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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No, because "we" weren't pregnant, I was.  He also doesn't accompany me to the dentist, hairdresser, or podiatrist.  Independent, modern, professional women should not need to be accompanied to OB appointments by significant other.[/quote]

Wow.  It's his baby too, he should be allowed to learn about its development in the womb.  Obviously he doesn't give a shit about your teeth, hair, or feet, but it's HIS baby, too.  You're not going to be married very long with this attitude.[/quote]

What do you consider long, 25th anniversary in 2014.  O[/quote]

Okay, well, in all seriousness, your age explains your perspective. My aunt didn't "get it" either, why I'd want my husband "to see all that." (She's now divorced, despite her own husband being spared). Look, many of today's husbands actively want to come. Only one person on this thread said they think less of husbands who don't come, and it clearly ruffled feathers. but I don't think that's the prevailing sentiment by any means. But in response, a few posters said how "weird" it was or how they think less of the men who do. Why is that any better? Each couple decides what's best. If I had asked my DH not to come, he would have been bummed. Now we have two and it's harder for him to get there, so I guess I've seen both sides of it and I don't think husbands are "weird" for coming any more than I would assume they're "checked out" if they don't. How could we possibly draw such a conclusion from one thing a man does or does not do? Anyway, I get that in your day it was just not done as much, but things are different now, and many men consider this just one aspect of 100 percent co-parenting. 
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