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Some women hate when you use the word "babysitting"

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Originally posted by: vi edit
Originally posted by: moshquerade
well, she did have a point, but she didn't have to be a such a bitch about it. actually, she should've just kept her trap shut.

i think she is referring to fathers who don't take a partner approach to watching the children. they think women should be the primary caregivers and when they have the children themselves it is an out of the norm occasion.

in that i can agree that you shouldn't call it babysitting when it's your own kid.
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Yeh, that's why I sort of went off on her. I get my daughter ready every morning (by myself) and do the daycare drop off. Plus at least one 4-5 stretch each month (if not two of them) I'm soloing it for 8-10 hours each day. Since coming home with the baby, my wife hasn't spent a single day by herself with our daughter.
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:cookie:

You're being a parent. If we worked together and were on friendly terms I would have given you a hard time for saying that. If we worked together and I don't know you very well I wouldn't say anything. Call it whatever you want though. I prefer the term "taking care of my kids" personally. Babysitting is reserved for someone else's kids.
 
You should have responded that you really meant babysitting. You were literally going to sit on the kids the entire night.
 
Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Originally posted by: vi edit
Friday before leaving for work a (male) coworker of mine asked me what I was up to this weekend.

I said that my wife was working 2nd shifts and I was going to be babysitting this weekend.

To which a female coworker across the isle perked up and said "EXCUSE ME, it's parenting!. You don't babysit your own child".
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So you were supposed to say "I'm going to be parenting this weekend"? 😕
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When it's your kid, you're "watching" them.
 
Originally posted by: mugs
Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Originally posted by: vi edit
Friday before leaving for work a (male) coworker of mine asked me what I was up to this weekend.

I said that my wife was working 2nd shifts and I was going to be babysitting this weekend.

To which a female coworker across the isle perked up and said "EXCUSE ME, it's parenting!. You don't babysit your own child".
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So you were supposed to say "I'm going to be parenting this weekend"? 😕
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When it's your kid, you're "watching" them.
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I'd probably say "Nothing" or "I'm stuck with the kids" or something... I suppose she'd have gone ballistic at that, eh? 😛
 
Originally posted by: princess ida
Originally posted by: vi edit
I'm sorry, but she's a baby, and I'm sitting with her for 8-10 hours.
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If you can actually sit while taking care of the baby, then you have an amazing baby.
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We're not *quite* to the crawling phase yet. We're rolling over quite a bit and pushing ourselves backwards. She hasn't quite figured out how to put it in drive and go forward yet. And yes, I do spend a lot of time sitting with her while we play with toys, annoy the dog, and looking at books.
 
Meh...she is being sensitive and associating your choice in words directly with the mindset of a bad parent that looks at parenting as just an undesired obligation. She was wrong but don't be too upset with her. Odds are, you probably hate the same kinds of bad parents and practices that she does. She just happened to jump the gun as a result of her strong feelings towards that subject. It happens.
 
At my office we'd have both ran for an online dictionary. Unfortunately the first definition I see is "to take charge of a child while the parents are temporarily away," although some of the others offer wiggle room.
 
The lady is right and her reasoning was obvious to me as soon as I read the title. Babysitting implies that caring for the kid is your wife's duty and you're just doing it to "help out" or whatever. Words aren't what you want them to mean. Words have actual meanings, and your misuse of the word "babysitting" indicates that YOUR understanding is wrong.
 
Originally posted by: Throckmorton
The lady is right and her reasoning was obvious to me as soon as I read the title. Babysitting implies that caring for the kid is your wife's duty and you're just doing it to "help out" or whatever. Words aren't what you want them to mean. Words have actual meanings, and your misuse of the word "babysitting" indicates that YOUR understanding is wrong.
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CRAAAAAAWLING IIIIIIIIIIIN MY SKIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN

If he had said "gotta watch the kid" chances are she would've flipped too. Obsession with political correctness and forgetting the true meaning of shit will be the mark of this generation...
 
Originally posted by: lizardth
:thumbsup: Call it what you want! Not all us ladies are crazy! 🙂
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Dear god I would certainly hope not.


