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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I also have noticed that becoming a father has made people view my DH, automatically, as more responsible and mature, but I've noticed this weird condescension towards me since I had a kid, where people are more likely to give me unsolicited life advice or second-guess things I say. And of course our behavior as parents is treated totally different -- what is considered "overprotective" or "anxious" in me is considered admirable, strong parenting in my DH, but what is considered "lax" or "lazy" in me is considered reasonable and restrained in my DH. [/quote]

DH here and when our DDs were younger, I"d take them out on my own during the afternoons when the nanny finished early. I could pretty much do no wrong when I had two cute toddlers with me. People would offer to let me cut in line. People would come up to me and tell me what a great job I was doing (when I really don't think I was), and the ultimate -- the postal worker was locking the door at 4:59pm and reopened it when they saw me rushing towards it with stroller and kids in tow.

I figured this is what pretty women in their 20s feel like, minus the kids bit. The double standard was fun while it lasted, now the kids are older and it's more common to see fathers with kids at an older age.[/quote]

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