▲ 384 ▼ House GOP memo blasts Whitmer’s paid family leave proposal as ‘summer break for adults’ (michiganadvance.com) submitted 3 years ago by inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 53 comments fedilink hide all child comments Just a reminder that Republicans are just horrible people.
[–] SharkEatingBreakfast@sh.itjust.works 42 points 3 years ago (3 children) Do they think that birthing & taking care of a newborn is like "summer break"??? For the billionth time: get fucked, GOP. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] tja@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 years ago Yes, because they are mostly old white men who offload that to their wife and/or nanny permalink fedilink source parent [–] TechyDad@lemmy.world 8 points 3 years ago I took two weeks off after my first son was born. That was definitely NOT a vacation. Obviously, I didn't have to go through the really hard part (giving birth). To help my wife rest, I'd take any nighttime crying sessions plus half of the daytime ones while I was home. Getting up at 11pm, 1am, 1:30am, 1:50am, 3:30am, 3:50am, etc was not a vacation by any stretch of the imagination. I was exhausted and stressed having to take care of this little one whose very life depended on me. It was a rough adjustment. I'm very happy to have had my boys, but anyone who thinks having a baby is akin to a vacation either offloads all the real work to someone else or takes some really horrible vacations. permalink fedilink source parent [–] CryptoRoberto@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 years ago Yes, they do. Because they have a whole team of people to take care of their kids and household for them. We're talking about people who if they've ever touched a cleaning product it was likely decades ago.... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tja@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 years ago Yes, because they are mostly old white men who offload that to their wife and/or nanny permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TechyDad@lemmy.world 8 points 3 years ago I took two weeks off after my first son was born. That was definitely NOT a vacation. Obviously, I didn't have to go through the really hard part (giving birth). To help my wife rest, I'd take any nighttime crying sessions plus half of the daytime ones while I was home. Getting up at 11pm, 1am, 1:30am, 1:50am, 3:30am, 3:50am, etc was not a vacation by any stretch of the imagination. I was exhausted and stressed having to take care of this little one whose very life depended on me. It was a rough adjustment. I'm very happy to have had my boys, but anyone who thinks having a baby is akin to a vacation either offloads all the real work to someone else or takes some really horrible vacations. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CryptoRoberto@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 years ago Yes, they do. Because they have a whole team of people to take care of their kids and household for them. We're talking about people who if they've ever touched a cleaning product it was likely decades ago.... permalink fedilink source parent