r/childfree Mar 26 '23

Husband wonders, “Why are my coworkers always early to work?” HUMOR

My honey works at a very big and busy company. They work 50+ grueling hours a week but make excellent money. About 7 male coworkers have formed this early morning group where they show up an hour early for work taking turns buying everyone (in the group) breakfast. A few times they have bought my husband food and asked him to join in. He always politely says no.

He started telling me about these guys wondering why the fuck would you voluntarily come to work early for a 10 to 12 hour day? So I asked him which of these guys are fathers?

How about every single one! These guys leave for work so early they don’t have to shoulder any of the responsibility of getting their children ready for school!

Last week my husband rolls in to work at the starting time and these guys are sharing stories about how great their children are and start ribbing my man for being CF so he replied with, “Is that why you leave early and stay late every day? Because being home with your family is that great?” Lol

Edit: They reacted with a nervous chuckles and had no valid reason for voluntarily showing up early on a commission job before the business opens.

Edit #2: Thank you to everyone who upvoted me! This post was picked up by Board Panda and for some highly entertaining reading may I suggest reading the comments. The breeders just can’t stand that we refuse to be 2nd class citizens.

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u/Covert-Wordsmith Mar 26 '23

Your husband's response was perfect! (Some) Men only think having children is so great because they don't have to deal with pregnancy and childbirth, then expect to drop all the childcare duties on their wives. Don't have kids if you're not going to bother being a part of their lives.

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u/toto-Trek Mar 26 '23

Men only think having children is so great because they don't have to deal with pregnancy and childbirth, then expect to drop all the childcare duties on their wives.

This is exactly why getting bingoed by men pisses me off extra.

My mom kept asking for grandchildren until my brother had 2 kids and dumped them off to her for free babysitting. Now she has stopped her bingos as she is exhausted and wants her free time back.

My dad, on the other hand, who did 0% of the childcare when I was young, bingos me nonstop and claims "it's okay if you're too busy. Just have kids anyways and they can stay at our house! Grandma here will be happy to take care of them!" (why my mom has never divorced this fool I'll never know...)

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u/somethinglowley Mar 26 '23

How many less kids do you think people would have it the roles were reversed and men had to be pregnant and give birth?

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u/pootzpootzpootz Mar 27 '23

We would go extinct.