I don't understand why men even want kids in the first place if they aren't going to even take care of them. But perhaps I just answered myself in that statement because even though a man doesn't contribute to taking care of his own kids, there's usually no consequence for it.
Society somehow accepts that men just have to contribute sperm then "babysit" occasionally.
The other day I went out shopping. As I was heading into the store I saw a family: A wife, her husband, and three kids. The youngest, who was maybe three or four was walking holding onto what was probably one of his parents' phones. He ended up tripping out of a shoe and started to cry.
The whole family stopped to look at him and the father reacted first, going to the son. I first thought, 'wow, that's what we want to see. Men contributing to what they bring into this world.' BUT as you can all guess this was not the case. He looked so angry at his kid and grabbed the phone from him before walking into the store. The wife, as per usual, had to hurry over and soothe the child.
Now here's what pisses me off: If the wife had reacted first, I would have just thought 'typical'. The fact that the husband was the first there and didn't do anything but get mad at his son for tripping, which probably made the situation worse, really grinds my gears. Like really?!
I don't care how nice a man may seem, I'm so wary of having children.
It's a status thing. Having kids. Proof you're an adult. (Go figure.) Proof you're a mature, responsible adult. (Again, go figure.) Trophy kids. Like trophy wife.