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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]On I'm Chicago and I saw the exact same post. It was on Facebook. I am inundated in Facebook with stuff about "overwhelmed moms" and it feels synthetic to me. Also lots of stuff about lazy uninvolved husbands which mine is certainly not.
Somebody out there wants you resentful.
I work half time hours and I am happy and not overwhelmed at all. Of course I don't make DCUM money. [/quote]

Agreed. All I see all around me are wonderful dads who are very, very involved. Why is there a constant narrative about men not doing enough? Go to any playground and it's full of men hanging out with their kids. Men are at all the school events at equal numbers to the moms present.

Honestly I'm glad I'm not a man because of all the constant hate that dads seem to get, despite all the chores they do, plus bringing home 50%+ of the income. My dh absolutely pulls his own weight. Despite all this, boomer women thank him and praise him for babysitting his own kids when he's at the grocery store with them (I haven't stepped into a grocery store in years, that's dh's chore). A relative couldn't get over how dh changed diapers (what?!!?). Millennial men have shown up for their wives and kids. [/quote]

I totally agree with you. Millennial dads are bringing it. I want to put in a plug for GenX men as well. My husband and the men I know well have been present for their kids doing all sorts of chores boomer + men would never have imagined. GenX men may or may not have had the benefit of paternity leave (depends on their age and who they worked for), but, they work fulltime, usually are the main or an equal breadwinner and also do lots of regular chores. My husband has consistenly done more and more as our kids have gotten older, and he never complains. The women I know my age who complain that there husbands do nothing are total control freaks and have trained their husbands out of helping. Thanks to all the dads out there who are trying![/quote]

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