[SWAMPSNIPER]

40 years ago I was working on a construction project. Some of the crew was planning to head out for beer after work, I told them I was heading home to babysit so my wife could get out. One of them commented on my wife trusting me to take care of my 2 year old daughter, and he wasn't joking, he thought it was out of line. I've always wondered just where the Hell his head was, just how many men could see their baby daughter or any little kid as a sex object?

Maybe we're naieve, maybe things are worse than we suspect.

[21twelve]

“...heading home to babysit.”

I always told folks when they would say that I was “babysitting” - “No. I’m not babysitting. I’m their dad.” (Just a small button of mine. More of an educational response than an anger one).

Yeah - weird about the wife “trusting” you with the child. However, if I was home with the kids and another mom wanted to bring their child over, I was always very clear that I was at home with the kids, and mom was out. As I understood the way society is with men and children. Even at the park I would get a bit uneasy whening another kid would join my kids playing with me. (I would be the only adult playing, while the moms were all chatting).

The benefits of working from home!

[Strk321]

More likely, he thought that the idea of babysitting was unmanly and strictly a woman’s job.

[seemoAR]

I am glad some fool didn’t make that mistake with me. We would have had a serious problem.

On the other hand, he might have thought you were not capable of taking good care of your daughter. Some fathers have never changed diapers or even fed their children. I have no way to prove it but, I don’t believe mine ever changed a diaper in his life.