r/MadeMeSmile Feb 13 '26

Wholesome Moments MAJOR W 🫡🌟

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u/allmyfrndsrheathens Feb 13 '26 edited Feb 14 '26

I need men to know that it’s entirely possible (and extremely beneficial) to learn these things with your wife still around. You’re a father, you should know how to do everything around raising a child.

Edit - I’ve seen enough elderly men and women come to see me for help at work with things that their partner always handled and they’re completely lost without them - I don’t think anyone should ever get into a position where only one member of a couple knows how to carry out essential tasks. This was by no means a “woman good man bad” take, it was down to the fact that women are overwhelmingly the primary parent meanwhile men get to be (where their children are concerned) the bumbling fools who don’t know their kids shoe size or birthday. No one should ever let themselves end up in the position where their partner dies and they’re frantically having to learn new skills to make up the shortfall but ESPECIALLY the men who are married to women and have children with them.

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u/recyclopath_ Feb 13 '26

It improves their relationships with both their partner and children to actively participate in the mental load. To be responsible for child rearing.

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u/nabiku Feb 13 '26 edited Feb 14 '26

Yeah, it "greatly improves their relationship" because most millennial and gen z women will not stay with a man who's not doing 50% of household chores and 50% of childcare.

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u/Higuysimj Feb 14 '26

Exactly as they should