All the eyerolls 🙄 they/them 'not Daddy!'

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What nurses have to put up with. His poor wife (although that word's not used*), his poor kids

I'm a non-binary parent but have had to accept being called 'Daddy' | Metro News https://share.google/CdGfmxVnizOeyxBbe

Admittedly, when we arrived at the delivery suite on Tuesday night I did tell the lead midwife that my pronouns are they/them

Of course he did.

The whole article is worth a read, simultaneously hilarious, jawdropping and troubling. I thought he could put it on stage at the next Fringe, it'd bring the house down. It's hard to believe it wasn't ghost written by Glinner as a pisstake.

*hopefully they're not married °so leaving this self obsessed bloke will be easier.

°how would that go anyway? 'I now pronoun you wife and....erm!'

That isn't what the article says.

The struggle is real. The genderqueer are a very oppressed group.

Luckily, and very appropriately, when I had my hysterectomy one of the first things I was asked when I arrived on the ward was whether my gender was male or female. And naturally I managed to not be in the slightest bit sarcastic.

If they do, it’s clear not everyone listens…

Can you imagine being the midwife who delivered the neonatal twins, thinking they did a lovely job and bonded with the couple really well, only to read an entire article of self serving drivel written by this asshat! The fact that he uses the words "table my feelings" tells me everything I need to know!

..with your sperm from your male body.

I’m hoping this is a parody…

I did tell the lead midwife that my pronouns are they/them me/me/me

I like how he assumed that the term birthing partner was used in the antenatal class to make people like him feel included, and not because some of the mothers might have brought a friend or their own Mum along to support them instead of the father. The blind spot is a real giveaway.

Also, his poor kids... I hope they grow up with strong eye rolls.

His wife has just given birth to twins but his only focus is his pronouns.

Its getting a right old roasting here!

www.reddit.com/r/stupidpol/comments/1myp78a/im_a_nonbinary_parent_but_have_had_to_accept/

hm, not sure about that - surely you’ve not forgotten Freddy? (Writes for the guardian, had one of the failed genderist court cases iirc re wanting to be officially the father rather than the mother of their child).

We could just plug his brain directly into the grid, powering entire cities with the energy this guy wastes silently contemplating how to be more sensitive with respect to issues of language, gender and race

Ouch!

"Mad" an amalgamation of Mum and Dad and quite fitting for this numpty!

The medical notes written today must be so confusing. Imagine having to write they/them which implies more that one, instead of he/him. They said this, they said that. Who said what - him or them? Batshit crazy bonkers.🤪

Mad or Dum.

But he also managed to get in that it was a gender-neutral title. Is it? I have only ever come across it used for describing a male parent.

Yes, I had forgotten Freddy! And I don't think you deserve any thanks for reminding me about, erm, <insert mad pronoun here>!

I just read that to my husband and he said good one I almost thought that was real. What a self centered tosser how could any woman fancy that idiot

Thummy or Thaddy?

OMG.
Surely if he's "produced" children, he must be one or the other?

In Chinese it specifically means male parent. But perhaps there are other languages where it has a wider meaning?

Or maybe all these TRSOHers are full of cultural-appropriative crap 🤷🏻‍♀️

Well he’s got (at minimum) another 11 years of being call “so and so’s Dad” by all and sundry at nursery, school, GP practice etc so thoughts and prayers people, thoughts and prayers!

Well he’s got (at minimum) another 11 years of being call “so and so’s Dad” by all and sundry at nursery, school, GP practice etc so thoughts and prayers people, thoughts and prayers!

Introducing myself through the intercom to an over-stretched neonatal nurse as anything other than ‘father’ or ‘daddy’ would have been impractical and wasted a lot of time and energy for all of us. So, I tabled my own feelings, and focused on doing what I could for my partner and twins.

good. Just continue acting like a proper grownup parent.

Im pretty sure one of the many court cases (iirc related to maternity rights) clarified that in U.K. law ‘mother’ is a sexed term, rather than ‘gendered’. Maybe Tom would be happier by accepting being the male parent and that ‘daddy’ is the appropriate sexed (not ‘gendered’ ) term?

beyond that, parents can choose what terms are used within their own families. Quite a few prefer their kids to call them by their given name.

‘Faddy’ or ‘the Fad’ could also work 🤔