First Reactions to "I am going to be a Dad"

I wrote a book called So You're Gonna Be A DAD-Now What?, and I experienced a strange phenomenon. When I told people I wrote a book, there were lots of positive comments, but there was also a handful of people who said a small positive comment, and then proceeded to tell me a story of a friend who wrote a book and they felt obligated to buy one. Oh, and they still had a bunch in their basement because no one wanted to buy any. Those were uplifting conversations. :)

So did you have any first reactions to your announcement of fatherhood that were less than uplifting? Any "Are you sure this is a good idea?" or "Say good-bye to sleep." or maybe your really blunt friend made some comment about "Enjoy the sex while it lasts." If you have a chance to stage the moment when you tell friends - try and gather all your sarcastic friends in the corner, give them a few drinks, and then tell them the good news with your wife out of earshot and soak up the comments. You could be offended, but I think it is actually more entertaining to hear the shots than the "Congrats - I am so excited for you." I don't know about you, but when a male friend says that, even though it is nice, it is almost comical.

The reality, people don't always think and mostly mean well. When I think back on my book comments they were not said with malice, and frankly when someone comes out of left field with a comment like I presented - we sometimes let things out of our mouth that, in hindsight, might not be all that nice. But we are people - so Dad, go fishing for some zingers and see what you can come up with.