Comments on: Top 10 Things NOT to Say to a Stay at Home Dad

By: brent

brent — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 00:23:49 +0000

“Ron Trott
Oct 12, 2006 at 5:51 pm

So do you cook? You never said that you actually do cook. ”

No.

I’m sure his wife comes home from work at 6:30pm and starts the dinner going. His child won’t be hungry by then, and they can finally get some food.

By: Karen

Karen — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 01:57:29 +0000

It only takes a few seconds to comment on some other blogs. Blogging is less time consuming than watching tv. I have wireless, so when the kids are sitting at the table eating their banana, cereal, whatever, I can take 5 minutes to sit down and blog. I can type out a few ideas and save them for later. To watch an actual tv show requires a specific set of time where you constantly have to be there watching it. Blogging is not like that. Being a SAH mom or dad is a lot of work, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t a few moments in the day when there is peace and all is good. There is some time for blogging. Nap is a great time and 12:00 a.m. is an even better time. Right now my kids are bathing and I am blogging. I stop whenever I need to and take care of them. I am not constantly blogging. I am caring for their needs and blogging whenever the moment arises. I am sure that Steve is the same way.

By: steve

steve — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 22:27:49 +0000

I do catch some shows but I don’t blog all day. I can’t do it if i tried. I time blogs to go off throughout the day and worry about commenting during the day. Commenting only takes a sec. Some of the news stuff I post at nap time or if we are all hanging out right here.

Yes I cook. I cook quite a bit. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Weekends I tend to slack off when the wife is home but I probably shouldn’t. Sometimes I expect her to do it but I shouldn’t do that either.

By: Ron Trott

Ron Trott — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 21:51:05 +0000

So do you cook? You never said that you actually do cook.

Maybe stay at home dads don’t know WTF they are doing and that is why you tell someone who wants to knwo how they do it to ask a SAHM.

In question six you say that theer isn’t much time for sports shows, yet you manage to find time to blog constantly throughout the day, seems inconsistent.

By: Arwen

Arwen — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 20:56:18 +0000

I got here via B5 via Parents Behaving via The Zero Boss. My husband was an at home dad for the first 4 years of our daughter’s life. I was actually asked (more than once): Don’t you worry about him being at all these playgrounds and groups with the moms? WTF? Of course not.
People would always ask him ‘well, who helps you with her while your wife is working?’ Like, he couldn’t be at home with our daughter during they day.

By: steve

steve — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 16:29:38 +0000

haha… that could me a future post…

By: Grace

Grace — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 16:23:22 +0000

so what can/do I ask from a stay at home dad? say, if someone is genuinely interested.

By: Gayla

Gayla — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 14:14:18 +0000

I’ve been a work at home mom for over 6 years and it’s not any better on this side of the fence.

The BEST thing I’ve EVER invested in was caller I.D. — there are days that if I had ONE MORE CALL of someone saying “since you’re at home… would you mind…” I would go more postal than the son of Sam.

Still there are days that I truly think my husband thinks I pluck my money off the trees out back, but he’s still good at throwing that “are you going to be on that dang thing all day?” statement out there and making me feel as guilty as the day is long.

Because, of course I have the laundry fairy that does the laundry. The dust fairy that sweeps and dusts and the kitchen witch that does the cooking, dishes and grocery shopping.

Personally I think being a work at home parent is the most difficult thing I’ve EVER encountered.

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By: Kerri

Kerri — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 02:02:02 +0000

We walk around with our virtual boxing gloves on at all times.