r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Apr 24 '26

Meme needing explanation Lois?

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u/LesserKnownFoes Apr 24 '26

Wait. This is common? I was there for every second of my child’s birth.

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u/JerachoD Apr 24 '26 edited Apr 24 '26

Me to for my kids. I think this must be an American thing as European fathers are much more engaged.

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u/DuckSaxaphone Apr 24 '26

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.

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u/JerachoD Apr 24 '26

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.