if a + b = c…. eh, nevermind.

    our magoo was a whoopsie, but an awesome one… we were doing the whole “we're not NOT trying” thing and as it turns out, though women are told that “the pill” can stay in your system up to 3 months after you stop taking it, THAT'S A LIE. cuz i was knocked up only DAYS after i stopped taking the pill. DAYS.

    so…. steely fam… steely fam-to-be… good luck and happy baby making, should that be the path you go down.

    har har… :)

  • http://www.steelydad.com steelydad

    Whoa! You're a Fertile Myrtle. I love you comment and that's a great story. See what happens when there's no pressure? You pull the goalie and blamo, you get pregnant. We're not going to start right away; it's just something we've discussed more seriously as of late. But I will be convincing that we need to do lots of practice before we start in earnest!

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