Eh! Wrong answer, Hans! I’m a happily married woman. |
Look I’m not sure what your agenda is here. This clearly isn’t the thread for you since you and your husband are both perfect. Maybe ask yourself what your reason is for hanging out here smugly and $hitting on people? |
I don’t care for misandry any more than I care for misogyny. |
I don't think there is an agenda. She's clearly far from happy. |
Says the woman complaining about her husband incessantly on an anonymous mommy message board. I’m incredibly happy, but sometimes I DO get bored with all the free time I have not nagging my husband to do pointless busywork or complaining about how it’s SO EMOTIONALLY DIFFICULT to fill out summer camp registration forms once a year. I admit that arguing with dramatic complainers like you ladies is not the most productive hobby, however, I’m just human and I get that dopamine spike reading all your BS. But I will leave y’all to your victim Olympics now. Good luck in your efforts to change other people! |
I actually haven't posted on this thread. Both of my children have special needs, with one child needing a lot of support, and so my spouse and I are actually both very busy trying to keep our heads above water. I'm never sure how much of our experience is normal as a result, but do empathize with a lot of the responses on this thread. What you read as the victim Olympics comes across to me as a lot of people struggling. I think tone is really hard to get across in an online forum, especially one where so many people are objectively combative. But I do, sincerely, hope that you are happy. |
This is not the ramblings of an “incredibly happy” person. |
It’s spot on. Excellent list of things that are done when managing kids and a home. |
This is my response. |
+1, happy people don't get a "dopamine hit" from making fun of people or telling them they are stupid. This should be self-evident. |
No winder |
I find it funny how MAD this made some people.
I personally think that's because some of it rings true. No one would get this worked up over something that was clearly wrong. |
Why is an incredibly happy woman online at 1:30 in the morning on a weekday anyway? Especially anytime in middle age it’s destructive to health to short shrift sleep and/or do 3rd shift work. You should be blissfully asleep cuddled up with your perfect husband at that hour. If it’s hot flashes, consider HRT - the jury is in, HRT is not a bogeyman after all. |
For the moms who choose to be SAHM, I feel like this is insulting towards dads. We would feel targeted if there were a list that was the opposite...
"You are a privileged mom if..." - you don't have a boss - you don't have to fight DC traffic - you don't have to juggle kids AND work, always falling short - you can attend your kids' weekday games -you can wear activewear all day - when the kids are preschool/school, you have a few hours - you can eat lunch at home - you can grocery shop when it is not crowded - you get the luxury of going on field trips instead of being stuck in meetings - you don't have to worry about money, it just appears - you don't fund your kids college accounts, yet the still exist - your didn't buy your car, but you have one - you don't pay for dinner, yet everyone still eats - you don't have to ask how your husband feels about being the sole provider, because he just does it - if you husband messes up at work, no one gets mad at you - you don't have work deadlines to deal with - etc etc etc There is something to be said for the division of roles and duties in a healthy marriage. Many women, like myself, love staying home and view it as a privilege. Yes, my husband is privileged too, but in different ways. Let's not attack each other for these roles that we chose. |
When I started this thread, I was actually hopeful that there might be some decent men who’d read it and be honest enough to acknowledge, in an anonymous setting, that they definitely enjoy dad privilege and have some sense of shame about it when confronted by the issue. I guess I’m unsurprised by the lack of that type of response and the abundance of hateful misogyny. I trust the data, and the evidence I’ve observed with my own eyes for 5+ decades now across generations. In the majority of marriage and/or cohabiting committed hetero couples, women are still doing the lion’s share - while the lion naps in the shade. |