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Ed Pawlowski

On 6/17/2016 9:56 PM, Je�us wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Jun 2016 22:43:23 -0300, wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 17 Jun 2016 19:12:18 -0500, "cshenk" > wrote:
>>> No, it was there, prejudice clear and simple and women who could not
>>> hndle a man as a stay at home parent.
>>>
>>> He'd do the laundry in the complex and there were several who'd get
>>> upset that he was washing my under things and Charlotte's baby clothes
>>> and *loudly 'whisper'* that he was some sort of pervert.
>
> W in the F??????????????
>
>> Charlotte was
>>> in a stroller at his side as they did the laundry. Reverse it, lady
>>> doing her husband's underthings. All normal and no comments. They
>>> could handle a guy doing his own laundry but got snarky if it was
>>> during the week. They could not handle a guy during the week doing all
>>> the families stuff while watching a toddler.
>>>
>>> I went down and confronted them once but it didnt get better until
>>> several other guys picked a time and showed up enmass for laundry at
>>> the same time.
>>>
>>> You can pretend what you wish, but 2 decades ago, a man washing his
>>> wife and kids laundry in a public complex, could be in for a less than
>>> pleasing environment. If you are unaware of that, then you simply
>>> didnt live on that side of life.
>>
>> I am not pretending anything - clearly you Americans must have
>> perverted minds if that is how people saw it, though I kind of doubt
>> it. I go in the laundry room here and even if someone else is in
>> there at the same time as me, I am NOT watching what clothes they are
>> washing. Jesus Christ - what a sewer mind you have!
>
> Carol's comment is one of the strangest things I've ever read in RFC.
> I mean that seriously. 21 years ago I was doing the g/f and toddler's
> laundry in a laundromat and of course, nobody noticed or acted strange
> because I did that. Why in the hell would they?? I'm really having
> trouble wrapping my head around that one.
>

She was in the military. If this was in a heavily military population I
could see it happening.