TIL when you work, you don't have a "mental load" or "everything else" to worry about

Those ropes come in handy when the women have post partum depression

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Who can afford to stay at home these days

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My wife is staying home, and honestly we don't really make enough to do it.

But I see the difference in our extended families' kids who were around their parents early versus those who went to daycare and it is.....stark.

Also, I'm not at my earning ceiling yet. We can scrape for a 1-3 years and eat the stress if it means that long term our daughter gets to be around her mother and we get to raise her the way we want.

I was a stay at home dad for over a year

shite was awesome

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I was a stay at home dad for over a year

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Are you more accurate now that you sit to pee?

I think this is a great example of the "Men are like waffles; women are like spaghetti" explanation of our differences. Men see that set of tasks for the "stay at home" parent and go, "Ok I can compartmentalize each of these tasks and create an orderly structure to effectively complete them all". Women see them and it's just a mess of inter-connectedness that overwhelms them and leads to inefficient execution in completing the tasks.

I think the SAHM types think "work" as a singular thing that isn't that mass of interconnected tasks similar to those she faces daily, but on creatine, steroids, and peptides.

My wife stays at home with our daughter. Talk about an easy life

I’ve been a SAHM and I’ve been responsible for a bunch of shite at work. Give me work any day.

I’m glad I was able to stay home with my kids until they were in elementary school but I’m more proud of the life I can provide for them by working.

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I think this is a great example of the "Men are like waffles; women are like spaghetti" explanation of our differences. Men see that set of tasks for the "stay at home" parent and go, "Ok I can compartmentalize each of these tasks and create an orderly structure to effectively complete them all". Women see them and it's just a mess of inter-connectedness that overwhelms them and leads to inefficient execution in completing the tasks. I think the SAHM types think "work" as a singular thing that isn't that mass of interconnected tasks similar to those she faces daily,

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This is accurate. I also don’t categorize her load in the pic as separate work, but as tasks within the job, which is not pictured within his load.

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It takes a lot longer than an hour to smoke a brisket baw

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Lol. This is like saying it takes 3 hours to do laundry because you count the time the washer/dryer run and not just loading them and folding.


I do like sitting in the yard waiting on a brisket, though.