Annoying Dads

[Anonymous]

Dad who posted that his wife spends too much time on this board. (Yes, I think it was my husband even though he won't admit it.)

[Anonymous]

Dads that don't clean. Even when they have the day off, the kids are in daycare and the wife is at work.

Dads who also asks, after being home all day, while she worked a 13 hour day, what's for dinner.

[Anonymous]

Dads who get married, have kids and pretend to be straight as not to disappoint their parents. All they do is create chaos down the road for their families or maybe they just have a wide stance?

[Anonymous]

My husband is an incredible dad... BUT... the Blacknerry has got to go!!

[Anonymous]

Lighten up everyone!!!

Dads who don't teach their sons to put the seat up.

Dads who don't put the seat up.

[Anonymous]

Dads who spend too much time playing World of Warcraft.

[Anonymous]

Men, specifically my DH (whom I love very much and is an awesome dad), that act like a big baby when they get sick. A bad sore throat and some congestion and DH is more feeble and helpless than our 10mo old DD!

...now I have to dote over two babies! I feel like pushing him off the couch and saying to him "when is it my turn to feel sorry for myself?"

...had to vent.

[Anonymous]

Isn't it funny that we collectively seem to find Dads much less annoying than Moms? And that most of the complaints here are directed at the poster's husband/partner, as opposed to other Dads?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Isn't it funny that we collectively seem to find Dads much less annoying than Moms? And that most of the complaints here are directed at the poster's husband/partner, as opposed to other Dads?

Yup, shows how nasty & catty the moms in DC are towards each other.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Isn't it funny that we collectively seem to find Dads much less annoying than Moms? And that most of the complaints here are directed at the poster's husband/partner, as opposed to other Dads?

Probably because moms do most of the child rearing. My husband, who acts like he "does it all", will not take our kid to the ped without me, does not take the initiative to get her involved in playgroups or other activities to meet other kids and parents, has not bought a single diaper, wipes or formula, has no clue and no interest (although he'll tell you otherwise) about learning about what milestones a child needs to reach and what we need to teach her. If he was in control, our kid would:
-be bottle feeding forever (huh? we need to teach her to eat with a spoon?)
-would be eating pureed foods until she was 12 (why are you giving her big pieces of food?)
-think that Home Depot was the best place in the world to play (I'm taking her out, aren't I?)
-would be wearing 3 month old clothes until they burst at the seams (no lie-he had her crammed into an outift for a 3month old and she is 11 months old
-either be grosely underweight (he watched her for the day-I had specific instrusctions on when whe last ate and when she needs to eat-I was gone for 7 hours and I come home and asked when she last ate. He said "I don't know, didn't you feed her before you left?)
-would stink (I can't give her a bath, she might drown)
-would have nails like claws (I can't clip her nails, I'm not good at it)
-would never sleep (she doesn't look tired to me)
Despite all this, he is a good dad, but he is so clueless and it drives me nuts. I am not annoyed with other dads because I rarely see any around. And I know none of you can be annoyed with my kid's dad unless he does something stupid at the Home Depot and you happen to be there to witness it.

[Anonymous]

I don't know many other parents, personally. I just see them around, often doing annoying things! And it's usually the mom who is out and about with the kids.

As for dads, I know my baby's dad, and I wish that he would just spend time with her, rather than trying to multitask all the time. I know he's busy, and I know it's a sacrifice to be at home at all, instead of staying at the office til 10pm every day. But when he's with the baby, I would love to see him close the laptop and sit on the floor with her. Usually, though, she's on his lap while he types with one hand and shakes a rattle for her with the other. Sad.

Oh, and in general: dads who act put out when asked to do something. Like, mom's in the kitchen trying to put Thanksgiving dinner on, and dad seems annoyed that she asks him get off the couch and take the chess pieces out of the baby's mouth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Isn't it funny that we collectively seem to find Dads much less annoying than Moms? And that most of the complaints here are directed at the poster's husband/partner, as opposed to other Dads?

Probably because moms do most of the child rearing. My husband, who acts like he "does it all", will not take our kid to the ped without me, does not take the initiative to get her involved in playgroups or other activities to meet other kids and parents, has not bought a single diaper, wipes or formula, has no clue and no interest (although he'll tell you otherwise) about learning about what milestones a child needs to reach and what we need to teach her. If he was in control, our kid would:
-be bottle feeding forever (huh? we need to teach her to eat with a spoon?)
-would be eating pureed foods until she was 12 (why are you giving her big pieces of food?)
-think that Home Depot was the best place in the world to play (I'm taking her out, aren't I?)
-would be wearing 3 month old clothes until they burst at the seams (no lie-he had her crammed into an outift for a 3month old and she is 11 months old
-either be grosely underweight (he watched her for the day-I had specific instrusctions on when whe last ate and when she needs to eat-I was gone for 7 hours and I come home and asked when she last ate. He said "I don't know, didn't you feed her before you left?)
-would stink (I can't give her a bath, she might drown)
-would have nails like claws (I can't clip her nails, I'm not good at it)
-would never sleep (she doesn't look tired to me)
Despite all this, he is a good dad, but he is so clueless and it drives me nuts. I am not annoyed with other dads because I rarely see any around. And I know none of you can be annoyed with my kid's dad unless he does something stupid at the Home Depot and you happen to be there to witness it.

Sounds like my husband! I rarely see any dads in the outside world with their kids (and without mom around). And the few times I do, I feel that he is SUCH a good dad! I can't believe I get sucked into the double standard thinking. Shame on me! I better head over to the what I love about moms post for a reality check.

[Anonymous]

I was at a playgroup recently and the dad came home while we were there. he hung out with us and it was so interesting to see how overprotective he was of his daughter (about 10 months old). He would hover over her as she tried to pull herself up, or if she crawled too close to an older toddler. I guess this kindof annoyed me. I always thought that a man would naturally be more laid back when it comes to kids than a woman.

[Anonymous]

Dad's that constantly quiz their children on things - like life is some sort of exam!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was at a playgroup recently and the dad came home while we were there. he hung out with us and it was so interesting to see how overprotective he was of his daughter (about 10 months old). He would hover over her as she tried to pull herself up, or if she crawled too close to an older toddler. I guess this kindof annoyed me. I always thought that a man would naturally be more laid back when it comes to kids than a woman.

If I had to guess, I would say this is probably because he is not as used to being alone with her and is not as sure as to what she can or cannot do. I know this happens with my DH when he takes our kids to the park. He gets a lot more nervous than I do and hovers around our sons because he doesn't bring them to the park that often. I, on the other hand, bring them more often and know what my sons are comfortable with and tend to let them just do their own thing a lot more.