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NFT: The other side of Wife Stuff that annoys you.

Tittle 9 20 64 : 4/17/2014 9:23 am
A while back there was a thread asking stuff your wife does that annoys you. I was quite outspoken complaining about my wife. Maybe I should have watched this first, and thanked her instead.
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Watching the baby was something that I could never have done  
gmen1234 : 4/17/2014 9:33 am : link
as much as my wife, especially when he was a newborn. I just had to watch him two days in a row and I was more tired doing that than my actual job. He's 17 months now so it's easier but I wouldn't be able to do it every day like my wife does for three weeks in the summer.

Bitches still be crazy though!
having one  
Les in TO : 4/17/2014 9:36 am : link
baby isn't too bad/difficult...it's having two or more where things start to get draining.
Les  
steve in ky : 4/17/2014 9:38 am : link
Yeah for some reason going from one to two children doesn't simply just double the work, it oddly seems to increase fourfold instead.
Wait until/if you have 3 kids.  
TheManUpstairs : 4/17/2014 9:39 am : link
It's the old joke -- with two kids, you can play man-to-man; with three, you have to play zone.

My wife's great; 26 years and counting. She's a MUCH better wife than I am a husband.
Owning a business  
Tittle 9 20 64 : 4/17/2014 9:45 am : link
Working 6 days a week, many 10 to 12 hour days. My wife raised our children basically on her own. And I'm not proud of myself to admit that.
yeah  
Jon from PA : 4/17/2014 9:52 am : link
with 3 or more you better be at the top of your game. I find myself going through a list of names before I get to the right one more and more...
Funny, the ex-wife was a piece of shit when it came  
Cam in MO : 4/17/2014 9:52 am : link
to caring for the kids- it always fell on me to be the primary caregiver.

Yay women! Yay bullshit gender roles!


Tittle 9 20 64  
steve in ky : 4/17/2014 9:55 am : link
That reason is precisely why I waited until my mid forties until I had children.
Cam  
Gary from The East End : Admin : 4/17/2014 10:01 am : link
Just be thankful that you're not bitter.
RE: Cam  
Cam in MO : 4/17/2014 10:01 am : link
In comment 11624554 Gary from The East End said:
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Just be thankful that you're not bitter.


Inorite?
I always end up dating very career-driven women.  
Mike in Long Beach : 4/17/2014 10:02 am : link
Especially the girl I'm with now... I'm gonna be 29 in a couple of weeks and I'm starting to wonder how the Hell we're gonna end up looking after a kid if we end up together, long term. We both work 50+ hours a week and travel often.

I want to be as hands on as possible and don't want a nanny raising my children some day (if I'm lucky enough to afford one).

Nice video.
I really wanted kids  
Jon from PA : 4/17/2014 10:09 am : link
so part of my decision to choose the career path I did was to allow tme to be there for them.
To this day,  
Tittle 9 20 64 : 4/17/2014 10:26 am : link
I don't know how couples who both work full time can raise children. God bless them.
It's a sexist piece that merely re-inforces gender stereotypes  
Scyber : 4/17/2014 10:33 am : link
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Mike in Long Beach  
Headhunter : 4/17/2014 10:37 am : link
After you have the kid, delete your BBI account, you'll have all the time in the world for your kid
RE: Mike in Long Beach  
Mike in Long Beach : 4/17/2014 10:39 am : link
In comment 11624647 Headhunter said:
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After you have the kid, delete your BBI account, you'll have all the time in the world for your kid


Then what would I do at work?
RE: It's a sexist piece that merely re-inforces gender stereotypes  
Curtis in VA : 4/17/2014 10:39 am : link
In comment 11624642 Scyber said:
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Its for MOTHERS DAY. Good grief.
By definition its NOT a job  
WideRight : 4/17/2014 10:41 am : link
Any suggestion that it is undermines the real value of parenting. Those women should go get a job and hire a nanny to provide the nuturing and compassion that they are incapable of.

Alligator tears
Pretty typical  
Gary from The East End : Admin : 4/17/2014 10:50 am : link
Articles for Mothers Day: How hard it is to be a Mom.

Articles for Fathers Day: Deadbeat dads.
Nothing worse then all the stay at home  
Dr Pepper : 4/17/2014 10:53 am : link
moms posting this on Facebook and patting each other on the back for how hard they have it but still manage to find the time for yoga and lattes.

You know who is not posting this silly video, the single mom who busts her ass to provide for her kids while still maintaining a home.
Mike in Long Beach  
Headhunter : 4/17/2014 10:54 am : link
work?
Dr Pepper  
jnoble : 4/17/2014 12:28 pm : link
Stay at home/divorced moms are the WORST with seemingly doing nothing but spending all day every day sharing/posting inane crap on FB. I have the status feed of a ton of otherwise nice women I know blocked on my page because it's nonstop.
Stay at home mom is the easiest job ever.  
madgiantscow009 : 4/17/2014 4:52 pm : link
Weird how it says they don't get any breaks.
RE: I really wanted kids  
RC02XX : 4/17/2014 4:55 pm : link
In comment 11624578 Jon from PA said:
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so part of my decision to choose the career path I did was to allow tme to be there for them.


This
Bill Burr on  
TheBigBlueOne : 4/17/2014 4:58 pm : link
the most difficult job on the planet.
RE: I always end up dating very career-driven women.  
Les in TO : 4/17/2014 5:09 pm : link
In comment 11624560 Mike in Long Beach said:
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Especially the girl I'm with now... I'm gonna be 29 in a couple of weeks and I'm starting to wonder how the Hell we're gonna end up looking after a kid if we end up together, long term. We both work 50+ hours a week and travel often.

I want to be as hands on as possible and don't want a nanny raising my children some day (if I'm lucky enough to afford one).

Nice video.


maybe she's busting her butt now so that she can be more settled and ready for motherhood in a couple/few years; or her priorities may change too. if it's something you are both committed to, you will work it out.
Wait until your kids become teenagers...  
BamaBlue : 4/17/2014 5:14 pm : link
we wished for the days of diaper bags and formula. Hormonal Teenage boys, especially 3 of them at the same time is something that you have to live through to believe...
Tittle -  
BlueLou : 4/19/2014 10:22 am : link
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To this day,
Tittle 9 20 64 : 4/17/2014 10:26 am : link : reply
I don't know how couples who both work full time can raise children. God bless them.


That's why I married a single mom who'd already raised a little girl (until 10 years old) admirably and who furthermore was an elementary school teacher - ie, professionally trained to "raise" children. And she's been great at it.

Still, our younger daughter (we have two, just over a year apart) is a handful in a few ways. Primarily, it's that she doesn't LIKE to study or even read, and is very adamant when she wants things. Not that she gets those things/privileges, we are good and typically united setting limits. We are not soft. Still it's a lot of work saying "no" over and over.

I did what I could, and certainly selfishly what I "wanted" to do, like more than half the cooking. But then I'm better at it...
Bama,  
BlueLou : 4/19/2014 10:23 am : link
I think we both know that our younger daughter is gonna be hellacious as a teen.
RE: I really wanted kids  
buford : 4/19/2014 12:08 pm : link
In comment 11624578 Jon from PA said:
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so part of my decision to choose the career path I did was to allow tme to be there for them.


see, when a woman does that, it's because evil companies pay women less than men.....
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