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Please don't give my husband more paternity leave.

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Hedgehogbrown · 25/06/2025 00:57

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/please-dont-give-my-husband-longer-paternity-leave/#comments-container

Till Macdonald wrote this is the Spectator. Is she mad?! Who is this woman? Just because she procreated with a massive dickhead doesn't mean the rest of us should have absent husbands. Anyone who has a 'pile of ironing' in 2025 is just asking to be a wifey martyr. Ridiculous.

Please don't give my husband longer paternity leave

Men at home all day have an uncanny ability to misunderstand the rhythm of the house. They use the blender during wind-down time

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/please-dont-give-my-husband-longer-paternity-leave/

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Nsky62 · 25/06/2025 04:52

Nothankyov · 25/06/2025 03:25

So none of you iron? Shirts, dresses - you all just get them out of the dryer and what? hang them in the closet and go out in them?

Edited

I don’t own a dryer

FancyLimePoet · 25/06/2025 04:16

I agree with her 🤣

my husband was constantly “tidying” things around me - things I needed around me. And then the fancy dinners while I was trying to loose weight…..6 weeks would be plenty IMO. He might disagree…..

NJLX2021 · 25/06/2025 04:04

"I have accepted and let my husband become so useless that I can't stand him being around, so please don't give him more time off"

could sum that up.

I mean, there is somewhat of a point there, paternity leave + useless husband = not good.

But she is just trying to fix the wrong side part of the problem.

Rookie889 · 25/06/2025 03:37

WTF have I just read?

I guess when your husband is THAT useless and selfish, you have to tell yourself that they're ALL like that, right?

Nothankyov · 25/06/2025 03:33

Mumjaro · 25/06/2025 03:31

Exactly that in our household! I only have an iron for crafts and weddings.

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Ok fair enough! I couldn’t cope. But more power to you I say!

Mumjaro · 25/06/2025 03:31

Nothankyov · 25/06/2025 03:25

So none of you iron? Shirts, dresses - you all just get them out of the dryer and what? hang them in the closet and go out in them?

Edited

Exactly that in our household! I only have an iron for crafts and weddings.

Nothankyov · 25/06/2025 03:25

So none of you iron? Shirts, dresses - you all just get them out of the dryer and what? hang them in the closet and go out in them?

whackamole666 · 25/06/2025 03:19

What is this ironing obsession?. I use the ironing board to stack clean clothes and the iron as a door stop.

HoppingPavlova · 25/06/2025 01:51

Never had a pile of ironing. Don’t own an iron. Problem solved in that regard. Maybe they should be better problem solvers, so less angst?

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