Post: #1

This is coming up in the Facebook feed today, about a "hero" male feminist stay at home dad, married to a bi-polar lawyer who wanted both a full time job, and children -

http://mobile.philly.com/beta?wss=/phill...=365074451

Quote:By the time she was in college, Susan had twice attempted suicide; in law school, she developed severe anxiety and later was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. She grew paranoid; she yanked out her fingernails and toenails. Finally, in desperation, she checked herself in to a psychiatric ward.

Sounds like marriage material...

Quote:Phillip made peace with the idea of a childless life. He loved their house in St. Petersburg, within walking distance of First Friday activities; he liked their freedom and disposable income.

A life without children, and with disposable income, can be a great existence. But...

Quote:In 2008, the couple relocated to Philadelphia so Phillip could enter a doctoral program in architecture at the University of Pennsylvania. Susan - jobless and off her meds because her insurance coverage had run out - slumped once again. "I was sitting in a dark apartment by myself. It was winter. I plummeted deep into depression."

After several panicked phone calls, she found a psychiatrist who recommended a different mix of medications at a much lower dose. "I want to have kids," Susan told him during her first visit. "You can," he responded. She burst into tears.

They didn't start trying right away. First, she had to persuade Phillip to reembrace the prospect of parenthood. Then she had to find a job, recover from a concussion she'd suffered after a fall, and mourn the passing of their 14-year-old dog, Riley, who had comforted her during so many despondent moments.

The man doesn't want to have kids. But bi-polar wife hopped up on medication decides she does.

So, of course, they have kids. Because a woman's desires, even if impulsive or made under the influence of medication, are more important than her husband's.

Quote:But after her first pregnancy - treated as high-risk because she was 35, overweight

In other words, she won't make any sacrifice whatsoever for the pregnancy, such as losing weight, to make it more viable. She would rather risk the life of her child than go to the gym and put the cookies down.

How does did this turn out?

Quote:Now Susan is back at the office full-time as a lawyer for the city, and Phillip has surprised himself by becoming a work-from-home dad. Parenting two girls has made him a more emphatic feminist, proud of his daughters' pluck: Millie reaching decisively for a sought-after toy or Emme clambering up a playground structure.

In other words, wife has a full time career now and the kids she wanted, while the husband gets to be a babysitter. And he's raising his daughters to understand that a woman's desires come before all else, and males exist only to make them a reality. Everything is so great, right? I mean, his wife got everything she wanted - the lawyer job, a kid, and a full time babysitter, thanks to this guy. And he gets to do a job you can pay teenagers $10 an hour for. Truly the life every man could ever ask for.

I'll be sipping scotch for lunch and planning my next vacation, wishing I had this guy's life and pondering the reasons why I need feminism.

Post: #2

A picture is worth a thousand words

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Post: #4

"Stay-at-home dad" always makes me think of this:





What a chump.

Post: #5

(01-13-2016 08:28 AM)The Beast1 Wrote:  A picture is worth a thousand words

Quote:By the time she was in college, Susan had twice attempted suicide; in law school, she developed severe anxiety and later was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. She grew paranoid; she yanked out her fingernails and toenails. Finally, in desperation, she checked herself in to a psychiatric ward.
(...)
Phillip made peace with the idea of a childless life.
(...)
First, she had to persuade Phillip to reembrace the prospect of parenthood.

Deep, deep down inside Philip's mind, gagged and chained to the most remote walls of his brain, there was his common sense. And it told him, in a last, desperate effort before it vanished forever, that this abomination, this beast, this terrifying creature he called his wife should never be allowed to reproduce.
In an act of resistance that, looking back, seems almost unbelievable, he listened to this vague feeling of unease lurking in the shadows of his psyche, the muffled cries, the agony of his long forgotten primal male instincts, and all was fine.
For now.
Yet, when the aberrant horror, strenghtened in a twist of irony by the science and knowledge developed over centuries to benefit humanity, to lift the burden of sickness and pestilence from its weary shoulders, began its final assault, Philip, having never fully recovered from the creature's last attack, could not find the resilience, the determination and spirit to resist the evil force anymore.
Darkness engulfed him, and as the vile creature's weight crushed his bones one by one, its hot, disgustingly rotten breath dewing the soft skin of his throat, Philip slowly ceased to exist. All that was left when the hideous horror gave way to the first weak rays of light was an empty shell of something that once used to be a man, devoid of any life or soul.
Thus the ghastly beast, with a sickening grin and deep satisfaction after the unspeakable feast, and for the first time in its grim life, came to rest.
And all was fine.

Post: #6

A beta married to a fat sow lawyer.

It's almost too cliche'.

Post: #7

Actually, the most horrifying detail in this story isn't the fate of this man.

