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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are a ton of sexist comments about a man on his phone wanting free babysitting.  Chit chatting gossipy women at the park not watching their kids are just as guilty of wanting free babysitting.

It is even worse at the pool where they expect the lifeguards to watch their kids.[/quote]

If a mom met me at the playground and she ignored me and sat on a bench on her phone, I would not make plans with her again.[/quote]

+1 It is isn't about gender at all.  I had a mom do this and I never bothered making plans with her again.[/quote]

Of course it is gendered.  No one wants to make small talk with someone’s husband for an hour every week.  So, either the other mom comes and has no one to socialize with and stands there alone while dad is on the bench on his phone or they have to make small talk.  Neither is awesome.  My child gets plenty of other socializing so I wouldn’t feel compelled to do this[/quote]

That someone's husband is a person. Do you not have male friends? Are you incapable of talking to a man about the same things that you talk to a woman about? Do you have some sort of anxiety or other mental health issues?[/quote]

Capable, yes.  But I wouldn’t want to make small talk 1:1 with a random dad every week for more than a few minutes. [/quote]

+100 You'd probably have a budding romance after a few of these, no? Busy parents barely have enough time to chat with their own DHs. lol[/quote]

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