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Hope22

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27. Interesting phenomenon in our home.
Tue Sep 2, 2025, 06:59 AM
Sep 2025

Since June we have been caring for our infant grandson five days a week. My husband works from home so I use the term we lightly. When my son was born we were just starting a business so my husband was gone from 6am to 7pm through the week. It was the craziest of times for both of us. Flash forward to today and he sees me doing all of the baby things including the smoothing, feeding, changing and getting through the bewitching hours before mom and dad come to pick up the little sweetheart at the end of the day. . The first month my husband apologized to me multiple times a day. He repeatedly asks me if it was this much work when our son was born. 😳 Turns out he was gone so much he didn’t have a clue. It has been a real eye opener for both of us. It’s nice to be appreciated even if it took forty years in the making. Right now we don’t sweat the small stuff! It’s all hands on deck!!😁🤣

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Men [View all] dcmfox Sep 2025 OP
I hit the the jackpot with my hubby Lifeafter70 Sep 2025 #1
Mine does the laundry Mossfern Sep 2025 #7
Nice Lifeafter70 Sep 2025 #8
He won't let anyone else- including me Mossfern Sep 2025 #11
That's great we hope to retire in a couple of years Lifeafter70 Sep 2025 #17
Really... TheProle Sep 2025 #2
Maybe most men. I cook, vacuum, make the bed, do laundry, clean NewHendoLib Sep 2025 #3
My hubby and I share the work too Tree Lady Sep 2025 #18
More misandry BeerBarrelPolka Sep 2025 #4
Joke dcmfox Sep 2025 #5
Not little, none. Male basjing no better than female bashing. Even in a "joke" NoRethugFriends Sep 2025 #9
Lighten up Francis dcmfox Sep 2025 #10
.. Oeditpus Rex Sep 2025 #20
It's more misogynist to assume washing dishes is "for women" Maru Kitteh Sep 2025 #12
Yeah, just like Oeditpus Rex Sep 2025 #23
Every joke has a victim JoseBalow Sep 2025 #24
No, they don't Oeditpus Rex Sep 2025 #28
I've been reading DU for two and a half decades. BluesRunTheGame Sep 2025 #13
hmmmm Kali Sep 2025 #15
It's so oppressive iemanja Sep 2025 #22
We could be working on all of that... BluesRunTheGame Sep 2025 #25
Tell me which politician expressed misandry in any public speech? iemanja Sep 2025 #29
Did you even read my post? BluesRunTheGame Sep 2025 #30
I see. So your point wasn't that the party was misandrist iemanja Sep 2025 #35
"Outrage over virtually nothing" ? BluesRunTheGame Sep 2025 #36
This OP is about none of that iemanja Sep 2025 #37
I'm sorry this exchange didn't work out for you. BluesRunTheGame Sep 2025 #39
Thank you for deleting that. BluesRunTheGame Sep 2025 #42
What the fuck? Brenda Sep 2025 #32
I'm a white man. BluesRunTheGame Sep 2025 #33
And we wonder why we're lost the male vote pcdb Sep 2025 #34
Thank you for deleting that sentence. BluesRunTheGame Sep 2025 #40
This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Sep 2025 #14
This message was self-deleted by its author iemanja Sep 2025 #21
My wife of 45 years has Parkinson's. I do all the housework amd all the cooking, driving, and shopping. Ping Tung Sep 2025 #6
NOBODY in my house wants to do those things Kali Sep 2025 #16
Which is why doG created.. Abolishinist Sep 2025 #19
I vacuum every Tuesday and do dishes all the time. underpants Sep 2025 #26
Interesting phenomenon in our home. Hope22 Sep 2025 #27
Trashed. maxsolomon Sep 2025 #31
Thank whatever entities that were responsible, but I am so glad I am gay. OldBaldy1701E Sep 2025 #38
Women GusBob Sep 2025 #41
This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Sep 2025 #43
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