It's the fact that some chump employer is paying enough money to support an entire family to a brain-addled, morbidly obese "lawyer" for legal services.

The fate of the man can be explained with sexual frustration and being brainwashed, but what could the explanation for the employer possibly be?

Post: #8

Save those damn kids. Girl on the left is adorable. Girl on the right is straight chillin'. Baller girls. Obese, insane mom and beta dad. Their chance at a normal life is at less than 5%.

Post: #9

The only thing I can think to say is...

What a faggot.

"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. To be your own man is a hard business. If you try it, you'll be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." - Rudyard Kipling

Post: #10

There's a sadness in that man's eyes. Between the half twinkle in his eyes to the bags under them - he shows defeat that no half-smile could ever cover up. He knows he could have done something more, something better, but didn't have the balls or the know-how.

Post: #11

Each time I read about stay-at-home dads I hope I read about some player fucking his neighbour's wife like Leon Black


Hope is for loser I know...

Post: #12

If he married this woman for lack of better options, and they decided to remain childless, I would have no objection - in this case he would only be hurting himself.

But when he submitted to having children with this nutcase, he made the worse choice of his life, the consequences of which are probably yet to be seen. Because choosing a certifiably insane woman to bear your children can only have terrible consequences, not only for the husband, but more importantly for the children. We're not just talking about a woman with mild depression - this is a woman who has made multiple suicide attempts, and has pulled her fingernails out. This is not a woman suitable for raising children.

However, since they already have children, it is probably best that he remain the stay at home caregiver. I'm guessing (from the picture) that he's actually a good father. And if the woman is capable of pulling out her own fingernails, imagine what she might to to her own children while unsupervised if she had another one of her "episodes."

Post: #13

Also, what the fuck is this? It doesn't seem to make anatomical sense.

Post: #14

(01-13-2016 08:44 AM)Handsome Creepy Eel Wrote:  Actually, the most horrifying detail in this story isn't the fate of this man.

It's the fact that some chump employer is paying enough money to support an entire family to a brain-addled, morbidly obese "lawyer" for legal services.

The fate of the man can be explained with sexual frustration and being brainwashed, but what could the explanation for the employer possibly be?

That chump employer is...

THE GOVERNMENT!

She's a lawyer for the city, according to the article. Your tax dollars hard at work.

Post: #15

(01-13-2016 09:58 AM)Horus Wrote:  Also, what the fuck is this? It doesn't seem to make anatomical sense.
BLOT IT OUT MY EYES BLOT IT OUT!

Thanks, Buddy - going to be about two days before I can get wood again thanks to this post.

"The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. To be your own man is a hard business. If you try it, you'll be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." - Rudyard Kipling

Post: #16

(01-13-2016 10:04 AM)Beyond Borders Wrote:  

(01-13-2016 09:58 AM)Horus Wrote:  Also, what the fuck is this? It doesn't seem to make anatomical sense.
BLOT IT OUT MY EYES BLOT IT OUT!

Thanks, Buddy - going to be about two days before I can get wood again thanks to this post.

Then you'll have more energy to hit the gym. You're welcome!

Post: #17

(01-13-2016 09:41 AM)MaleDefined Wrote:  There's a sadness in that man's eyes. Between the half twinkle in his eyes to the bags under them - he shows defeat that no half-smile could ever cover up. He knows he could have done something more, something better, but didn't have the balls or the know-how.

Here's the tragedy. He wanted to be an architect; probably wanted to build great halls, soaring spaces to inspire men and lift the soul in our barren postmodern wasteland, design and see built places where the acoustics would ring like the finest of crystal. Even was going for for a doctorate in architecture, which would suggest he had a fine eye for detail or a finer sense for space and line and light and how they intersect.

Now look at him. Just look at him. The only thing that can be said in his favour is that of the two, it's a damned sight better that he's at home rather than she. He might well be a candidate for putting a gunbarrel in his mouth about the age of 40 or so, but if it was her she'd likely terminate the kids as well as herself in order "to save them pain".

Even thirty years ago, were this a man and a woman she would have pulled the fucking pin and been out the door with the two kids after his first psychotic break. Him ... he'll just take it. Because that's what he's been taught to do, and because he's convinced himself he'll be a Bad Father And Husband if he walks on a fucking nutball spouse. And because it's all he has left: there's no dream of great buildings left in those eyes, only the weariness of a guy who's been in prison ten years and has another fifteen to eighteen to go at least. Some dark night, about 3:00 am when that bitch was smashing vases or tearing the wallpaper, he let that dream go, and he put a new one in: "since I can't ever be the architect I wanted to be, I might as well try and be a father and paper over this hole in my heart with kids."

