What kind of country do you live in where that's okay? Or even if not okay, common...
Granted I'm no father yet but my girlfriend means too much to me to be able to abandon her if she needs me by her side normally, let alone during childbirth
Yeah… I know a labor a delivery nurse who says this is actually common…. That or bringing a whole ass video game console or both. I took a week off from work to help my wife after our kids birth and got asked if my vagina healed when I returned to work. Come to find out most of them never changed a diaper. Eye opening.
Very normal where I live (GA) unfortunately. I negotiated unpaid time off months in advance then ultimately quit when they reneged saying "you're not the one having the baby, you need to be at work".
My boss was a woman with multiple children who told me that.
I feel like for this context, normal ≠ common. Just because a good amount of people do it doesn’t make it normal, I’d say it’s still pretty socially unacceptable, even if nobody really straight up stops you for it.
I mean America has 0 federally mandated parental leave. Couple that with a society who absolutely preys on the destitute.... and this is what you get. It is very common imo. I had to claw tooth and nail for my salary at... 5 days PTO... no sick days, no insurance :)
No disagreements, just that common ≠ normal, you know? It is common, but I guarantee 100% of those women in those situations are pissed, to say the least, so not normal.
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u/Okita_Souji03 Apr 24 '26
What kind of country do you live in where that's okay? Or even if not okay, common...
Granted I'm no father yet but my girlfriend means too much to me to be able to abandon her if she needs me by her side normally, let alone during childbirth