Maybe dad was working to or taking the car to oil change or the other kid to thier game. MOMS R NOT INFAILABLE

To be clear-this is all in jest so please don't be offended. While scrolling through this very serious comment section, I read yours as "MOMS R NOT INFLATABLE" and now I can't stop thinking abt what an inflatable mom would be. Do you just blow her up as needed? Is she fire, water, and puncture proof? Is she only conscious while inflated? Do you carry her in the glove compartment of your car or does she come with her own carrying case? Do you have to carry her clothes separately or do her clothes inflate and deflate with her? Carrying them separately seems like it would cause a lot of awkward moments for inflatable mom during both inflation and deflation, though I suppose inflation would be the worst of the two. You could save so much money sneaking her into theme parks/concerts/on flights. Would an inflatable mom be on the TSA okay list for carry on or would you need to check her? So many questions! I hope someone gets a laugh from whatever this crazy brain vomit was. I had fun lol

Studies show, in the US, that this is often not the case. It's often the case that men are doing what they like doing while moms are doing the childcare and housework, even if they both work the same number of hours. But no, moms are not infallible.

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Once society expected marriage before making children. Now largely we are told as long as adults are behaving with consent it is all ok. If it's the later then don't expect men to be involved in the day to day in all circumstances.

When my coworker's project blew up, he was the only one on a team of 4 that didn`t have to babysit product at our plant in Korea, because he had custody of his daughter every other weekend. Our boss shuttled the rest of us in, travel on the weekends and 2 weeks on-site. Meanwhile he's getting credit for our projects by merely presenting our work. Those 4 months sucked and I was happy to be transferred just as my 4th trip ended.

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No b***h. YTA here stevef for expecting a dad to not see his daughter in this case. Regardless of circumstances, Courts are biased against dads still, and largely assume the mother is always right. The only thing maybe wrong here is how your boss handled "credit", but you just seem whiny here so that can be written off. Work is work b***h. Don't like it? Find a new job bro.

Happens all the time we just don't b***h as much

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Meh.

Anecdotal evidence isn't evidence. Studies don't bear out your experiences.

I chose not to have kids. NOT SORRY.

Yep, Sneeze geez, just another breeder wanting everyone else to do the work for their stupid choices.

My point exactly. If you can't live with your lifestyle choices it is not up to others who've been through parenthood and done ot tough just to be expected to go back and do it all again because of your lack of coping.

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Remember that the people who will look after you when you're old and can't wipe your own a**e will be the children of 'breeders'.

If I ever get to that point, my younger sister can do the job of wiping my ass perfectly fine, thank you very much, the same way my aunt took care of her sister for years when she had ovarian cancer. No breeding required on either of our parts. People don't automatically need to have children to have people in their lives they know will love and care for them when they can't care for themselves. Also, there's no guarantee your kids will even *want* to take care of you, let alone have the time or financial means to provide care to an aging parent, at which point you just become a burden on them even if you don't mean to be. Have kids if you want, go nuts, but don't act as if the rest of us will be completely out of options when we're older, or that having kids 100% guarantees you a secure, happy retirement.

I think her point was that without "breeders" there won't be any future generations. You exist because your parents are "breeders".

And some of those children of breeders are going to choose not to be breeders themselves. Remember that, Rebecca. Do not chastise the people wiping your butt who are childfree.

Oh, and I did have a child. I love my child who is adult now. But I did not chastise my childfree coworkers nor make them do my work. My mother is 94 years old and walks with a walker but she wipes her own butt.

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Nope, suicide is better than "living" like that!

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For money that they CHOOSE TO VOLUNTIER TO EARN. NOT CUZ IR KIDS R SO SWEET LMMFAO

Right?! It's not my problem that I made the choice to use protection because being a parent is not my idea of a good time, and prioritizing my own needs and desires (and those of my partner) is important. Why should we have to pick up the slack for a choice YOU made when we specifically made the opposite choice so we WOULDN'T have to do that? Also I'm a full time disabled person. Caring for myself is like being a parent while also being constantly sick and injured. I understand better than you think, smeez geez.

I've gotten pregnant 3 times while using "protection". You and I made the same choice until I had a medical condition and the doctor said my only hope of a cure was pregnancy. I had 3 children while making the same decision that you were so smart to make. Or luckier. Disabled as well. Not saying your needs/desires are less important than any parent's but... You looking down from your high horse? No.

It's extra funny cuz when they say this they reveal themselves to be a terrible parent themselves. Way to go Sneeze heh...

Right! Other people kids are not our problem. Their kids should have no barring on how the work place is conducted.

