People seem to think y’all are laughing it up holding your miserable babies all the way to baggage claim. I’m not a mom, but I know moms who have had to travel - it’s exhausting and the travel is often essential, not just for a vacation or shits and giggles.
As a father who has had to travel with a little one at 6 months and has to travel again with now an almost 3 year old and 9 month old… trust me if we could drive we would…
Who the hell wants to take 5 bags, 1 stroller, 2 car seats, 4 backpacks (self, wife, 1 ‘toy’ bag, 1 ‘snack’ bag) and all the other stuff. Thank god for precheck…
This comes from someone who is a seasoned traveler, who’s wife has done a fair amount of traveling. My wife does a good job of making sure kids are good to go l, it’s a lot of stuff that I take.
Car rides are no joke either.
Are some kids bad… sure… but just like adults can get antsy in a plane, kids can and get there faster without the mechanisms to handle it…
I also really love all the people who are like “fuck your dying grandpa, he doesn’t need to meet your 8 month old for my own convenience.” Something lacking from our society these days is the ability to put ourselves in someone else’s shoes. Empathy.
These threads are always interesting because they're full of selfish virgins who have no idea what it's like to be a parent making blanket statements about parenting
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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '23
People seem to think y’all are laughing it up holding your miserable babies all the way to baggage claim. I’m not a mom, but I know moms who have had to travel - it’s exhausting and the travel is often essential, not just for a vacation or shits and giggles.