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Hope22

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27. Interesting phenomenon in our home.

Tue Sep 2, 2025, 06:59 AM

Sep 2

Since June we have been caring for our infant grandson five days a week. My husband works from home so I use the term we lightly. When my son was born we were just starting a business so my husband was gone from 6am to 7pm through the week. It was the craziest of times for both of us. Flash forward to today and he sees me doing all of the baby things including the smoothing, feeding, changing and getting through the bewitching hours before mom and dad come to pick up the little sweetheart at the end of the day. . The first month my husband apologized to me multiple times a day. He repeatedly asks me if it was this much work when our son was born. 😳 Turns out he was gone so much he didn’t have a clue. It has been a real eye opener for both of us. It’s nice to be appreciated even if it took forty years in the making. Right now we don’t sweat the small stuff! It’s all hands on deck!!😁🤣

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Men [View all] dcmfox Sep 1 OP

I hit the the jackpot with my hubby Lifeafter70 Sep 1 #1

Mine does the laundry Mossfern Sep 1 #7

Nice Lifeafter70 Sep 1 #8

He won't let anyone else- including me Mossfern Sep 1 #11

That's great we hope to retire in a couple of years Lifeafter70 Sep 1 #17

Really... TheProle Sep 1 #2

Maybe most men. I cook, vacuum, make the bed, do laundry, clean NewHendoLib Sep 1 #3

My hubby and I share the work too Tree Lady Sep 1 #18

More misandry BeerBarrelPolka Sep 1 #4

Joke dcmfox Sep 1 #5

Not little, none. Male basjing no better than female bashing. Even in a "joke" NoRethugFriends Sep 1 #9

Lighten up Francis dcmfox Sep 1 #10

.. Oeditpus Rex Sep 2 #20

It's more misogynist to assume washing dishes is "for women" Maru Kitteh Sep 1 #12

Yeah, just like Oeditpus Rex Sep 2 #23

Every joke has a victim JoseBalow Sep 2 #24

No, they don't Oeditpus Rex Sep 2 #28

I've been reading DU for two and a half decades. BluesRunTheGame Sep 1 #13

hmmmm Kali Sep 1 #15

It's so oppressive iemanja Sep 2 #22

We could be working on all of that... BluesRunTheGame Sep 2 #25

Tell me which politician expressed misandry in any public speech? iemanja Sep 2 #29

Did you even read my post? BluesRunTheGame Sep 2 #30

I see. So your point wasn't that the party was misandrist iemanja Sep 2 #35

"Outrage over virtually nothing" ? BluesRunTheGame Sep 2 #36

This OP is about none of that iemanja Sep 2 #37

I'm sorry this exchange didn't work out for you. BluesRunTheGame Sep 2 #39

Thank you for deleting that. BluesRunTheGame Sep 3 #42

What the fuck? Brenda Sep 2 #32

I'm a white man. BluesRunTheGame Sep 2 #33

And we wonder why we're lost the male vote pcdb Sep 2 #34

Thank you for deleting that sentence. BluesRunTheGame Sep 3 #40

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This message was self-deleted by its author iemanja Sep 2 #21

My wife of 45 years has Parkinson's. I do all the housework amd all the cooking, driving, and shopping. Ping Tung Sep 1 #6

NOBODY in my house wants to do those things Kali Sep 1 #16

Which is why doG created.. Abolishinist Sep 2 #19

I vacuum every Tuesday and do dishes all the time. underpants Sep 2 #26

Interesting phenomenon in our home. Hope22 Sep 2 #27

Trashed. maxsolomon Sep 2 #31

Thank whatever entities that were responsible, but I am so glad I am gay. OldBaldy1701E Sep 2 #38

Women GusBob Sep 3 #41

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