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Gary

Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
> On Sat, 18 Jun 2016 08:23:30 -0300, wrote:
>
> >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 sounds even less likely since SHE was in the military, the
> >military was not by then comprised solely of men!
>
> Does not matter who was in or not. It matters the macho attitude of
> those living there. Sometimes a particular small town or even a
> particular apartment complex can have an over abundance of a
> particular attitude.

Yes. Husband staying at home many years ago would have been frowned
upon. People would think he is a lazy bum without knowing any details
of the situation. Rumors fly and are rarely the truth of the
situation.