He shows up to the IEP meetings, often actively undermines me, complains about the tutor I hired (but doesn’t do anything to do it himself). |
there’s only so much rope to be dropped. missing one dental cleaning is ok, but 2 years? |
For starters, listing going out to eat, planning a social event, and visiting a friend as if those completely OPTIONAL activities are SUCH difficult and important “work”… I can’t even spare an eye roll for this type of BS, lady. |
“If your kids and family are truly suffering and your DH still just doesn’t care, then get a divorce.” Already covered in the post you responded to. |
It’s not “Dad Privilege”… It’s a VACATION. It’s SUPPOSED to be a break from normal daily life. |
Spoken like a true advocate of Dad Privilege. It actually does matter to most sane people that their children develop friendships, and while I do as much as I can to let that happen on its own, it takes being proactive for younger kids. But sure I could let my kid sit alone on video games and eat cheerios 24/7. The fact is he already DOES a lot of that, precisely so I can do all of the other stuff (cook, clean, my own actual paying job). |
Oh it is 100% Dad Privilege when I pack for them, do all the laundry when they return, deal with whatever weird skin thing resulted. Once he showed up at the airport with our kid’s entire upper lip area from the lip to nostrils caked in dry snot and flaking irritated skin. They have a great time, true, but being the Disney Dad is a trope for a reason, not a defense. |
right, Dad Privilege leads to divorce. No disagreement there, except it’s because the woman is suffering too. |
How do you manage to cultivate those friendships from way up there on your cross? |
Sorry your picker was broken! No one’s fault but yours. |
Sure, I guess what I am saying is essentially put up or shut up. If he’s such an awful dad and husband, then just divorce him already. If he’s not that bad, then stop all of the useless, unproductive complaining. And saying “dad privilege” is cringey and immature. |
Time use studies also show that men and women spend about the same amount of time in what I think most of us would consider "work" (paid work, childcare, and housework). The edge is actually slightly for men there. The extra leisure time men take isn't coming out of that combination, but no one seems to want to address that. My source here is this analysis of the American Time Use Study: https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2013/03/14/chapter-6-time-in-work-and-leisure-patterns-by-gender-and-family-structure/ It shows that overall, men do .4 hours more of "work" per week, while in households with children, the gap is greater, with men doing about 2 hours more of "work" per week. The most recent data I've seen (here: https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/time-spent-in-leisure-and-sports-activities-2022.htm) shows men taking roughly an extra 40 minutes a day in leisure. The gap in leisure time is probably smaller in households with children, in the Pew analysis from 2013 it was, then it was 2 hours per week of extra leisure time for men in households with children so roughly 16 minutes per day. Some of that seemingly comes out of sleep; women sleep an average of 14 minutes longer a day then men. I haven't dug into the data to see where the other discrepancies are, but I think the time use data actually shows men and women "work" equal amounts, men just take more for leisure too. |
So it’s not his fault? |
here’s another one showing that single mothers do LESS domestic work than married women: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6560646/ the researchers observe that when mothers live with other adults (not a husband/boyfriend) their domestic labor goes down. “ Thus, although partnered mothers theoretically can share some household labor with their partners, our findings showed that living with a heterosexual male partner was associated with mothers’ greater time spent on housework, consistent with the gender perspective” conclusion: dads drag moms down. |
Eh I know two women, both doctors, whose husbands do everything at home. Playdates, cooking, cleaning, appointments, etc. pretty much everything. My DH does more cleaning than me and schedules all the playdates for our son. He grew up with a single mom, which may play a role.
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