I'm gonna guess that she's happily startled because, for example, mine hit his weed pen outside every 15 minutes and fell asleep on the couch and never once came near me. I think that my experience (or smth similar) is pretty common.
Edit: Hi, I'm an actually human person and was the first to comment on this. I'm not trying to start a damn war of the roses, and apparently this is NOT the correct answer (see the next comment below mine). Just popped in with my stupid, obviously incorrect thought about what this could mean. So chill with calling me a stupid whore.
The way people on the internet talk about what they consider to be normal men is kind of shocking but I'm never sure if it's down to Americans or social circles.
American husbands either skew phenomenally useless or my friends are good people and I'm not involved in the average British person's life enough to know most men are useless.
Yeah maybe it's just the people im around, but then I volunteer a lot as well and generally father's in the UK seem really involved in their kids lives, as much as mum. I appreciate it's not going to be everyone, just what I've witnessed. This common lack of parenting from dads seems a very American problem.
I was there for all of my wife’s appointments and both c-sections. They had to take her and do prep, make me wait in the scary hallway and then I got to go in and hold her hand during. Afterwards the baby had to go to the NICU and we had already agreed I would stay with them while she went to recovery both times. It was hard and I wouldn’t wish that on anyone, but we made it through and have two beautiful, healthy tornados. I know my wife regrets not being able to deliver naturally, but goddamn is she the strongest person I know for delivering both of them.
I made sure I was going to be there for every possible thing I could. She did the heavy lifting of carrying them and bringing them into the world, the LEAST I could do is be supportive. I loathe men who brag about being absent and will call them out on the spot.
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u/BeatnikBun Apr 24 '26 edited Apr 24 '26
I'm gonna guess that she's happily startled because, for example, mine hit his weed pen outside every 15 minutes and fell asleep on the couch and never once came near me. I think that my experience (or smth similar) is pretty common.
Edit: Hi, I'm an actually human person and was the first to comment on this. I'm not trying to start a damn war of the roses, and apparently this is NOT the correct answer (see the next comment below mine). Just popped in with my stupid, obviously incorrect thought about what this could mean. So chill with calling me a stupid whore.