Comment on True of mine but he more than made up for it

squirrel@piefed.kobel.fyi ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• douglasg14b@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  My wife went out Christmas shopping while I took my toddler to go play in the snow.

  Separating responsibilities is functional, I don’t understand the negatives here.

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  • HazardousBanjo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I think its more referencing the dads who are entirely uninvolved untrained the their kids lives whatsoever to the point they don’t even participate in any Christmas planning or prep for the family.

    Not your specific situation.

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• Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  All dads I know including myself are the opposite. They do all the shopping and wrapping.

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  • ThePantser@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yep, dad here, can confirm and get tired of these tired old jokes. Such a boomer joke

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    • kn0wmad1c@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I wrapped for two different families, including mine, this year. My wife works super hard, and this is something I can do to help.

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    • shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I am in this exact situation. Very little idea what’s under the tree.

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  • Sc00ter@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    My wife did basically all the shopping and wrapping.

    But i drove across the state christmas eve to pick up the kitten and hid it for hours. And built all the things that needed to be assembled. I was up til about one while she was in bed by 9. Then the stuff that wasnt from santa was built today.

    Each parent doesnt need to be involved in everything to still be involved.

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    • prettybunnys@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      hid it for hours

      Sounds like pure hell ;)

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  • metallic_z3r0@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    My wife did the shopping for some of the bigger ticket stuff, I did the stocking stuff (which included some fun toys), I did most of the wrapping but it probably would’ve been more even split if she didn’t have a chronic disease sapping her energy.

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• VitoRobles@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I feel like people assume parenting is everyone is doing everything.

  As a dad, I cook and clean. I wash dishes. I organize.

  My wife wash clothes, fixes things around the house, and shops for goods.

  So yeah, she buys all the presents, because she loves doing it. I’m making Christmas breakfast and dinner, because that’s my thing. We can do both.

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• prettybunnys@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  LadyButterfly has been hurt and does not like men.

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  • LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I love men! In many ways I prefer them because I find them more straight forwards than women. Of the 3 people I trust the most, 2 of them are men.

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    • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      This other post of yours was on the front page today:

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      reddthat.com/post/56830819

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      • MITM0@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Oh righty this, yeah the “Emotional labour” BS. She’s actually a pretty popular man-hater

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      • CallMeAnAI@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I can’t tell if she’s being sarcastic. That could be some, “I have a black friend” reference.

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    • prettybunnys@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You make it so obvious how much you love them.

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• khannie@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I did basically all the gift shopping this year and set up all the Santa stuff with the help of one of my older kids as my wife was knackered yesterday.

  Other years my wife has done the bulk of the shopping and we usually do the setup together. There’s no structure to who does the shopping I suppose, it’s more whoever has the time or energy any given year.

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• prettybunnys@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Some people are like that.

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• sparkles@piefed.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yeah my ex came over for 30 minutes to watch the unwrapping and took one bag of trash with him on the way out the door. I did absolutely everything else.

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  • bricklove@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Makes sense that he’s your ex

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    • sparkles@piefed.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Oh absolutely, lol. Ten years and nothing has changed. Good news is the kiddo is understanding this is not how we should treat those we say we love, hence I doubt he will get too many more invites.

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      • then_three_more@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        You’ve done great leaving it to the kid to decide if and when they want to reduce / stop contact.

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• fascicle@leminal.space ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Theres millions of people so theres bound to be all kinds

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• captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  dad bad is the new wife bad.

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• MeowerMisfit817@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  ahem

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  • semperverus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    No. Bad.

    🩴

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    • MeowerMisfit817@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      No, I mean it’s my father who is like that, not me

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• MissJinx@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  My brother goes with my sil to do the shopping and goes out of his way to find the things he knows my nieces love. This year was frozen and kpop deamon hunters

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