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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

Peak Guardian woke bro

108 replies

RealGhouls · 05/10/2018 11:42

www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/05/millennial-dads-are-a-force-for-good-but-even-we-cant-breastfeed

"Millennial dads are a force for good, but even we can't breastfeed"

A self-indulgent wankfest about how his wife (that's not very progessive, Dan) giving birth was so terribly stressful to him and how

" During the delivery the midwives let me take a photo of Declan being yanked out, covered in blood and gore. After the nurses took him away again I turned the video into a gif in reverse (the child going back into my wife’s stomach) and sent it to my brother-in-law. I still hadn’t told him my son’s name."

"We’ve been lucky enough to be able to exclusively breastfeed since birth (having been bullied into it by some aggressive midwives) – but because we’ve had issues with expressing, my wife is basically tethered to the child. I can’t get up at night and feed the boy to give her a solid eight hours of sleep and it does get to me. She can’t yet bugger off for a weekend away letting me take the kid. I just can’t be enough of a parent for our child yet.

Would you believe as a straight, white male what has driven me insane is being unable to feed my son. This baby is going to need his mum for at least a while longer. . It seems that despite all the progress of gender equality and being able to flip gender roles on their head, men being unable to lactate may be the final Rubicon to cross. Given we’re close to being able to gestate babies in bags, how far away are we from men being able to chow down on some Pfizer Dadanol and get lactating? Looks like until the Elon Musk of norgs gets on the case, I’m going to continue to be the worse parent."

I'm honestly confused how he overlooks the 'being pregnant and having a uterus' issue in favour of 'omigod it's so terrible my son can't suckle on my moobs'.

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RepealtheGRA · 05/10/2018 11:46

"We’ve been lucky enough to be able to exclusively breastfeed since birth

From the same school of thought as ‘we’re pregnant’ Fuck Off. Makes my teeth itch.

NotMeOhNo · 05/10/2018 11:47

Ugh. Me me me.

TwistedStitch · 05/10/2018 11:49

What a knob.

hackmum · 05/10/2018 11:49

"The day my son was born was one of the most stressful of my life."

Yes, dear, it's all about you, isn't it?

Also, a personal peeve: "After the nurses took him away again I turned the video into a gif in reverse (the child going back into my wife’s stomach)" - why is it that so many people think that babies come from a woman's stomach? It's her uterus! Mind you, if there's one thing I've learnt recently, it's that basic knowledge of female biology is in woefully short supply.

Ereshkigal · 05/10/2018 11:50

Prick.

shakeyourcaboose · 05/10/2018 11:51

"gestate babies in bags"?!! What the actual fuck!!!

Threewheeler1 · 05/10/2018 11:52

Just about everything I could possibly want is wrong with this bloke.
He's ticked every box.
'We', 'We', 'We'...oh but poor me, I'm so left out whilst also being somehow massively important and instrumental.
He can lick my salty tears.
WTF with the Gif ??
How do some women put up with these boneheads??

Noqont · 05/10/2018 11:53

We’ve been lucky enough to be able to exclusively breastfeed since birth

😠 There's no fucking we about it. I hate it when men do this. When in reality if he was breastfeeding he'd be crying into his pillow and probably give up by now.

Beautifulday49 · 05/10/2018 11:55

fuck sake

Threewheeler1 · 05/10/2018 11:56

Noqont
Grin No doubt about it.
Poor thing, being the victim of those "aggressive midwives" must have really affected him.

Threewheeler1 · 05/10/2018 11:56

The Guardian gets more like Viz every day.

blamethecat · 05/10/2018 11:59

I feel sorry for his partner. I somehow doubt his inability to breastfeed is what makes him the worst parent, poor diddums.

LangCleg · 05/10/2018 12:03

FUCK THE FUCK OFF TO THE FAR SIDE OF FUCK, YOU UTTER COCKWOMBLE.

I think that covers it.

RealGhouls · 05/10/2018 12:03

It's so stressful sleeping blissfully through the night while my wife is awake at Fuckit O Clock feeding, oh it's so stressful to me, woe is me, I wish I could be awake but oh dear looks like I'll just have to sleep never mind, such a shame.

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AssassinatedBeauty · 05/10/2018 12:04

Even if he could take some magic medicine and be able to lactate, it would still be all about him and his wants rather than about what the mother/baby dyad need. Which is not to have any unnecessary interruptions to their breastfeeding relationship. This stupid man doesn't understand that it's not just about feeding the baby it's about the mother too.

ThomasRichard · 05/10/2018 12:04

Ignoring the rest of it... Who the heck sends a video of that to their BIL?!

LangCleg · 05/10/2018 12:04

The Guardian gets more like Viz every day.

You win Mumsnet today!

SirVixofVixHall · 05/10/2018 12:08

The Guardian gets more like Viz every day.
True, but so much more tedious.

SirVixofVixHall · 05/10/2018 12:10

Oh and men so self centred and needy that they refer to their partner’s breastfeeding/pregnancy/birth as “we” should be forced to push pineapples out of their rear ends. What a nob.

Juells · 05/10/2018 12:13

FFS FFS FFS FFS FFS FFS FFS FFS FFS FFS FFS FFS FFS FFS FFS FFS FFS FFS FFS FFS FFS FFS FFS FFS FFS FFS FFS FFS FFS FFS FFS FFS FFS FFS FFS FFS FFS FFS FFS FFS FFS FFS FFS FFS FFS FFS FFS FFS

There aren't enough FFSs in the world to express how I feel about this kind of wankfest. "We're pregnant!" "We're breastfeeding!" Oh fuck off.

ChiaraRimini · 05/10/2018 12:13

Hang on, He sent a video of his wife delivering the baby to HER BROTHER????

VickyEadie · 05/10/2018 12:13

I don't even have kids...and he makes me want to explode with rage, the selfish, self-centred arsehole.

The Guardian gets more like Viz every day.

Oh yes.

Juells · 05/10/2018 12:15

should be forced to push pineapples out of their rear ends.
or hold still while someone inserts them Grin

ChiaraRimini · 05/10/2018 12:15

My ex ran a marathon and cycled from Lands End to John O'Groats, can I appropriate that as "our" athletic achievement? Thought not.

ThisIsTheNational · 05/10/2018 12:18

What a fucking prick.

What brother wants to see that Confused

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