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I'm assuming the other man reacted strangely, OR he went home and told his wife about the conversation and his wife thought it was strange.
That's what I'm assuming. I wouldn't think it was strange if two men who knew each other well had that conversation...but it seems an unusual topic for discussion in the aisles of Home Depot with someone you just met.
I would think it inappropriate, or at least not a minefield I would want to enter. NOT because of the gender of the people having the conversation; I see nothing weird or wrong with men talking about breastfeeding, since it's a pretty big topic for both mothers AND fathers. I'd just be wary because it's one of those hot topics, and if you're just meeting someone casually for the first time who wants to risk either coming off as preachy or judgeamental, or perhaps competitive? I suppose it all depends on how it fits into the flow of the conversation, though. Asking if she's still nursing is one thing, drilling on specifics is another, especially in this context.
That's what I'm assuming. I wouldn't think it was strange if two men who knew each other well had that conversation...but it seems an unusual topic for discussion in the aisles of Home Depot with someone you just met.
I'm not sure why, but the mental image of the two of them in Home Depot chatting about breastfeeding made me giggle.
I think it has something to do with picturing all the staff in the bright orange aprons with "May I Help You?" or whatever it says emblazoned on them lurking around so they can point them to the breast pumps in Aisle 6.
I'm not sure why, but the mental image of the two of them in Home Depot chatting about breastfeeding made me giggle.
I think it has something to do with picturing all the staff in the bright orange aprons with "May I Help You?" or whatever it says emblazoned on them lurking around so they can point them to the breast pumps in Aisle 6.
LOL - now I know why I can never find anyone to help me there...they are all lurking around eavesdropping on breastfeeding discussions...
Would Aisle 6 be plumbing supplies? Pond pumps, sump pumps, breast pumps....
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I don't see anything wrong w/ it either. It seems to me that the man w/ the wife still breastfeeding their child at 11 mths is feeling uncomfortable about it and just wanted to ask another man and get his opinion if this is normal.
Other questions guys with babies discuss include
Breastfeeding - While the kid has em hubby doesn't
Breastfeeding - Encourage it because if you bottle feed then guess who gets up in the middle of the night.
Sex - Do you do it when she is pregnant.
What sort of fuel do you put in your lawn mower.
Sex
Do you put the 3 month old in the next room to have sex.
Why is it that 6 month old girls can negotiate with their eyes when they can't even speak yet.
Just how many diapers did you change today.
Sex.
My wife never got the hungry munchies. I felt like a let down I was never sent out at 2am for bla bla.
How do you hold the baby capsule in the car when the strap is not long enough.
Have you seen my 3 month old. I am sure I had him when I left home to do the shoping.
sex
chicks - You know if you want to meet chicks carry a baby around.
We have been given 2000 bags of baby clothes and still she wants to buy all new clothes.
Do you want some? No. Oh you got 1000 bags too.
We had to buy a new cot, stroller, pram, etc etc.
You too
sex
Not recently.
I don't see anything wrong w/ it either. It seems to me that the man w/ the wife still breastfeeding their child at 11 mths is feeling uncomfortable about it and just wanted to ask another man and get his opinion if this is normal.
Wouldn't it make more sense though to ask some of her friends?
LOL - now I know why I can never find anyone to help me there...they are all lurking around eavesdropping on breastfeeding discussions...
Would Aisle 6 be plumbing supplies? Pond pumps, sump pumps, breast pumps....
Ha! Perhaps the conversation would go something like this:
Home Depot Associate: "May I help you, sir?"
Man #1 "Everything's fine with the house, but my wife is still breastfeeding our 11 month old."
Man #2 "Yes, in my experience, his wife is just not draining properly."
Home Depot Associate: "Well then, sir, let me show you all the pumps in Aisle 6."
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