Exactly. I don't think this is a particularly surprising or new phenomenon. As women we're constantly bombarded with messages about our relatively brief fertility windows and as such, we usually end up making definitive decisions about whether or not we want children well before men do. Most men in my peer group are…

Yup. I work for several families as a nanny/babysitter, and in every last one, no matter how great and involved dad is, whenever there's an issue it's mom's schedule or job that takes a hit. If I'm sick or having car troubles and can't make it? Dad goes about his business and mom has to scramble to find a replacement…

At one point, she asked if he would consider quitting his job to be a stay-at-home father given how much he wanted a baby. "That just wasn't the plan he had in mind," she said.

Pure coincidence, they were probably all watching Seinfeld, and the part when George finds the golf ball in the Whale's blowhole came on.

But seriously, which one looks better?

Oh, fuck this. I'm guessing he was being bullied at his school and the adults couldn't be bothered to do anything to rein in the little shits, just like it was when I was a kid. The excuses were always, "oh, they need to work it out themselves," or "oh, honey, just ignore them, they're jealous," or other bullshit…