Dads at meet-ups

[hub2dee]

Ermm.... does it ever happen, and would it be a GOOD or a BAD thing ?

Hi hub2dee- just been reading your postings on the thread about dad's websites and funnily enough you're here as well. I don't go on meet ups myself ( too far away from any but if I did go it wouldn't bother me) but i do know that dad's are welcome on Mumsnet so can't imagine that there'd be a problem with meet ups. I'm sure there'll be someone along soon who does have experience

I know that jmg1 has been to mumsnet meet-ups with no problems.

Thanks for the feedback.

TBH, if as a society we want greater male involvement in parenting, I guess this sort of thing needs to be welcomed, but at the same time, I can understand the women valuing time amongst themselves.

It is amazing though... I searched the archives and current messages looking for dad / dads / father / fathers / men etc. and there really is an incredible scarcity of material (considering the thousands of posts on everything else here on MN !)

Dh has been on a meet-up with me, to a farm last year.

jmg was there too.

Don't have a problem with it as such. Might be an issue if it was meant to be a girls night out without kids. I suppose a married dad's wife might have an issue with it if he left her behind!

Quite a few dads came on that farm meet up too.

hub2dee, are you male or female?

he's male I think.

I know jmg1 got a hard time once about going to an evening one and then didn't feel like he could intrude

I thought so too. Well, I don't attend meetings myself, but I think it is only fair that dads are accepted at meetings if they are accepted on Mumsnet. Perhaps not to a girlie night out, but then, they probably wouldn't be interested in that anyway!

YOu're right fairyfly but I think that was because it was seen as a girls night out. He's been on 2 "family" meet ups to a country park and the farm.

I'm sure dads would be as equally welcome on meet-ups as they are on mumsnet.

In terms of the lack of contributions from dads, subjects, etc that may be down to the name and some assuming that it's not a forum for them. My DH has considered posting on here a few times but is a little put off as I don't think he believes me that there are other male contributors!

well this is a great forum.lol
being a man i believe it is fine for us dads to come along to events.we are not mad or anything.hope not anyway.
and agree if it is a girly night .men do not want to come along.
but then if it was single mums and single dads evening i think there would be a few more come along.then again i think there is only a few dads on here and certainly not many single dads if any well apart from me

jmg1 is a single dad romantick

well there is 2 of us then on a site of umpteen ladies.so just bare in mind anymeet ups that we attend we are going to feel the odd ones out

You will but I think if it's a meet up with kids it doesn't matter then as the focus tends to be on the kids.

Are we allowed to know who your dh is then Lockets?

It must be hard for you romantick. Are there no dads' sites anywhere? Not trying to get rid of you, but it seems odd that there isn't a forum for single dads as there must be loads of them.

Lonelymum: Yep, I'm a man. My wife is Dee. I am hub to Dee. Possibly this is a crap name as I exist as an individual yadda yadda but at the moment we are PG and it feels like the best thing I can do is be a good hub2her, IYSWIM. Maybe when sprog is born I'lll come up with a really witty name

Yeah, I don't think tagging along to a girlie night out sounds feasible, but I can imagine networking with others (m/f) in similar stage of sprog-popping / child-rearing could be fun. I guess I should do a profile.

over here lonelymum!

How would dee feel about you going ona meetup? I presume you'd bring her and your child too though?

Sorry i meant galaxy

So you're Locket's dh then wheresmyfroggy? Hello

Wheresmyfroggy? ????

Hub2dee, oh I agree absolutely. Yesterday I met an old school friend. Her brother brought her round. I haven't seen him since he was about 19. Now he is a mature man (actually older than my dh) with a child of his own, and I thought how nice it was to talk to him. I never knew him very well, but because he has a child of his own, I felt we had plenty to talk about. It would be the same with men met via Mumsnet, I think.