Stupid people have nothing better to think about?
I should have mentioned that I needed someone to babysit my pet snake when I go on vacation.
"You can't demean children by talking about 'babysitting' a snake! WAAAAAAHHHH!!!!"


And OMFG, it's not parenting, it's "Cooperative nuturing!!!!"


Originally posted by: mugs
When it's your kid, you're "watching" them.
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"Oh, so now you're just watching them. I suppose it's the woman's job to discipline them and be the bad guy? You just sit there and watch."


I'm surprised this hasn't been said yet:
Tell Miss Political Correctness to get back into the kitchen, and make you a sandwich. If there's no kitchen, then she should go make you some coffee. See what she says then.

 
Originally posted by: mrSHEiK124
Originally posted by: Throckmorton
The lady is right and her reasoning was obvious to me as soon as I read the title. Babysitting implies that caring for the kid is your wife's duty and you're just doing it to "help out" or whatever. Words aren't what you want them to mean. Words have actual meanings, and your misuse of the word "babysitting" indicates that YOUR understanding is wrong.
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CRAAAAAAWLING IIIIIIIIIIIN MY SKIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN

If he had said "gotta watch the kid" chances are she would've flipped too. Obsession with political correctness and forgetting the true meaning of shit will be the mark of this generation...
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The OP is the one posting rants about some lady hurting his feelings-- I'm sorry, him pwning her. Nothing wrong with getting words wrong, but when he takes a pissy "Excuse me" attitude, and pretends that in our parlance "babysitting" can refer to caring for your own kids because it's a "baby" and he "sits" at his house, that can only mean the OP is the bitch. He probably has Asperger's.
 
Originally posted by: Throckmorton
Originally posted by: mrSHEiK124
Originally posted by: Throckmorton
The lady is right and her reasoning was obvious to me as soon as I read the title. Babysitting implies that caring for the kid is your wife's duty and you're just doing it to "help out" or whatever. Words aren't what you want them to mean. Words have actual meanings, and your misuse of the word "babysitting" indicates that YOUR understanding is wrong.
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CRAAAAAAWLING IIIIIIIIIIIN MY SKIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN

If he had said "gotta watch the kid" chances are she would've flipped too. Obsession with political correctness and forgetting the true meaning of shit will be the mark of this generation...
Click to expand...

The OP is the one posting rants about some lady hurting his feelings-- I'm sorry, him pwning her. Nothing wrong with getting words wrong, but when he takes a pissy "Excuse me" attitude, and pretends that in our parlance "babysitting" can refer to caring for your own kids because it's a "baby" and he "sits" at his house, that can only mean the OP is the bitch. He probably has Asperger's.
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LOL!

I'm about the most laid back, non-confrontational dude out there. It's not my fault that somebody gets their tit in a wringer over a freaking word. I responded to a melodramatic reaction with an even worse one out of sarcasm. And Aspergers. That's great.

Thanks for the laugh over lunch.
 
Originally posted by: Throckmorton
Originally posted by: mrSHEiK124
Originally posted by: Throckmorton
The lady is right and her reasoning was obvious to me as soon as I read the title. Babysitting implies that caring for the kid is your wife's duty and you're just doing it to "help out" or whatever. Words aren't what you want them to mean. Words have actual meanings, and your misuse of the word "babysitting" indicates that YOUR understanding is wrong.
Click to expand...

CRAAAAAAWLING IIIIIIIIIIIN MY SKIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN

If he had said "gotta watch the kid" chances are she would've flipped too. Obsession with political correctness and forgetting the true meaning of shit will be the mark of this generation...
Click to expand...

The OP is the one posting rants about some lady hurting his feelings-- I'm sorry, him pwning her. Nothing wrong with getting words wrong, but when he takes a pissy "Excuse me" attitude, and pretends that in our parlance "babysitting" can refer to caring for your own kids because it's a "baby" and he "sits" at his house, that can only mean the OP is the bitch. He probably has Asperger's.
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Seven dollars a foot, right?
 
semantics. People who make themselves extremely susceptible to emotional trauma always choose the wrong interpretation.
 
Originally posted by: rise
uhh, she's right i guess. i never call it "baby sitting", i "have my son all weekend" is the correct response.
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TBO, "I have my son all weekend" would make me think you were divorced.
 
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