Trixieintransit asks:

My husband whispered to me one morning this weekend as I was changing our son's diaper that someone had another "first" this week. Someone had woken up with a morning woody. And that "someone" wasn't my husband. No. That's right. He was gleefully sharing with me that his off-spring had produced a ..woody. All curious and surprised and dare I say IMPRESSED...he proceeded to ask me which of the toddler girls did I think our son was dreaming about...Our not quite 2 yr old son.
I just ignored him. Maybe elbowed him too. Not sure.
The next thing I know he is telling his friends on the phone. "Good morning! hey. Yeah. Guess what my kid did..."
So here's my question: Do men always announce to the world these kinds of facts? How should I respond in the future?

BusyDad:
WOO HOO!! ROCK ON KID! Get the beer. Where’s the beer? Hell, give the kid a beer! He’s obviously ready. And line up the chicks!

See that? That’s elation. And it’s not even my kid. When that first happened to my son, I almost rented out Hooters for a gala celebration with my drinking buddies to welcome him into our wolfpack.

Let your husband revel in this glory. This is his first validation that this baby thing is a real man in the making. Every father wants to be Mufasa hoisting little Simba up for the entire African plain to witness. That’s pride for you! There is nothing wrong with that.

Because this moment has already passed, let me just prime you for the next ones on the horizon, so that when it happens you can just step back and savor the pure unharnessed joy you are witnessing:

• The first time your son sings one of your hubby’s favorite songs.
• The first time your son reads one of your hubby’s favorite beer or booze labels.
• The first time your son expresses interest in your hubby’s favorite sports team/athlete.
• The first time he defends himself physically.
• The first time he clogs the toilet.
• The first time he belches real loud, on purpose.
• The first time he expresses interest in girls.
• His first hit, goal, touchdown, KO.

There are more, but this should cover you for a few years. Come back in about 7 years for a few more...

Mr Lady:

Well, welcome back, BusyDad, and way to totally answer that.  Just because I go a week without a post doesn't mean you have to totally leave me NO FUNNY ROOM. :)

Yes, Trixie, they always make a big deal out of it.  They continue to make a big deal out of it until puberty begins to rear it's ugly head, at which point you'll hear a lot of I have to work late tonight's and ums and errrs and When does sex ed start in school exactly's and Have YOU had the talk with him yet's. 

What they don't tell you when you have a boy is that from the second he is born, you will sayand hear penis or willy on weinerschnitzle or whatver it is you call it more time than you will inhale.  I say you brush up on your high five technique, and brace yourself for the talk you're doomed to have in 10 years.