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Anne. :(

Don’t have the means to shop Garavani’s face onto the turkey. Use your imaginations, people.

I’m afraid they’re lousy conversationalists for at least the first six or seven years. That age of reason thing turns out to be important not just for the church, but for the dinner table.

Definitely picturing that guy staring at a baby while it sits in a bouncy seat and the baby staring back. I think dude needed to put the kid in a backpack and get the damn laundry done.

My cat is a super messy eater. I just had this confirmed by my friend, who watched her while I was out of town. Is that weird?

My apartment was never as clean as it was when my son was a baby, because he loved being in a carrier and walked around so I’d basically pop him into a sling and then clean the apartment every day. We also went for walks all the time.

Chores can get done pretty quick - my brother and his wife usually “trade shifts” (one starting in the late afternoon, one in the morning, etc) and laundry, dishes, dog walking, vacuuming all get done easily, because you just strap the kiddo in and go. Its personal care that falls by the wayside, as it means they have…

AGREED! Like, was there no mopping to do? You couldn’t have fluffed the towels? The lawn was perfect, the garage was kept, the oven was clean?

LIES!!! There is always some bullshit job around here to do. But when your husband is a 40 year old man-child who never learned to pick up after himself AND you’re taking care of an actual small child, the sheer volume of bullshit can be a little overwhelming.

That is what I was thinking. I’m a father and I’ve helped take care of my daughter since the moment she was born. I only get a “break” when I am at work, she is asleep, or her mom is doing something with her.

That was my thought too! Get off of your bored lazy ass and help your migraine riddled wife with some of the chores! I wonder if he actually ate dinner that night or just whined that he’s hungry.

Hon, I’ve been a single mom for ten years. Taking care of one child is infinitely easier than taking care of a child and a manchild and breeds far less resentment. If you can get the money and childcare angles sorted, don’t waste your time with the personal maidservice. And in the meantime, stop doing his work for…

Pat, I’m so sincerely sorry for you. No one should have to live like this. I hope you can find some sort of resolution.

True, but even those activities (he does mention playing and stuff too) are going to be quite boring for a lot of parents. There’s a limit to what you can meaningfully do with a 6 month old. If you have a chance, this is one in a series of columns and while they are a bit tiresome (what is it about some new parents…

$10 says she emerged from her migraine to a dirty house and a husband who wanted a cookie for being such a big help.

No, they’re super fun even after a week.

Hahahahahahahahahaha. Nope. My husband (pre-baby) was amazing. He cooked most meals, kept his laundry and the towels under control, took care of the cat box and cleaned the toilets. He was stoked when ‘we’ got pregnant cuz he’d had such a good time with my niece. Then our fmla expired and we went back to work while…

It’s not that boring. Baby care aside, I’ve read like 40 books on my Kindle since going on maternity leave at the end of April. All the breastfeeding and naps...it’s a bookworm’s dream!

You’d be surprised how quickly you can get all of your housework done when you have 1 baby. I used to find shit to do because I cleaned the house over a day. I obviously moved to bigger houses once kids 2 and 3 arrived, but I still got my shit done pretty swiftly when they were babies. I cooked some really nice…