Blow Their Nose, and Your Own
Because women can seem so much better at this parenting stuff, because historical gender roles have often decided for them that most household duties are their responsibility, there is a secret strategy that father’s have been relying on for generations: Pretend to be bad at something and your wife (or your mother or a well-meaning neighbor) will take care of it for you. Feign like you can’t figure out the car seat? Here, I’ll do it.Make a couple really bad dinners. Here, I’ll do it.Act really overwhelmed. Here, I’ll hire a babysitter to help while I’m out of town.Any dad can tell you, this…
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