Why do women complain about "having to carry babies"? Do men complain about...

...things they have to do? How many times have you seen a woman complain about how it's "not fair" that they have to carry babies through pregnancy and push them out? What is the point of complaining? What does it accomplish?
Do you ladies think us men somehow control this, as if we used to be able to have babies but devised an evil plan so that only you can now?

We don't create your menstrual cramps. We didn't give you a uterus. We didn't give you little gonads which crank out ridiculously fluctuating hormones. How is ANY of this our fault?

Right up until very recently, men were expected to go out into the world and work themselves to death, either in some horrendously dangerous work site or factory, or handed the weapon of the day and told to go kill (and accept the idea that they could be killed). Did they gripe and moan and complain that it was "not fair" that women didn't have to do these things?

What do they hope to gain? I'm sorry your guts hurt. Yes I'll rub your back. Stop whining. Yes I'll get you a drink.

Ok fine my wife is badly PMSing.
kala

That's a meaningless thing to say. First off, I CAN'T. Second of all, women don't HAVE to have babies.

Third, yes it's a burden but with wonderful rewards. Besides the incredible euphoria women seem to having babies, they also (usually) get showered with attention and support from most of their family and friends. Physically, most women only really struggle the last couple of months.
In the developed world, nobody - men or women - endure the kind of work environment that men had to work in until recently. Loud factories breathing metal dust... job site fatalities were common, and many men died under 40. Very few people "work themselves to death" these days.
 
I didn't complain, much. I was looking forward to being pregnant, and the whole experience. I couldn't eat for the 1st 3 months, and the last month I could barely fit in the car(*drivers seat), but I wouldn't trade it for anything.
 
I don't complain about having cramps by telling him it's "not fair". I just am sincerely in pain sometimes. My husband whines like a baby when he's sick, but I'm not supposed to when I am? They can be seriously debilitating sometimes.

But as for actually having to carry a baby - I'm glad that I am the one that does it. What a wonderful beautiful experience! I get to bond with my baby for 9 months while he lives inside me - I am so glad it's not the man that does it
 
I got pregnant with my last child accidentally, through birth control failure, at 37. I had to stop my mood disorder meds for her sake, so I was depressed and CRAZY the whole pregnancy. My dr considered giving me electroshock treatments, it was so bad. Then I labored with her for 16 hours and broke my tailbone pushing her out. I don't think it's your fault, and it wasn't my husband's, either, but it SUCKED.

Something tells me you aren't working yourself to death, so what are you complaining about?

PMS is her problem, honestly, and if she's making it yours, go somewhere.
 
LOL! Well I personally love my uterus when it's not driving me crazy. So I ask you this, why do men always complain about women complaining when they don't have to deal with the back aches, the emotional roller coaster, the flipping mess that is life lying in wait to sabotage our days every fricking month of every fricking year? Do you really think we enjoy it more than you do? Yes, you are the victim of our pain, but at least you can walk away from it, leave the house, etc. It follows us no matter where we go, sigh...

Just be sympathetic and duck when necessary. If you hate the complaints, set an example and quit complaining yourself. :)
 
I actually loved being praignut with my babby. The only bad thing for me is that my lower abdomen looks like a deflated balloon with a road map on it. Sadly, no amount of exercise will make it go away and the only way to make it go away is to cut it off.

My husband still has a perfect and beautiful body, of course.
 
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