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Is this an American thing? I can't imagine that happening in Europe, but maybe I'm just a bit naive.
by MaKey 3y ago
Is this an American thing? I can't imagine that happening in Europe, but maybe I'm just a bit naive.
- fullstop 3y agoIt might be. I would get strange looks when I took my kids to the playground without my wife. They look like me, too.
- bsagdiyev 3y agoYes, in California at the time. Some people get weird. It isn't like it happens all the time, it was a first for me.
- wkat4242 3y agoYeah we're kinda over the traditional family thing here in Europe. I would bet two fathers taking their son to the playground would raise some eyebrows in the US too, depending on the area of course. Whereas here it wouldn't.
- bryanlarsen 3y agoI think it depends on where you are in Europe. I had far more reaction doing childcare in Poland than I did in the US and Canada. Almost completely positive, though. "Your wife is so lucky, a Polish man would never change a diaper".
- wkat4242 3y agoOh ok, that surprises me, Poland has a reputation of being very strongly anti-LGBT (and Hungary too). Guess it depends on the area. When I was in Ireland there were many people against single parents "Lone parents" they call them there, it was a real witch hunt in the media. So yeah we get these things here but it tends to be localised.
- sillyfluke 3y agoDid you ever feel people were moments away from calling security/police on you? Your last sentence doesn't give that feeling. If not, I'm not sure we're talking about comparable reactions.
- Glawen 3y agoIt definitely will raise eyebrows, but maybe noone will say a thing. It really depends on the location though.
- sillyfluke 3y agoYes, this is completely an American thing. I experienced it first hand and it's hilarious. Hilarious in that it's so pathetically predicable that I can predict there's going to be a "situation" before it unfolds and am able to avoid it. But it's absolutely batshit crazy how easily it happens. No way this happens in europe. Helicopter americans probably claim there is more child trafficking and kidnapping in europe or something. Yeah, ok. These people watch so many child kidnapping movies and documentaries they don't know which way is up anymore.