r/AreTheStraightsOkay • u/xXAce_editsXx • Feb 01 '23
CW: (Editable) He would rather be gaming than with her wife
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u/Moon_Colored_Demon Feb 01 '23
I know labor can be long, but like….he couldn’t get a laptop? Or just use his phone like most people do? This just looks like it’d be in the way of the staff and their work.
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u/Lyb0n Feb 02 '23
it's a fuckin steamdeck with joysticks and buttons??? it's literally built for mobile gaming not... whatever the hell they did
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u/tappy100 Feb 01 '23
I have seen this everywhere from r/sadcringe to r/iamatotalpieceofshit I don’t think this dude is still married
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u/Asnyd421 Feb 01 '23
I mean, labor can take forever and there really can be hours and hours of sitting around doing nothing. I can imagine an exchange where they discussed this prior and approved it.
My wife and I played an array of phone games, some together some not, while we waited
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u/devilsivytrail Feb 01 '23
labor can take forever and there really can be hours and hours of sitting around doing nothing
I have NEVER heard a woman describe labour like this. Even slightly. Seems like something only the non-birther would ever think is a sane thing to say.
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u/ELiz-RN Feb 01 '23
They tried to induce me and while we were waiting for the induction to work it was really nice having our switch to distract us. We both had a ton of nervous, excited energy. Bored isn't the word I would use, but you are kinda waiting around for a little while.
That said, as soon as it was go time the switch was put away, and I was so thankful to have my husband by my side the whole time. It was all very emotional and intense and if he'd sat down and set up a video game I would have been incredibly hurt.
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u/devilsivytrail Feb 01 '23
Yeah I get needing a distraction, and I'm glad it helped you.
It's the "sitting around doing nothing for hours" I cant agree with. One party is certainly doing something: labour.
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u/ELiz-RN Feb 02 '23
I absolutely agree. I think anybody referring to labor as "doing nothing" is incredibly disrespectful of their partner, or has no idea what it's actually like to deliver a baby.
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u/sduque942 Feb 01 '23
Some births can take up to 12 hours, you don't really think the person giving birth is non stop pushing for that long, do you?
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u/devilsivytrail Feb 01 '23
Do you think a hospital admits someone before they start having regular contractions?
In summary, pushing? No. Labour? Yes.
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u/ELiz-RN Feb 01 '23
No but they're definitely not sitting around doing nothing. Mom is likely in an incredible amount of pain and hopefully dad is supporting her and helping her through every contraction.
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u/Snowf1ake222 Feb 01 '23
My partner would not want me hovering around them for 12+ hours of pain.
Seems like maybe you should have some context about the people in the photo and their situation instead of making judgements about their actions.
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u/ELiz-RN Feb 02 '23
I mean... I guess my judgment is that I'm hopeful the dad is supporting the mom through some of the scariest, most painful hours of her life... And probably one of the most intense moments of his life, too. And the context is that they're having a baby lol I'm not really sure what point you're trying to make...
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u/devilsivytrail Feb 02 '23
Go tell your partner you described her birthing experience as "sitting around doing nothing" to strangers and see if you live to tell the tale
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u/sduque942 Feb 02 '23
Uh oh wife scary, can't tell her anything cause she starts screaming at me like a crazy. That's you, you sound pretty heterocringe
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u/devilsivytrail Feb 02 '23
Lol, tell anyone who has gone through labour that they "sat around doing nothing" and see what happens, snowflake
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Feb 02 '23
My wifes took like 20 odd before emergency C-section. There were parts of it where we were both on our phones chilling. Also parts where she was asleep 🤣
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u/stoneandglass Apr 20 '23
All peoples experiences would be different.
For a long labour it would be normal to require sleep at some stage. You're aware that contractions are occuring during labour and painful and a body can only spend energy producing endorphins for so long right? Just because your wife was on her phone at various stages doesn't distract from the labour part. It also doesn't mean she wasn't doing anything.
I'm hoping it means hers was at some points tolerable but if it resulted in an emergency cesarean then that's less likely.
Harhar my wife was experiencing something extremely physically draining and needed to sleep. Lolz. Okay then.
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u/RedditMcBurger Feb 02 '23
Pregnancy can keep you in the hospital for a long time.
So he could've been there for 35 hours but he's an asshole for playing a game during that?
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u/Daniel_Melzer Feb 01 '23
Dude just buy a gaming laptop, like what the hell is this setup?