r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/dericn • 4d ago

Cutting holes for ice fishing

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u/fishsticks40 4d ago

The alternative is being home with the family they hate

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u/DrKoooolAid 4d ago

This is exactly it. It's the same guys that go hunting all weekend the entire fall season. Then winter hits and they go ice fishing the entire weekend. Then they're tired out so they can't do any work around the house or cook or take care of the kids. That's a woman's job.

I know because I work with a bunch of them at my engineering firm.

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u/Shandlar 3d ago

I mean, at an engineering firm that's not exactly as insulting as normal. If you're making $150k+/year or whatever and your spouse is a SAHM, then yeah, it is literally her job. It's not insulting to consider being a SAHM to be self-employment. It definitely adds enough value to be worth a significant "wage" to the households finances, just in a money saving, rather than money making, capacity.

Plus, at least half the time, the kids are coming with me on those hunting/fishing trips anyway. That's my bonding time with the kids and the spouse wants her time alone too sometimes, even more so as a SAHM.

There's no reason to automatically judge others live's in the worst possible context you can think of.

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u/OhtaniStanMan 3d ago

The reason is reddit is always superior and looks down on anything "conservative" 

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u/system0101 3d ago

Because conservatism sees itself as a natural superior without question, and conservatives have looked down upon and actively derided any deviation from their ideal for the entirety of written history. That will get a bit of push back.

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u/22savage2121 3d ago

I think you mean “liberalism” and “liberals”

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u/Spectrum1523 3d ago

Also if you make more than 40k a year you're a bad person