Quote Originally Posted by Bretsky
Today is my son's 1st Birthday

I don't understand birthday parties or for that manner women on the day of the birthday party. 365 days to plan for the next B'day party if they choose. Yet the annual spouse monster appears the day of each party as all crashing down when things are behind or not 100% perfect as they see

(1)I wonder if all women are like this; (2)I wonder if I'm suppose to react stressed because the spouse is. (3) Maybe being the voice of reason is wrong

Like every year, the Birthday party will go fine and nobody except me will realize how stressful it all was

Then tomorrow will be a new day with all the drama forgotten about.

Until the next two Birthday's in Sept and Oct
(1) Yes
(2) No, you're supposed to be the voice of reason. But having said that, keep in mind that the voice of reason will always be to blame if something goes wrong, and even if there is no major catastrophe you will always be regarded with suspicion until the last of your daughter's friends leave and the party is over.
(3) See (2).

Birthday parties are a raw deal, and nobody knows this quite like the dads.