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BY JENNIFER MECKLES

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When there’s a baby on the way -- seems like new mommies get all the love -- Presents, pampering, and baby showers.
But now -- first-time dads are having their day, or night, to celebrate, too!
Its called a “Dad-chelor party” -- one last night the town, before Baby arrives.

Detroit’s WJBK explains:

“No baby, no bingo, no silly shower games -- but there is drinking! Maybe a little poker, maybe a little ballgame -- its just an excuse for dudes -- to get out of the house!”
“Or another kind of trip, as it says in the script.”
“Yeah, like Vegas.”
“Yeeeeeah.”
“Fellas... give it up! No--”

News of the new trend set off reaction from nearly every journalist or personality who’s ever suffered through midnight feedings, a slowed sex-life, and the other sacrifices of child-rearing -- and even some that haven’t. Here are a few highlights:

The hosts of KNXV'S morning show banter over coffee:

“I know my husband’s not a big partier but if he wanted to blow off some steam and head out with the guys -- I would be totally ok with that!”
“What do we need a break for?  We’re doing what we’re supposed to be doing -- being parents, getting ready for a new, exciting thing in life. I love the idea - my wife and I did it of going off on a trip together--  a babymoon - I love that idea. But the guy, needs a break with his boys? Nahhh I don’t know.”

The Stir says -- this party will remind dads how cool they really are when they forget it later.

“They don't give birth. They don't lactate. But they live for their kids too... It could be the night to get him through the darkest night with the stinkiest diaper.”

But the always brash and comedic Chelsea Handler -- arguing -- what has “daddy” done yet to earn a night out?

CHELSEA HANDLER: “It's where a group of guys throw a big party weekend with drinking, sports, and gambling. Oh, right. For what? Doing what? For penetration?”
I love how they-- really? Wait, whaaa---You should, you-- UGH!
GUEST: “That's nothing but a Friday night!”

Maybe -- but as Jezebel blogs -- at least new dads understand the brevity of the situtation:

“It's good that guys are recognizing that fatherhood is serious business — even if it takes them a few beers to do it.”

Finally, the Huffington Post interviewed Carley Roney, editor in chief of new mom site TheBump.com. She says -- "dad-chelor parties" are simply evidence parenting norms are changing.

"In the (19)50s it all fell on the girls... Now, it's a shared responsibility. Guys are just as overwhelmed by the thought of how much their lives are going to change. This is the antidote to that..."

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