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Julie Bove[_2_]

"Jeßus" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 17 Jun 2016 23:07:58 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>
>>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.
>
> That could well explain the phenomenon. I'm not sure what that says
> about the military culture or societal aspects of the same though.

It says nothing. Might say something about the comment maker but I assure
you that isn't and wasn't the norm.