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Stop saying motherhood is the world’s most difficult job.

Posted on 7/7/19 at 8:13 pm
Posted by TigerFanInSouthland
Louisiana
Member since Aug 2012
28065 posts
Posted on 7/7/19 at 8:13 pm
I was just watching an episode of Mad Men with my fiancé and the main character’s wife was bitching about how hard it is having to watch her own children. Even when she has a nanny to watch the kids too.

Got me thinking about how ridiculous of a statement that is. I’m not saying that I believe parenting is easy by any stretch of the imagination, I’ve seen the emotional hell that parents go through when their child is in pain, or their child is let down by something, or, God forbid, having lost a child.

But to say the act of parenting, especially when women say motherhood, is the most difficult job in the world makes me roll my eyes. Humans have been successfully parenting for thousands upon thousands of years, it’s not rocket science.

Bill Burr on motherhood
Posted by Eli Goldfinger
Member since Sep 2016
32785 posts
Posted on 7/7/19 at 8:14 pm to
You dun it now.
Posted by jimbeam
University of LSU
Member since Oct 2011
75703 posts
Posted on 7/7/19 at 8:16 pm to
They’re worth $5,368/hr
Posted by East Coast Band
Member since Nov 2010
66950 posts
Posted on 7/7/19 at 8:17 pm to
Fatherhood may be more difficult. Seems like a lot less want to do that than motherhood.
Posted by TigerFanInSouthland
Louisiana
Member since Aug 2012
28065 posts
Posted on 7/7/19 at 8:18 pm to
Me itt:

Posted by tiggerthetooth
Big Momma's House
Member since Oct 2010
64356 posts
Posted on 7/7/19 at 8:18 pm to
Everything women do is incredible, brave, strong, and should be celebrated.
Posted by DayBowBow
Member since Jun 2011
5060 posts
Posted on 7/7/19 at 8:18 pm to
I’ve got a 2 year old and a 6 day old with my wife recovering from her c-section. It’s pretty f***ing hard right now.
Posted by upgrayedd
Lifting at Tobin's house
Member since Mar 2013
138914 posts
Posted on 7/7/19 at 8:18 pm to
One of my all time favorite Burr bits
Posted by PDXDawg
Member since Aug 2013
753 posts
Posted on 7/7/19 at 8:19 pm to
Most people can raise a child, but raising them right is hard work.

It is kind of annoying when they say that though.
Posted by Sao
East Texas Piney Woods
Member since Jun 2009
68469 posts
Posted on 7/7/19 at 8:19 pm to

It's not.


Teaching and nursing is.
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
105281 posts
Posted on 7/7/19 at 8:20 pm to
Duh. Everybody knows travel ball coach is the world's most difficult job.
Posted by HoustonChick86
Catalina Wine Mixer
Member since Dec 2009
59235 posts
Posted on 7/7/19 at 8:20 pm to
My 16 month old child got up a 6 am today and napped for 45 minutes. The hour before bedtime was like hell on earth.

Saying motherhood is the hardest job on earth is ridiculous. Especially if you have a nanny. Being a parent is so rewarding, and it isn't rocket science. But it is exhausting. And if you stay at home with your children all day every day it's hard.
Posted by Sun God
Member since Jul 2009
51927 posts
Posted on 7/7/19 at 8:20 pm to
Too shiny
Posted by upgrayedd
Lifting at Tobin's house
Member since Mar 2013
138914 posts
Posted on 7/7/19 at 8:21 pm to
You know, there would be no brain surgeons or physicists without first grade teachers
Posted by OysterPoBoy
City of St. George
Member since Jul 2013
44831 posts
Posted on 7/7/19 at 8:21 pm to
Aspiring rapper is tougher.
Posted by TigerFanInSouthland
Louisiana
Member since Aug 2012
28065 posts
Posted on 7/7/19 at 8:22 pm to
quote:

I’ve got a 2 year old and a 6 day old with my wife recovering from her c-section. It’s pretty f***ing hard right now.


I didn’t say it was easy per se. I said that it’s not the most difficult job in the world.
Posted by JPinLondon
not in London (currently NW Ohio)
Member since Nov 2006
7872 posts
Posted on 7/7/19 at 8:22 pm to
quote:

I’ve got a 2 year old and a 6 day old with my wife recovering from her c-section. It’s pretty f***ing hard right now.

Probably not as hard as roofing houses in July/August.
Posted by texag7
College Station
Member since Apr 2014
41307 posts
Posted on 7/7/19 at 8:24 pm to
Is that his “i thought roofing in August was hard” bit?
Posted by PrivatePublic
Member since Nov 2012
17848 posts
Posted on 7/7/19 at 8:24 pm to
quote:

I said that it’s not the most difficult job in the world.


What job claims the title?

Not debating, just genuinely curious what you think.
Posted by ScaryClown
Member since Nov 2016
5847 posts
Posted on 7/7/19 at 8:25 pm to
You obviously don’t have kids
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