You should be getting more stars for this comment!

It does seem to be a global trend— similar movements happening in Japan as well :(

My kid was a ~very slightly~ sleepier version of this, but omg, she really hated to sleep. She was down to one nap a day at 6 months, and by the time she was 2 she would just cry for 2 hours instead of napping during the day.

Thank you for expressing this in a way that I wasn’t able to— you hit exactly on what it was that made me feel so uncomfortable about responding to this story with laughter. As I said in a different response above, my initial reaction was anger, and this helps me understand that gut reaction better.

Make no mistake, I don’t think he deserves a shred of pity. It’s simply that I look at that face and I don’t feel like laughing, I feel angry. And I still think there’s a very fine line between mocking someone for crying and that bullshit sense of masculinity that so often gets twisted into violence against women.

Oh no, I did post a picture, but not sure why it didn’t work the first time around...

There’s something disturbing to me about making fun of this asshat for crying. The picture is of someone who was caught literally with his pants down (= unsuccessful attempted rapist) and who’s crying about it. The initial reaction to ridicule him for it seems directed at some kind of failure in masculinity. What he…

Maybe the flag is throwing me off on this one

Both my parents, and my husband’s parents can be pretty passive aggressive. The first thing that Mr. Izayoi and I have changed is unhelpful indecisiveness (if someone asks the group where we should all go for dinner, we try to make a specific suggestion rather than say “I don’t care” or the dreaded, chirpy “anywhere…

Maybe Caroline is once again draining one of your accomplishments of every bit of pride and joy and somehow twisting the conversation instead to how she’s been wronged again; end the conversation as soon as possible and go find someone who will be happy for you.