Oh my goodness the stuff about Turkey is openly rascist isn't it? I have been tearing them into pieces and letting my kitten chew them. I feel like turning them into a cute event is somehow lessening their power.

I want to get tshirts (and business cards and banners and maybe even forty foot tall skywriting!!) saying “ITS NOT BABYSITTING IF YOURE THE DAD, ITS CALLED PARENTING” ahem sorry raw nerve.

And a “what about the menzer,” is now my new favourite phrase! Nicely put.

Yeah I got the wrong OP. I meant you. And no disrespect to your story either. I was bullied as a kid. My husband was bullied horribly for very similar reasons to you. I have two young sons and don’t want them to face what we did. The point that people are making here is that the story was about the cultural phenomenon…

Hey that is a really nice definition actually. I'm glad you wrote that.

Egad!!

That's awful. I'm so sorry that happened to you. Sending Internet hugs x

I am so sorry that happened to you. Sending lots of hugs.

Well spotted. I was kidding around.

The thing is, there’s an expectation that women want to hear mens sob stories and console them. Would men open up about childhood bullying stories in the comments section of a blog targeted towards men? Unlikely. An audience composed mostly of women though, that’s seen as far more of a safe space. Women will…

There an American version??

And they still don't learn though do they?

Like the plague? Really? Fuck off. No, this attention hogging, subject changing “But men have it just as bad/worse!!” is what is divisive. This is supposed to be a feminist leaning blog, and the post was about a magazine for girls, and a wider issue of systemic body shaming of women in our culture. The OP had a sad…

But what about the mens......

Hey it sounds like you’re doing a great job. I often think the best parent is one who is intentional about parenting, and it sounds like you’re really doing your homework and being the best you can be. x

Crazy Steve, I’m so glad you got out, and I’m so sorry those assholes messed up your childhood. You and your sister deserved so much better than that.

I want both. BOTH!!

KEEP UP THE GOOD FIGHT, COMRADE.

But he won’t right? I’m a UK resident, we’re all over here wondering how on earth it’s even a possibility??

They suck the LIFE out of you, every last shred of patience, of energy, of goodness. But then they do that one cute thing, and your love tank fills right up and overflows. Like today my oldest had five (FIVE) toilet training accidents, but then told me that he loved me so much he wanted a picture of my face on his…