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<p>Women let men get away with a lot. Too much, some might say.</p><p>One pregnant woman is wondering if maybe she&#39;s being a little annoying by asking her husband to please not stay in the bathtub with her while she gives birth.</p><p>Ummm, wow! The soon-to-be mom posted on Reddit about her dilemma.</p><h2>It starts innocently enough: her husband&#39;s just a big bath fan:</h2><blockquote> <p>Small summary.. my husband has a bit of a bath obsession, he&#39;ll come home from work and disappear into the tub for anywhere from 30 minutes to 1 or 2 hours, I&#39;ve repeatedly told him this doesn&#39;t work out well since we&#39;ll have a 1 year old as of next month (whom I stay at home with all day) and a newborn any day now.</p> </blockquote><h2>So he was obviously tickled when he saw the hospital baths.</h2><blockquote> <p>We toured the hospital I was to deliver in this past week to make sure it was the right fit, I asked him at the end of the tour what he thought of the tour and the only thing he thought of to say was that the tubs were nice.. he couldn&#39;t wait to get into them. When I informed him the tub was for me to labor in and not for him to bath in he was upset.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>But he doesn&#39;t really get what they&#39;re for &mdash; or that his big gawky man body isn&#39;t welcome in them while they&#39;re being used for childbirth.</h2><blockquote> <p>I can&#39;t seem to get the idea out of his head that he can&#39;t take a bath in the tubs and they&#39;re not for the father, he also refuses to believe that they won&#39;t let him in the tub as well when I&#39;m delivering (there&#39;s various health reasons why plus I wouldn&#39;t like him all over me anyway)</p> <p>Am I in the wrong for being so against it?</p> <p>He&#39;s acting like I&#39;m being unreasonable on this one but even my family seem to agree with me.</p> </blockquote><h2>The woman got an overwhelming response, with most people agreeing that he&#39;s being a little weird.</h2><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/emgv6z/aita_for_not_wanting_my_husband_to_be_in_the/fdolzub/">2sayornot2say</a> said he needs therapy:</p><blockquote> <p>Your husband needs to be spoken to by a professional, although it&rsquo;s concerning he won&rsquo;t believe you. Do you know where the obsession comes from? I have to say this is a first for me, hearing this...</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/emgv6z/aita_for_not_wanting_my_husband_to_be_in_the/fdomhb7/">SincerelyCynical</a> points out that sometimes, dads do get in on that sweet, sweet tub action (probably because they don&#39;t realize most people poop during childbirth. Yes, even in a bath):</p><blockquote> <p>I&rsquo;ve heard of plenty of fathers being in the birthing tub while the mother gives birth. I still think it&rsquo;s disgusting. There are all kinds of fluids happening in that tub, so why would anyone volunteer to sit in someone else&rsquo;s bodily fluid? Just no.</p> </blockquote><p>But despite this, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/emgv6z/aita_for_not_wanting_my_husband_to_be_in_the/fdozbwj/">aacmnac</a> says the mom&#39;s opinion and needs have to be paramount in this situation: </p><blockquote> <p>It&#39;s one thing if both parties want the father in the tub too, I&#39;m not saying that&#39;s weird. But for his reaction to you wanting his opinion on the place your child is about to be born to be &quot;Oh big tub, can&#39;t wait to go tubby time&quot;, he&#39;s a fucking weirdo.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/emgv6z/aita_for_not_wanting_my_husband_to_be_in_the/fdons0z/">ItStillIsntLupus</a> says this is a moment when it&#39;s okay for the future mom to put her foot down.</p><blockquote> <p>This is a special moment in your life and if you don&rsquo;t feel comfortable with this, then he doesn&rsquo;t need to be in the tub with you. This isn&rsquo;t just about him. It&rsquo;s mainly about you and your baby. He&rsquo;s being selfish and childish about this. Also congratulations in advance. <br /> </p> </blockquote><h2>So there you have it. Bathtub-mad dads, GTFO of there when a baby&#39;s coming out!</h2><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Woman asks if she's wrong for not wanting husband in the tub during her water birth.

Women let men get away with a lot. Too much, some might say.One pregnant woman is wondering if maybe she&#39;s being a little annoying by asking her husband to please not stay in the bathtub with her while she gives birth.Ummm, wow! The soon-to-be mom posted on Reddit about her dilemma.It starts innocently enough: her husband&#39;s just a big bath fan: Small summary.. my husband has a bit of a bath obsession, he&#39;ll come home from work and disappear into the tub for anywhere from 30 minutes to 1 or 2 hours, I&#39;ve repeatedly told him this doesn&#39;t work out well since we&#39;ll have a 1 year old as of next month (whom I stay at home with all day) and a newborn any day now. So he was obviously tickled when he saw the hospital baths. We toured the hospital I was to deliver in this past week to make sure it was the right fit, I asked him at the end of the tour what he thought of the tour and the only thing he thought of to say was that the tubs were nice.. he couldn&#39;t wait to get into them. When I informed him the tub was for me to labor in and not for him to bath in he was upset. But he doesn&#39;t really get what they&#39;re for &mdash; or that his big gawky man body isn&#39;t welcome in them while they&#39;re being used for childbirth. I can&#39;t seem to get the idea out of his head that he can&#39;t take a bath in the tubs and they&#39;re not for the father, he also refuses to believe that they won&#39;t let him in the tub as well when I&#39;m delivering (there&#39;s various health reasons why plus I wouldn&#39;t like him all over me anyway) Am I in the wrong for being so against it? He&#39;s acting like I&#39;m being unreasonable on this one but even my family seem to agree with me. The woman got an overwhelming response, with most people agreeing that he&#39;s being a little weird.2sayornot2say said he needs therapy: Your husband needs to be spoken to by a professional, although it&rsquo;s concerning he won&rsquo;t believe you. Do you know where the obsession comes from? I have to say this is a first for me, hearing this... SincerelyCynical points out that sometimes, dads do get in on that sweet, sweet tub action (probably because they don&#39;t realize most people poop during childbirth. Yes, even in a bath): I&rsquo;ve heard of plenty of fathers being in the birthing tub while the mother gives birth. I still think it&rsquo;s disgusting. There are all kinds of fluids happening in that tub, so why would anyone volunteer to sit in someone else&rsquo;s bodily fluid? Just no. But despite this, aacmnac says the mom&#39;s opinion and needs have to be paramount in this situation:  It&#39;s one thing if both parties want the father in the tub too, I&#39;m not saying that&#39;s weird. But for his reaction to you wanting his opinion on the place your child is about to be born to be &quot;Oh big tub, can&#39;t wait to go tubby time&quot;, he&#39;s a fucking weirdo. ItStillIsntLupus says this is a moment when it&#39;s okay for the future mom to put her foot down. This is a special moment in your life and if you don&rsquo;t feel comfortable with this, then he doesn&rsquo;t need to be in the tub with you. This isn&rsquo;t just about him. It&rsquo;s mainly about you and your baby. He&rsquo;s being selfish and childish about this. Also congratulations in advance.   So there you have it. Bathtub-mad dads, GTFO of there when a baby&#39;s coming out!

Women let men get away with a lot. Too much, some might say.  One pregnant woman is wondering if maybe she&#39;s being a little annoying by asking her husband to please not stay in the bathtub with her while she gives birth.  Ummm, wow!...