Dad ruining wife's half-marathon finish

[BlowDryRat]

Has anyone else seen this video?

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Brief synopsis: A dad stands by the half-marathon finish line with his young daughters. Crucially, he's standing in front of the finish ribbon. When he sees his wife about to win the race, he encourages the toddlers to intercept her with hugs. She has to dodge them to avoid knocking them over, finishes the race and celebrates. Dad throws up his arms in disgust at her choosing to win the race rather than stop to hug her daughters.

IMO this is the perfect example of a man trying to make his wife's achievements all about him, then blaming her for his ineptitude and her wanting to celebrate her own achievement. A mother is an individual in her own right.

I feel the same way about men who propose to their partners when they've won a race/accepted an award/ celebrating their graduation.

YABU - he's an amazing dad and the mum let her kids down by selfishly taking the win.

YANBU - he's a dick.

Really. I’m sure she doesn’t need your anger 😁

@LizzieBennett73

what has the mum done??
and why on earth would you feel sorry for the kids?!

There is so much embedded misogyny in society. There are so many issues we need to discuss intelligently, policies that need to be acted on, awareness raised.

The bullshit responses on here vilifying the husband undermine the proper debates we need to be having.

I can’t even 🤦‍♀️

She could have signed for the kids to run with her, or at least turned to them as soon as she'd gone through the ribbon. Instead she ignores them and is busy hugging the guy that came in after her. She completely ignores them. Dad should never have pushed them in front of her. Therefore neither parent behaved very well. Just my opinion.

@LizzieBennett73

errr it was a race for adults, not kids Hun. Her kids couldn’t have run with her. Not everything in life is for kids.

I'd have tore a strip off him once in the car or at home!

I'd have felt bad passing my kids by but likely wld have done exactly what this woman did. The hugs from ur kids come after not just before the finish line. He was an absolute idiot (to put it mildly).

@LizzieBennett73

plus it won’t do the kids any harm to be ignored for a few moments, I’m pretty sure they’ll have seen that their mum was kinda busy. It does kids good to see their parents engaged and passionate about something outside of the family.

Nope- not a lot wrong apart a bit misjudged. Maybe the kids had a hand in it.

@Curiossir

it was very wrong!

Hey @LuckySantangelo35
You've mentioned me incorrectly 🤣

Because the race was her race and was about her and her achievement. Can women not just have something for them, do they still have to accommodate everyone else first all the time? Good for her for seizing the moment, taking the time to enjoy her win and putting herself first in this instance.

and I disagree

The woman has literally come out and explained what happened, not sure why this has turned into a feminist issue tbh. The memes that it has generated are hilarious tho!

@PennyPugwash

im sorry!

@Curiossir

how on earth can you not see hi jacking her race and her achievement as wrong?!

He’s a passive aggressive fuckwit of the highest order. Yanbu

Good because I'm not giving her my anger 😃

She should shag the baldie to celebrate

I don't see it that way Get over it.

@Curiossir

nah I won’t. I’ll continue to stick up for women and call out misogyny.

'I can’t even' Pampledample, if you can't even, then you have been very lucky in the men you have encountered.
Your good experiences might have led to stilting your imagination, but most of us have had very mixed experiences, and we get it, we just get it.
Thing is, we no longer have to giggle, play the game, give in, pretend it's OK, cover for them. Can you not sense the outrage on here?
No, not all men are like this - we know that.

I mean, Brazil isn't exactly world-renowned for its gender equality, He's probably a wanktard like many other men.

What a shame for you. I hope you can 'even' soon.

Yep. Men gonna men. Unfortunately for women!