Oh. No. He. Didn’t.

One night/morning over the holidays, we got home from our travels at 3am. After finally falling asleep around 4:30am, I woke up early with the baby to let my husband sleep in. Rocking only a couple hours of sleep, I was beyond exhausted. So when my husband volunteered to run errands with the baby in the afternoon so I could nap, I was so there. Picture it: young dad in line at Giant when apparently a coupon crisis unfolds that would require him to back out of the line, select a different item, and then return to the line. Cashier notes that he has a sweet baby girl with him, takes pity, and bypasses whatever coupon glitch was causing the drama. My opportunistic husband realizes how funny this could be and plays his hand, “Oh, thank you so much. My wife is pretty burnt out, so I wanted to take the baby out and let her rest.” Cue two other women in line behind him joining the cashier in cooing with adoration, “Oh! That’s so sweet! How nice!” Then dear husband steps it up a notch, “Yes, I put our two year old son down for a nap before I left so she could really catch a break” (insert continued sighing and cooing). OH. NO. HE. DIDN’T. For anyone who ever touts equality of the sexes, here is your proof that it doesn’t exist. Next time I have not one, but three men wetting themselves with how sweet I am for taking my children to the grocery store, this statement will be immediately retracted. I wouldn’t hold your breath.

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Meredith

Meredith blogs at The Mom of the Year, where she dedicatedly earns her title one epic parenting fail at a time, offering quick, relatable laughs for fellow parents and all their empathizers. She has been part of several best-selling anthologies, featured on prominent sites such as Huffington Post, In the Powder Room and BlogHer, and loves her role as the Executive VP/Operations Manager of The BlogU Conference. When she's not breaking up fights over Legos and juice boxes, she remains fully committed to sharing a less serious look at the world of parenting.

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