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Re:Parents now spend twice as much time with their children ... by aidos on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @02:21PM (#15800468)
Who am I to judge, but it's paternity leave for a reason - and not so your "stupid newborn" can get in the way of learning a new hobby.

EDIT it was a lot less like a joke originally. Apologies for the offense caused by missing that.

Re:Parents now spend twice as much time with their children ... by kelukelugames on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @02:28PM (#15800556)
I'm making a joke. :)

Thanks for the feedback. I made the list more outrageous so it's more obvious.

A lot of male comedians transition to family jokes after having children. This could be the catalyst for my stand up career!

Re:Parents now spend twice as much time with their children ... by strictnein on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @02:33PM (#15800599)
From personal experience, you will soon transition to making dad jokes.

I do it daily. I'm hilarious (to no one but myself).

Re:Parents now spend twice as much time with their children ... by aidos on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @02:54PM (#15800799)
Ah, well it does now look a lot more like a joke :-)

I have bad news for you. Getting a newborn to sleep is child's play. Try getting two 5ish year olds off to school in the morning. It's basically impossible!

Re:Parents now spend twice as much time with their children ... by duderific on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @07:43PM (#15803479)
Every morning, our 3-year-old wakes up and says, "I don't want to go to school!" Then when mom goes to pick him up from school, she can't get him to leave. Good times.
Re:Parents now spend twice as much time with their children ... by IncRnd on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @02:37PM (#15800637)
> A lot of male comedians transition to family jokes after having children.

"dadmedians" Your kids will love hearing that about their dad, until they are older anyway and start to roll their eyes :)

Re:Parents now spend twice as much time with their children ... by kelukelugames on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @02:45PM (#15800716)
Haha I mean professional comedians.

Also, I took pictures of baby peeing on himself to show to his future dates. Can't wait!

Re:Parents now spend twice as much time with their children ... by dvtv75 on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @09:56PM (#15804166)
Before you do that, remember that they choose your retirement home.

My father deliberately didn't take those sort of photos for exactly this reason: he knew my mother would use them to humiliate my brother and I as we got older.

Re:Parents now spend twice as much time with their children ... by IncRnd on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @06:25PM (#15802984)
Even if you lose the pictures, DAD can still tell the story. It has the same effect ;)
Re:Parents now spend twice as much time with their children ... by chrisbennet on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @02:40PM (#15800663)
That sounds pretty judge-y. ;-)

I imagine that faced with your first newborn, one might logically assume that there would be periods where the child slept leaving some time for other activities. In reality, the only "hobby" the new parent will want to engage under those conditions is getting some sleep.

Re:Parents now spend twice as much time with their children ... by aidos on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @02:58PM (#15800829)
In my experience newborns sleep a lot. For a breastfeeding mother it's pretty exhausting and requires a lot more sleep. And the nights can be pretty broken, not as broken as they will be over the next few years in general though!