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Birdsweepsin · 2023-03-26T06:31:45+00:00

Wow! I mean , congratulations Dan! You really are taking gender-non-conformity to the extreme. Total respect. I mean, c-section, obviously, no? And is your partner supportive? How exciting. For her to become a dad, that's just ... amazing! What? Oh. Oh, I see. Sorry. Wrong end of the stick.

EyesOnThePies · 26/03/2023 12:48

Great news!
He must be so relieved to find that his wife is the sort of woman that generally comes with ovaries and uterus.

Fairislefandango · 26/03/2023 12:48

How else should it be phrased?

Well quite. If you can say that a couple is expecting a baby (which you definitely can), then logically speaking, both of the partners are expecting the baby. Just because 'expecting' is also used as a euphemism for 'pregnant', that doesn't mean it stops meaning 'anticipating/looking forward to the birth of one's child'.

PlateBilledDuckyPerson · 26/03/2023 12:45

Clymene · 26/03/2023 12:29

And for the record, I'm really really happy to do some personal mud slinging against Radcliffe because he's an odious talentless oik @LookingOldTheseDays

But he didn't write the headline so you're slinging your mud in the wrong direction.

failedbluecup · 26/03/2023 12:42

How else should it be phrased?

lieselotte · 26/03/2023 12:40

I've actually just seen the headline on the BBC and had the exact same thought. He is not expecting a child His wife or girlfriend is.

SlouchingTowardsBethlehemAgain · 26/03/2023 12:35

You will pick on any damn thing about people who do not agree with your right wing GC agenda, just to give the ole ideology a bit more air time on Mumsnet (not that it needs it).

PlateBilledDuckyPerson · 26/03/2023 12:33

Clymene · 26/03/2023 12:28

@PlateBilledDuckyPerson yes it is. I've just done a search of headlines for famous men I can think of with much less famous wives and the wife is always mentioned.

In any event, the reason this is funny is because of the shit about women that Radcliffe comes out with. If he didn't, this wouldn't be funny.

There's a current, very sad, article about the death of Andrew Lloyd Webber's son. His mother (Sarah Hugill) is not mentioned at all, even in the text, presumably because she is not famous, although personally I think she should be.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-65078024

Clymene · 26/03/2023 12:29

And for the record, I'm really really happy to do some personal mud slinging against Radcliffe because he's an odious talentless oik @LookingOldTheseDays

Clymene · 26/03/2023 12:28

@PlateBilledDuckyPerson yes it is. I've just done a search of headlines for famous men I can think of with much less famous wives and the wife is always mentioned.

In any event, the reason this is funny is because of the shit about women that Radcliffe comes out with. If he didn't, this wouldn't be funny.

PlateBilledDuckyPerson · 26/03/2023 12:22

Clymene · 26/03/2023 12:17

I actually think 'expecting' when it refers to pregnancy usually refers to women. Men say 'my wife is expecting a baby' or 'we're expecting a baby'. They don't say 'I'm expecting a baby'.

That's what is ridiculous about the headline. The fact that his wife has been cut out altogether.

But the headline is in the third person. A man might not say 'I'm expecting a baby' but that isn't the same as saying 'Daniel Radcliffe is expecting his first child'.

LookingOldTheseDays · 26/03/2023 12:20

Clymene · 26/03/2023 12:17

I actually think 'expecting' when it refers to pregnancy usually refers to women. Men say 'my wife is expecting a baby' or 'we're expecting a baby'. They don't say 'I'm expecting a baby'.

That's what is ridiculous about the headline. The fact that his wife has been cut out altogether.

But he didn't write the headline did he?

If you want to criticise DR for what he's said about JKR, or his views on the trans issue - fine.

But personal mudslinging just because his partner is having a baby and an editor chose to write the headline in a certain way is ridiculous, and just looks petty. Of course the headline was going to focus on the most famous half of the couple!

Arapawa · 26/03/2023 12:20

Come on you disingenuous wassocks...this headline never used to be written. It would have been Daniel Twatcliffe and his partner blah blah blah are expecting.

