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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is another reason women fall behind in the workplace after having kids.  It’s the million things we are expected to do.  Most women want a decent quality of life so many of the things that we do aren’t truly necessary to survive.

Just today I went to the pool with my child and husband.  Here’s what I did to make it to the pool:

1.  Order swim diapers last week
2.  Order a float 
3. Order a swimsuit earlier this year in son’s size 
4.  Order sunscreen 
5.  Put sunscreen on child 
6.  Pack stroller, including water for child 
7.  Decide time to go to the pool (in between naps)
8.  Get myself ready

Here’s what my husband did:

1.  Dress himself 
2.  Ask me where the sunscreen is 
3.  Push the stroller.

I suppose we could have not gone to the pool?  Was it necessary to survive?  No, but it’s things like this that make life nice.  Other examples include vacations, parties, a clean house, nice meals, well dressed kids, kids enjoying activities, pets, etc.

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Your ordered some shit from online. [/quote]

But I spent the time to do so.  I had to know he needed a swimsuit, diapers, sunscreen etc.  I had to THINK about what would be needed at the pool.  My husband didn’t even know swim diapers were a thing.  On top of also working full time and sharing the same other burdens as my husband.

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It’s possible he does a ton of stuff without griping online about it. Maybe he doesn’t.

Everything you did seems pretty mundane. [/quote]

dude of course it's mundane!! that's the point.

I wonder what you think would happen if you just noped out of 50% of the job at work?[/quote]

+1.  I love how the male posters miss the entire point of this thread.   So not only are they lacking reading comprehension skills, they can’t or won’t manage the tasks to maintain a household and live a normal existence.

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