Brilliant. 😂

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Raised 3 productive, well adjusted kids. Never late, rarely absent. Call me a breeder if you like, but who do you think is going to be wiping your bottoms in the nursing homes? Unhackable AI units? Who's going to be running cyber security then? Oh, wait, you'll be in the metasphere. See previous. You all benefit from the UNTAXED LABOR "breeders" perform for you in raising the next generation of citizens (hopefully civilized). I'm sorry if you can't appreciate it. Go complain to your parents. I'm sure _they'll_ appreciate it :/

Yo. Wipe your own ass! Stop expecting your children to do it for you. In nursing homes, I’m sure they’ll have some nurses to wipe ya

Clown Jae nailed it. "But who's going to take care of you when you're old?" is an absolutely terrible argument. Besides, there's no guarantee that child will be able to care for you even if they wanted to. What would you do if you had a kid with a catastrophic disability that required someone to look after them their entire life? There goes that whole retirement plan out the window, and probably taking with it any hope of being financially independent enough to retire.

So many seniors now wondering where their grown children are. Most of them were stay at home moms. So that ass wiping comment has no weight. Who is to say the childless worker won't outlive or will even need it? My grandmother 95 years old takes care of her self

Having kids with the purpose of them taking care of you and wipe your ass when you get old makes you an extremely selfish bastard. That's not love, that's transactional.

If I did have kids, I wouldn't have them to wipe fashy assies. Children are their own people, they belong to no one else, even the parents, who actually are just as bad. At least I'm not hurting anyone by bringing them into a s**t society.

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True, and if I read correctly, she already had filled in 2 other times previously for others. So therefore she is not wrong for not wanting to do it a 3rd time when she has plans of her own to do as well

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Said like a true a*****e.... This exactly why USA do not have parental leaves, universal healthcare, rail against state provided reproductive services.... Because "because I'm not responsable for their choices" or others selfish irrationally, when we help mother the whole society benefits from having more productive members....

B******T ITS THE PARENTS WHO THINK THEY R SPECIAL FOR HAVING KIDS N THE REST OF US OWE U? GTFOH!

Do you think you should get anything pay for by the taxpayer in your old age? They are the ones making that taxpayer. If you think you should get the goodies but never help out. You are the one that seems to act entitled.

Some mothers are not benefitting society when they raise their children into bad adults. The children may end up breeders but if mom was not a good mother, they did not learn good parenting skills from her. Attending games is nice but it is what happens in the home that matters.

Because parents don’t die when their kids are young?

I can't tell if you're being serious or not. The father can die a full 9 months before the child is born if the kid is a late delivery.

You do realize that the majority of kids *do* have two living parents? The melodrama is for TV and Netflix.

True, but does it take out the whole support network? The mother wanted to attend the game, period. She needs to do her job (which supports her family) first. Whomever is there can video the kid's performance.

They can and it happens often.

*Biologically* everyone has two parents. But how would you get a sperm bank to attend a kid's sports event? What if one parent has died? What if one parent is serving with the military and is stationed far away?

Things come up in life, get use to it cuz life isn't always peaches and cream. Sounds like he gets to miss the game for the day, there will be more. Stop making it everyone else's problems. She even said she's covered before, and if she didn't have her plans scheduled she would have gladly done it. That's above and beyond in itself

Too many people are hyperventilating over "what if" scenarios. VERY FEW people have NO ONE available to lend a hand when their world needs it. This is an entitled woman wanting even more consideration. OP isn't TA. Mommy IS.

So parents never die when their kids are little??? I believe there is a name for this? Oh yea ORPHAN! 🙄

Tricia, if the kid was an orphan, their mother wouldn't be using them as an excuse to skip out on work shifts. Think about it. And even if the kid only has one parent, he can still get a ride to the game with a teammate's family.

Nope. My parents missed plenty of my events because they both worked. I survived. You know what we did instead? We hung out on the weekends and went on vacations together. Take responsibility for your actions and don't guilt others who choose not to have kids.

Yep. To add to that, my parents went to all my events. My mom still had control issues that later escalated into full on abuse that resulted in me having CPTSD, so it's not like presence automatically indicates a GOOD parent.

From personal experience I had 3 children in a marriage (not by choice). 1. Birth control never worked for me wound up pregnant 2. He wanted children when I made it clear I didn't 3. Don't believe in abortions. Couldn't get tubes tied because I was too young (doctors kept telling me). There dad was someone I thought I knew and well now I dont). Finding a job with decent hours where I can be a parent interacting in all my kids life equally was impossible. One job I worked was basically when the game is over you can go home. Daycare where I live don't stay open 24hrs and aren't affordable on my pay with 3 kids and bills. I stayed did as i was asked (late games hrs were 6am-3am next day) Long story short I had to quit a job because my family (foster parent) turned their back on me, basically said hey we want more money to watch the kids or hey i dont want to and government said I made too much to get daycare assistance. Shortly after I loss my car, my place, and then my children.

I'm sorry that happened to you.