Why I give... (Un Way)

[Operational needs]

You would be wrong.

For the first two years of our daughter's life I worked days and she worked evenings so the bedtime routine was my responsibility. The reverse happened during the first two years of our son's life. They both turned out just fine.

Okay, I'm wrong about the first two years. What about the rest?

 

[Brownslave688]

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I wish I could share your confidence but I am afraid that the bulk of the parenting is going to fall on your wife's shoulders.

If my wife were on here she would tell you that parenting is a team job but I'll be the MVP.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Okay, I'm wrong about the first two years. What about the rest?

She was the good cop and I was the bad cop.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

If my wife were on here she would tell you that patenting is a team job but I'll be the MVP.

Parenting is a team job------right now you are still down in the minors. You need to step up your game.

 

[Brownslave688]

You would be wrong.

For the first two years of our daughter's life I worked days and she worked evenings so the bedtime routine was my responsibility. The reverse happened during the first two years of our son's life. They both turned out just fine.

Omg you successfully put a child to bed for two whole years!!!!!

Here you deserve this.

 

[Operational needs]

She was the good cop and I was the bad cop.

Hmm, translation.... she shouldered the bulk of the responsibility for the rest of the time?

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Hmm, translation.... she shouldered the bulk of the responsibility for the rest of the time?

Equal schmequal.

 

[Operational needs]

Equal schmequal.

Was she a stay at home wife while they were growing up?

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Was she a stay at home wife while they were growing up?

She has been an RN since 1983. Daughter was born in 1984 and son in 1987. She worked at a local hospital while we were stationed in Texas (1984-89). She supported us when I first started at UPS as a casual in 1989. The kids are who they are today because of both of us.

 

[cosmo1]

You would be wrong.

For the first two years of our daughter's life I worked days and she worked evenings so the bedtime routine was my responsibility. The reverse happened during the first two years of our son's life. They both turned out just fine.

Putting them to bed and feeding them breakfast does not necessarily make one a wonderful father.

 

[cosmo1]

She was the good cop and I was the bad cop.

No kidding.

 

[Operational needs]

She has been an RN since 1983. Daughter was born in 1984 and son in 1987. She worked at a local hospital while we were stationed in Texas (1984-89). She supported us when I first started at UPS as a casual in 1989. The kids are who they are today because of both of us.

So she worked the whole time they were under 18?

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Putting them to bed and feeding them breakfast does not necessarily make one a wonderful father.

I was a really good bedtime story reader.

I especially enjoyed this one:

Go The To Sleep

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

So she worked the whole time they were under 18?

...and she continues to work to this day....33 years as a nurse and no end in sight...

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

...and she continues to work to this day....33 years as a nurse and no end in sight...

We actually turned down a 4 year assignment at Torrejon (Spain) because they could not guarantee that she would be able to get a nursing job on base. She has just graduated from nursing school and it would be unfair for me to ask her to put her career on hold for 4 years. We ended up in West Texas instead, which is where both kids were born.

 

[Operational needs]

...and she continues to work to this day....33 years as a nurse and no end in sight...

In that case, I believe you (not that it means ANYTHING. LOL). I've heard other men say how involved they were in their children's upbringings when I knew they had a warped sense of reality. Lol.

 

[Orion inc.]

Each and every time that he says something stupid on this forum.



I wish I could share your confidence but I am afraid that the bulk of the parenting is going to fall on your wife's shoulders.

Parenting is a team job------right now you are still down in the minors. You need to step up your game.

Tell us again how strong your marriage is...oh wait you're divorced and alone...and without friends. Maybe comments like this are why.

Wow, you put your kids to bed and fed them for two whole years.

Once again, tell us how strong your marriage is again.

Is it as good as your parenting skills???

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Tell us again how strong your marriage is...oh wait you're divorced and alone...and without friends. Maybe comments like this are why.

Wow, you put your kids to bed and fed them for two whole years.

Once again, tell us how strong your marriage is again.

Is it as good as your parenting skills???

you.

 

[cosmo1]

you.

Could this be construed as a personal attack?

 

[Orion inc.]

you.

You don't like it when someone calls out your but you have no problem calling out @Brownslave688 and say he will be a terrible parent and his wife will be doing it all. Yet when the mirror is turned on you, you don't like the horrible reflection.

Okay glass house.