I thought exactly the same as you OP.

Clymene · 26/03/2023 12:19

But that is what makes it funny @Somebodiesmother

God this is painful

EsmaCannonball · 26/03/2023 12:17

It must have been exciting for them waiting to see which one got pregnant. It's about 50/50 these days, isn't it?

Clymene · 26/03/2023 12:17

I actually think 'expecting' when it refers to pregnancy usually refers to women. Men say 'my wife is expecting a baby' or 'we're expecting a baby'. They don't say 'I'm expecting a baby'.

That's what is ridiculous about the headline. The fact that his wife has been cut out altogether.

Somebodiesmother · 26/03/2023 12:16

Happylittlechicken · 26/03/2023 11:59

The point is Daniel believes transwomen are women, and castigated JKR for saying only women could give birth. I think he’s also on the side of “lesbians are bigots if they don’t do dick”. It does therefore seem rather funny that he seems to know as a straight bloke exactly what a woman is when it comes to relationships and creating a family. As they say…. Ally on the streets, transphobe in the sheets 😂😂

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That's a whole different argument from wether he is expecting a baby though.

LookingOldTheseDays · 26/03/2023 12:14

Greenolivetrees · 26/03/2023 07:59

I'm as terfy as they come but the headline is correct. Pregnant is a biological state, expecting is a mental one. He IS expecting a baby. I'm expecting to go to a farm in an hour...

I agree. Expectant father

LookingOldTheseDays · 26/03/2023 12:13

Greenolivetrees · 26/03/2023 07:59

I'm as terfy as they come but the headline is correct. Pregnant is a biological state, expecting is a mental one. He IS expecting a baby. I'm expecting to go to a farm in an hour...

I agree. The phrase "expectant father" has been around for donkey's years, and no one thinks it means the man is the one carrying the child.

We all know men's role in conception and birth is small compared to women's, but men do become fathers, and when a woman is carrying their child they are expecting a baby.

Happylittlechicken · 26/03/2023 11:59

Iwonder08 · 26/03/2023 08:23

So just because he disagreed with your trans views he is not allowed to have a child? 'expecting' doesn't mean pregnant..it is a really poor choice of battle to pick.

The point is Daniel believes transwomen are women, and castigated JKR for saying only women could give birth. I think he’s also on the side of “lesbians are bigots if they don’t do dick”. It does therefore seem rather funny that he seems to know as a straight bloke exactly what a woman is when it comes to relationships and creating a family. As they say…. Ally on the streets, transphobe in the sheets 😂😂

Slothtoes · 26/03/2023 11:52

Its in amazingly poor taste for Radcliffe to turn on the woman who created the work that has defined his entire professional life

Eyesofdisarray · 26/03/2023 11:50

Come on it's the menz isn't it??
I half expected this to be about surrogacy

SBHon · 26/03/2023 11:48

thatsn0tmyname · 26/03/2023 10:52

Can I just chip on here and say "we are having a baby/ pregnant" really winds me up?

‘We are pregnant’ is obviously incorrect but ‘we are having a baby’ I’m fine with.

Do you want parters to only say ‘my partner is pregnant’? Or is there another way you’d word it?

To me that sounds dismissive in a way; like they have no responsibility to either their partner or their unborn child. Like the pregnancy is nothing to do with them.

RufustheSpeculatingreindeer · 26/03/2023 11:46

AnyMucca · 26/03/2023 08:15

Pick your battles. Picking up and ranting about a non-issue isn't doing us any favours. To the point, I am wondering if this is a reverse.

Where is the ranting?

RufustheSpeculatingreindeer · 26/03/2023 11:45

Sorry clymene

wasnt expecting that to cut off the original quote

RufustheSpeculatingreindeer · 26/03/2023 11:43

Clymene · 26/03/2023 10:45

HUMOUR IS NOT ALLOWED

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Where is the ranting?

congrats to the happy couple 💐