r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/WithSkelly • Apr 24 '26

Meme needing explanation Lois?

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u/Upstairs-Hedgehog575 Apr 24 '26

Is it? That sounds horrendous. 

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u/tiorzol Apr 24 '26

Nah it's not. I can see how someone would want to normalise such a shitty event to deal with it but the fathers I know and myself have been much much more involved and supportive than our fathers were 

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u/Square-Singer Apr 24 '26

This. Everyone sees themselves as the standard, the "normal". Even if they are far, far away from "normal".

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u/Wasted_Potential69 Apr 24 '26

My still squashed hand remembers 🤝 it's surprising how being unsupportive is normalised. What a terrifying and beautiful experience to share with a partner. Horrifying. I'm sure guillermo del toro directed my wife's birth.

I went in with the notion of "this isn't about me, let's get through this in one piece", we managed that and I'll be eternally grateful to the majority of midwives that got us to the finish line.