I'm a gentleman Mumsnetter and at the weekend a male friend of mine takes his six month old for a walk and often stops at a coffee shop near where we live. Quite often I will meet him for a coffee and then continue on the walk with him.
It seems the sight of two men with a baby walking down the street is enough to cause consternation - plenty of double takes.a and we live in a largish city albeit where i live is a traditional working class area)
I'm not sure if they assume we are a couple and they don't like the fact that -shock horror - same sex couples can raise children, they think we are child abductors who've just snatched the child and wheeling it away or they are so unaccustomed to men performing childcare for very young infants?
Either way it didn't enter my head that we'd be subject to double takes and semi-suspicious glances.
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Two men and a baby - to be surprised at the reactions!
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LikeDylanInTheMovies · 05/08/2016 22:04
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