MilSpecs wrote:Simma down, gentlemen. No medal without above-and-beyond service in the care of your children. Diapers alone don't merit anything. Projectile vomit will get you some props. You're on your own as to getting a fancy MILF.
Vomit? That's your meter stick? I planted my face in a vomit pillow less than a week ago, and slept like a baby. Tossed it in the washer the next morning. All kids are is piss, shit, and vomit. Every vacation I've had since having kids has been nothing but piss, shit, and vomit, and I missed it when I had to go back to work.
This whole argument about what is harder is horseshit. Picking the easier job is not what it's about. It's about what you would rather do. Being a stay at home parent is a fucking cake walk. The only, only, difficult element is, do you want to do it?
Women used to want it. Men didn't. Now we've turned the world on its head and women are railing against a work environment that evolved over centuries to cater to men, and men who don't work are killing themselves with pain pills to mask the pain of an existence they aren't developed for.
Meanwhile, my wife, who was so mad at me over last night that she didn't speak to me until the sun was setting today, got up this morning and went to work ironing my shirts while I was still in bed, and I, who didn't know why she was mad at me, but figured I'd figure it out sooner or later, spent the day hauling loads of gravel out of the yard to get her garden ready.
You don't need to reinvent the wheel on this one. All is well in Casa Okee because we know where we should be.
To this question of, "well, what if that's not what you want to do?"
What if you don't want to be a housewife?
What if you don't want to be a bread winner?
What if you don't want to raise your children?
What if you don't want to respect the law?
What if you don't want to pay your taxes?
What if you don't want to mow your lawn?
What if you don't want to go to work?
What if you don't want to get up?
It's all the same. How can I get out of doing what I'm supposed to be doing? I'll just refute the notion that I'm supposed to be doing anything.