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The burden of being a man

185 replies

Boomboombooo · 22/12/2024 15:48

"Men will give up their happiness for their families but women will give up their families for their happiness."

My DH explaining the burden of being a man to me this morning.

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Pipsquiggle · 22/12/2024 16:42

I am hoping you are also schooling your DC and DH on the patriarchy which have fucked women over for centuries

PleasehelpNotsurewhattodo · 22/12/2024 16:41

Not read through the thread but what an entire load of absolute bollocks.

THIS IS A MANS WORLD… end of.

They don’t have any of the shit we swap with and it is utter madness and bollocks to even suggest it.

YABVVVVVVVVU. 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡

2025willbemytime · 22/12/2024 16:41

It's literally the complete opposite.

He's priming you for something..

KendraTheVampyrSlayer · 22/12/2024 16:40

Was he high?

HeyPrestoVinegar · 22/12/2024 16:39

I find posts like this strange, where someone just announces what some bloke said. Like anyone is meant to care about his opinion, then doesn't provide any question or say what the point of the thread is?

PandoraSox · 22/12/2024 16:38

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ThePoshUns · 22/12/2024 16:36

Where do you live? I can come around with my tiny violin and play him a sad fucking little tune.

pinkyredrose · 22/12/2024 16:34

Is he dim?

MyDeftDuck · 22/12/2024 16:32

What a load of old tosh! I risked my mental and physical welfare to keep my family together preferring to remain in a dreadful marriage for the sake of my children until they had flown the nest and I could then escape the awful abuse and cruelty.
So, my message to the OP OH .......... You ain't got a clue!

HollyKnight · 22/12/2024 16:29

True. The world is full of men raising children on their own after their wives have fucked off for a different life.

Dandylione · 22/12/2024 16:29

Where is he seeing women giving up their families for their own happiness. Is he normally so thick?

Hairyesterdaygonetoday · 22/12/2024 16:28

That is so weird. I thought he must have got a well-known quote back to front, but I’ve looked it up online and all I can find is as he said, so presumably quoting the person who made it up.

I have literally never heard anyone make that claim, No one would find evidence to back it up. I mean genuine evidence, statistics etc. Anyone could say “I know a man/woman who …” etc,

Ponderingwindow · 22/12/2024 16:27

Oh, the put upon father who has to go along with Mommy’s plans because she does all the work and planning.

I remember my DH, who has many great qualities but is a bit of a bah humbug when it come to outings, complaining her never got any say in our life. So I told him I would be thrilled for him to pick the next family outing and the next holiday. I would be thrilled if he went clothing shopping with dc. I would be very happy to just let him make these decisions or to make them as a couple. Unsurprisingly, I still plan all our activities and he can attend or not, though he has the good sense to recognize it’s important for his relationship with dc to attend.

sprigatito · 22/12/2024 16:26

New Year's resolution: ditch the delusional misogynist and live a free and happy life

StopStartStop · 22/12/2024 16:25

So many men are taken in by this nonsense. We need decent people, not gender-stereotype obsessives.

arethereanyleftatall · 22/12/2024 16:25

If he doesn't see the irony in what he said and is completely unaware of male privilege, I feel very very sorry for you that you're lumbered with such a dimwit.

Upstartled · 22/12/2024 16:24

Boomboombooo · 22/12/2024 16:12

Hung over, watching Peppa Pig with DC, whilst feeling sorry for Daddy Pig.

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Daddy Pig is completely downtrodden, diminished and mocked by his awful family, tbf.

Never thought of Peppa Pig as a incel text though 🤔😅

PerambulationFrustration · 22/12/2024 16:24

Daddy pig always seemed like a happy good humoured simple family pig

Kulwinder54 · 22/12/2024 16:23

A typical incel/'red pill' statement that you see do the rounds.

MyBirthdayMonth · 22/12/2024 16:23

Has he had a bang to the head?

Purplecatshopaholic · 22/12/2024 16:22

lol, he’s got that the wrong way round. As sadly many, many women on here can testify. Is he always a dick?

SeriousFaffing · 22/12/2024 16:20

Boomboombooo · 22/12/2024 16:12

Hung over, watching Peppa Pig with DC, whilst feeling sorry for Daddy Pig.

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@Boomboombooo Mummy Pig had her entire novel that she’d written deleted by George and Peppa. Tell him to FO.

SleeplessInWherever · 22/12/2024 16:20

@CocoapuffPuff

I mean, in fairness - my partners ex genuinely has done that. Coordinated less access so she can go to hotels with married men/meet up with casual flings etc.

Shes single, so very much free to do whatever she wants, but it has happened that way around here!

KneesUnder · 22/12/2024 16:20

Didn’t know Laurence Fox had remarried.

CatsndtheBear · 22/12/2024 16:19

How utterly vile.

I wouldn't be able to take him seriously ever again.

I imagine he also thinks Jordan Peterson has some good points.