Genuine question about women's attraction

[Loubanez]

Today I was 35 (M) unscrewing a shelf from the wall of our living room, while meanwhile I had our 4 week old son asleep happy and attached to me in a sling.
I glanced over to the other side of the room and my wife was watching me with a slight grin and lustful look in her eye,
I asked her, 'whats up' she said she found it very attractive that a man has a maternal side, ie looking after the baby. She said she found it attractive any also many other women would. I disagreed thinking it was un-man like to be looking after a child in that way and that many women would be naturally put off by a man undertaking that role that is usually by a women.
Anyway we had a small discussion and thought we would put it to a poll.
What do you guys think?

Quite. Plus, if I saw a man behave like that at look at him with horror. It's a new baby fgs. Idiot.

This post is such attention seeking BS.
No 'wife' in her right mind would agree to anyone unscrewing a shelf whilst carrying a new baby in a sling.This didn't happen.

slight grin and lustful look in her eye,

Yup, drier than the Sahara now...

Helping your wife out !! You have assumed children are 'women's work'. FFS When were you born? 1930?

You aren't helping out. You are a parent, it's your job 50% of the time.

My ex insisted that ds was my responsibility. He couldn't 'help out' because 'he worked'. (I also worked full time.) Eventually ds & I left. What is the point of a partner who won't work as a team?

This can't be genuine surely.

Surely its no newflash that humans find other humans attractive when they are capable and competant.
But the post isnt an example of this.

You sound old fashioned and sexist and you’re paternal, not maternal.

I just don't believe that any new mother would watch their partner unscrewing a shelf, with the baby in prime shelf-dropping-on-head range, without immediately putting a stop to it.

Helping out ? @Loubanez ffs are you having a laugh ? It’s not your wife’s job to parent both your child single handed .
It’s your job to parent 50/50 and sometimes more if she needs it .

Is this click bait ?

This can’t be real 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Why are you “helping your wife” by looking after your own child?!

This is a 'Wind 'em up and watch 'em go' post. 🙄

You’re ’helping out’ how kind.
I take it’s your baby and your house ?

No, dammit.

You want us to tell you you're sexy because you carried your own baby for ten minutes. No chance sunshine. I'm glad your wife fancies you but frankly you can bugger off. Sexist.

Apparently there are people who spend time planning posts to troll Mumsnetters, because it bothers them that Mumsnet exists and is a big website with women communicating with each other.

Anyway, back to you. What @Owly11 said.

How utterly super that you help your wife. So sweet of you. Do you pay her a good hourly rate too?

I disagreed thinking it was un-man like to be looking after a child in that way and that many women would be naturally put off by a man undertaking that role that is usually by a women

Either you're from a very traditional, conservative culture, or you don't seem to have been around a lot of women in a platonic way and instead have absorbed some odd ideas from the online manosphere.

Putting aside the fact that doing DYI like this is probably not the safest thing to do whilst having a baby in a sling, what a woman would find attractive about this is the fact that the man is showing a well rounded personality - someone who can do traditional DYI male type roles, whilst also not having a problem with looking after their own child.

Note that I said 'looking after their OWN child'. You're not helping your wife or doing her a favour. It's also your responsibility to keep your child happy & healthy even if you do less of it, day-to-day.

Looking after your own child isn't 'helping your wife out', it's just being a parent. When your wife is looking after the baby, do you see that as helping you out? I bet you don't.

Reddit is full of them.

'helping out'?

That's literally your child.

So you think the lions share of childcare should fall to women.

Yeah you're a misogynist.

You’ve quoted “helping your wife”…. Where did you read that?

It's in the OP's 2nd post.

No fucking way would you have been unscrewing a shelf with a 4 week old baby in a sling in my presence. That wasn't lust in her eye that was the realisation that you would be an idiot to do that and she couldn't trust you to look after your own child.

Your husband expected you to work full time AND look after the kids, that sucks. My wife hasn't worked a day in the last 6 years. (Well she has raised children, which is a full time job in itself) Ive never expected her to get a job and she doesn't have to if she doesn't want to.
You are right, parenting is a 50/50 Job but untill men can grow breasts and produce milk, I can't 'help out' any more than I already am on that side.
It was more of question on psychology between the sexes on attraction but I guess you guys have answered my question, my wife finds it hot when I take on more traditionally feminine roles, so im going to keep doing what im doing. Sorry to all the women that had partners who indulged in drinking/ porn and still expected you work full time and look after the kids.
Thanks for all your responses.

Your 'wife' expressed an opinion , it was her opinion, why would you disagree with her.