Nick Lachey on Having Kids With Vanessa: "The Pressure Is On!"
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Little Lacheys!
Nick Lachey and fiancee Vanessa Minnillo haven't said "I do" quite yet, but that doesn't mean the groom-to-be isn't already thinking about fatherhood.
"I'd like to be a dad sooner than later," the 37-year-old told Parade magazine. "I'm getting up there. I've gotta catch up with my brother. [Drew's] got two and I've got zero, so the pressure is on me!"
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Lachey has volunteered with Big Brothers Big Sisters since 2004. He said his time as a mentor for the organization has helped prepare him for fatherhood.
"I'm assuming fatherhood is going to be a hundred times more intense than being a Big Brother, but watching a life develop in front of you is a bit of a parallel," he said. "I'm certainly looking forward to it."
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"I'm at a point in my life where I'm ready to start another chapter. Having kids is a big part of that. I'm excited for what comes next," he said. "Life is a journey, and I'm certainly ready to close this chapter and move on to the next."
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After dating for four years, Lachey proposed to Minnillo, 30, in November 2010. (Lachey was famously married to Jessica Simpson from 2002 to 2006; Simpson announced her engagement to ex-NFL star Eric Johnson only days after Lachey shared his good news.)
But before he meets Minnillo at the altar, Lachey needs a bachelor party! "I'm fearful!" he admitted of the as-yet unplanned bash. "But we're going to have a great time. At this point in life you don't get to see the boys as much as you used to and a lot of the friends from college and stuff have moved on and have their own families. This is a chance for us all to get together and tie one on and have some fun again. We're all looking forward to it."
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10Remind me again what these two nobodies do besides socializing and taking vacations.
Babies? Really ? doesn't seem like the type that could put a baby in front of his own needs or wants.His brother Drew has always been a more down to earth family man . Not Nick at all!
Nick you think that is pressure, how would you like to be Kim K's new husband. She desires to have a kid by the end of the year......enjoy your time with Vanessa because that dude is going to be Kim's whipping post for years to come. BTW, you two make a cute couple. Advice: Don't have children until you are absolutely ready and you are committed 110% to THEM and not you.
Just because a woman has waited to long to have kids, I dont think you should start a marriage but pressure on the guy to start having kids.
@CourtneyPuzzo, I know there was a point in your comment somewhere, but it would be much clearer if you checked your spelling before hitting the 'post' button.
Way to start out a new marriage, by competing with your brother for kids. What an idiot. Not EVERY couple needs to have children. I swear, some people just have kids just because that's what they're told they should do and end up with dysfunctional children they didn't want in the first place. A lot of people want a cute little baby, but they don't even stop to think that it's going to turn into a screaming toddler or a teenager who might stab you for the car keys.
A 60 or even 50 year-old man, will not play and interact with his children the way a 35 year-old man will. I think that's the point. Anybody who is a parent will tell you, the older you are the more difficult it is to effectively parent a child. So a man really can't have children at any age. How many 70 year-old new fathers do you know? Or 80, or 90?
It used to be just about fertility issues for a woman over 40, but now they're saying the quality of a man's DNA deteriates after age 45.
there he goes being hyperbolice again a man can have children at any age it's women that lose the ability at a finaite point
They'll have cute babies...