Anonymous wrote:The excuses for men here are outrageous and depressing in their predictability .
Let's see if I can get them all in before more similarly-minded posters come along.
-Men, unlike women, need to unwind. Cut him some slack.
-Kids are just kind of boring (only to men, apparently) until they're like 2. Wait, no-- 4. Wait, no-- 6. Wait, no--
-This is the way men bond, by ignoring their kids. Women like to woman-y things like speak to their children, do chores with their children, interact with or at least do some sort of parallel work in the vicinity of their children. Having reasonably similar expectations of poor, stupid, clueless men is misandry!
-If you have a problem with anything Dad does, you are a Micromanaging Harpy. Also selfish and ungrateful.
-I mean, what did your father even do? How about your grandfather? At least your husband probably knows the kid's name, unlike every one of his male ancestors, who used their children as footstools and martini-bringers. You don't know how good you have it.
-I'm going to assume facts to in evidence by pretending this is only a small part of their time together (even though you said it's almost all of their time) and go off on a tangent about moderation.
-I personally have fond memories of doing this with my dad, albeit at a much older age, which makes it totally fine.
-You probably used a "tone" in speaking to him, so you deserve whatever you get in response. Unlike a woman would, he now has every right to take his ball and storm off in a huff. If he doesn't speak to his child again for the next 16 years, well, you both deserve it, you Micromanaging Harpy.
-Women these days blah blah blah.
Have I about covered it?
we should turn this into DCUM bingo!
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