That beard is there either for faux masculinity or because the fucker has given up on his physical appearance. Make no mistake, being on the receiving end of her shit has drained every last ounce of life and vitality out of him. Dracula could take a suck on his throat and come up dry, she got there first.

Check the body language. He's still the more relaxed of these two. She is clinging, possessive, onto the fucking elder daughter, projecting how insecure she is with him at home in sole command of their children. The smile looks Joker-crazy and there's a certain glint in the eyes I wouldn't find out of place on a predator. I pity that poor fucking eldest child, even with him around. The kid looks uneasy because (a) she never sees her mother or (b) she's seen a couple of doses of the crazy already.

She's going to fuck up that girl's head completely before she's fifteen no matter what he does. You can't avoid the crazy 24 hours per day. It's a girl, so she'll treat it like her own fucking proxy, moreso than daughter number two who's more likely just to turn to drugs or bad boys to find some spark of life or attention that she won't be getting at home. Women like this are both the matriarch and the first child of the family, always.

I know this sounds very 'Won't someone think of the children', but the problem is, women fucking don't. Not these days. And every kid comes into this world defenceless, never choosing to be born, never choosing which parents to have, coming into this world with only simple love and trust that those who brought her into this world are going to do right by her and not by themselves. I've had few times I've been more saddened and sickened by a story than I am with this one.

Never stick your dick in crazy. And if you're going to do so, never, never fucking marry it afterwards.

Post: #18

(01-13-2016 09:58 AM)Horus Wrote:  Also, what the fuck is this? It doesn't seem to make anatomical sense.
*forget letting this image defile the page*

What's even worse to me is that chin that goes straight down to where her collarbone should be. That man had to fuck a pig-bulldog hybrid at least twice.

Post: #19

(01-13-2016 08:40 AM)Celtic_Austrian Wrote:  Deep, deep down inside Philip's mind, gagged and chained to the most remote walls of his brain, there was his common sense. And it told him, in a last, desperate effort before it vanished forever, that this abomination, this beast, this terrifying creature he called his wife should never be allowed to reproduce.
In an act of resistance that, looking back, seems almost unbelievable, he listened to this vague feeling of unease lurking in the shadows of his psyche, the muffled cries, the agony of his long forgotten primal male instincts, and all was fine.
For now.
Yet, when the aberrant horror, strenghtened in a twist of irony by the science and knowledge developed over centuries to benefit humanity, to lift the burden of sickness and pestilence from its weary shoulders, began its final assault, Philip, having never fully recovered from the creature's last attack, could not find the resilience, the determination and spirit to resist the evil force anymore.
Darkness engulfed him, and as the vile creature's weight crushed his bones one by one, its hot, disgustingly rotten breath dewing the soft skin of his throat, Philip slowly ceased to exist. All that was left when the hideous horror gave way to the first weak rays of light was an empty shell of something that once used to be a man, devoid of any life or soul.
Thus the ghastly beast, with a sickening grin and deep satisfaction after the unspeakable feast, and for the first time in its grim life, came to rest.
And all was fine.

Post: #20

Also noted this part of the interview:

Quote:Phillip was there the whole time. They'd met as middle schoolers in Jacksonville, Fla.; Susan thought he was cute and sent a buddy over to Phillip's lunch table to ask him out.

It was a stormy relationship, with more time "off" than "on," Phillip remembers, until the night - Susan had left high school early to attend college at Florida State University - when he impulsively drove five hours to knock on her dorm room door at midnight.

"We haven't been apart since," Susan says.

Rule one: if one of you thinks the two of you aren't right for each other, they're right. If the girl drops you because of crazy, offer a prayer to St. Anthony for the bullet you dodged and move the fuck on. This brother was doomed from his early teens.

Post: #21

Poor guy...why he did that choice????


Also, crazy fatso, i can see she having a crisis and killing the husband and the kids in the near future

Post: #22

Nature designs beta males to have daughters. Do you notice that?

Post: #23

(01-13-2016 10:47 AM)roid Wrote:  Nature designs beta males to have daughters. Do you notice that?

I must be beta of the year then.

Post: #24

(01-13-2016 10:55 AM)el mechanico Wrote:  

(01-13-2016 10:47 AM)roid Wrote:  Nature designs beta males to have daughters. Do you notice that?

I must be beta of the year then.

NAS Wrote:They say the coolest playas and foulest heart breakers in the world
God gets us back, he makes us have precious little girls

Daughters

Post: #25

"They'd met as middle schoolers in Jacksonville, Fla.; Susan thought he was cute and sent a buddy over to Phillip's lunch table to ask him out." Funny how a chump's life path can be determined in an instant.

And what's with all these losers who marry a girl named Susan and who dream of being an architect.