Parenting

Contrary to popular belief, babies poop no matter which parent is watching them.A father wrote in to Reddit&#39;s &quot;<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/vkbtw7/aita_for_going_into_the_ladies_room/" target="_blank">Am I The A**hole?</a>&quot; board to inquire whether or not it&#39;s okay to use a public women&#39;s bathroom &mdash; if it&#39;s the only one with a changing table.Here&#39;s how <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/rocksandhardplaces1/">rocksandhardplaces1</a> explained the situation:<blockquote> I am a 31 yo man and was at a large store yesterday with my 5mo son when he did what babies do. I went over to the restrooms and saw that there wasn&#39;t a family/companion restroom, just a men&#39;s and women&#39;s. </blockquote><blockquote> I went into the men&#39;s room and saw there was a cubicle and a few urinals, but no changing table. The sink didn&#39;t have a counter either. </blockquote><blockquote> I walked out and hunted down an employee to ask where the changing table was. She said it was in the bathroom, and I asked where, assuming there was a family/companion restroom on the other side of the store. </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> She took me back to where I just was. I asked if there was another bathroom, and she said no. I told her I was just in the bathroom and there was no changing table. She asked if I was sure and suggested I look again. </blockquote><blockquote> I was annoyed, but I went back in the men&#39;s room. No changing table. When I came out the employee was gone. Keep in mind, my son has been in his poopy diaper this whole time. So I give up and head into the lady&#39;s room which sure enough had a changing table. There was a woman in there washing her hands, and she said &quot;wrong bathroom, buddy.&quot; </blockquote><blockquote> I gestured to my son and said &quot;no changing table in the men&#39;s room.&quot; She laughed and said &quot;bro, that sucks.&quot; Then she walked out. </blockquote><blockquote> So I rush to change him, hoping to be done before anyone else walked in. I&#39;m almost done when a woman walks in and starts screaming at me. I tried to explain what I was doing, but she kept screaming &quot;Get out! You can&#39;t be here!&quot; Then she ran out. </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> I finished putting the diaper on and rushed out of the bathroom. I saw the woman talking to an employee and decided to leave without my stuff. The employee tried to wave me down and stop me, but I rushed out to my car, buckled my son into his car seat and left. </blockquote><blockquote> My wife said I absolutely did the right thing, but my mom said I&#39;m an idiot and was 100% in the wrong. My sister won&#39;t stop laughing at me and is no help at all. AITA? </blockquote>The internet brain trust largely took his side, agreeing that men&#39;s rooms need changing tables just as much as the lady&#39;s. (And this is before we even mention gender-neutral bathrooms.)<blockquote> &quot;A guy I went to high school with went on a one-man campaign to get changing tables installed in men&#39;s rooms for circumstances just as this,&quot; wrote <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/saucisse/" target="_blank">Saucisse</a>. Take up the mantle! [here&#39;s the link to a story about the <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/baby-changing-tables-men-restrooms_n_6949076" target="_blank">campaign</a>] </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div>The only thing people had an issue with was how fast he ran out of the store, as if he had something to feel guilty about.<blockquote> &quot;NTA. If anything you did wrong by rushing out as if you did something wrong,&quot; wrote CommercialUnit2. &quot;You should have told the employee that there&#39;s no changing room in the men&#39;s and that they should do something about that.&quot; </blockquote><blockquote> <span style="font-family: BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Fira Sans&quot;, &quot;Droid Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1rem; letter-spacing: -0.01em;">The dad responded that he did what he did because he was &quot;worried they might call the police and make it a whole big thing if they didn&#39;t accept my explanation.&quot; &quot;I had my kid with me and was feeling more anxious protective than normal. But yes, if I&#39;d had more time to think rationally I probably would have talked to them.&quot; </blockquote><span style="font-family: BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Fira Sans&quot;, &quot;Droid Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1rem; letter-spacing: -0.01em;">In conclusion, when duty calls, do your duty. <div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Dad asks if he's wrong for using the women's room to change baby's diaper.

Contrary to popular belief, babies poop no matter which parent is watching them.A father wrote in to Reddit&#39;s &quot;Am I The A**hole?&quot; board to inquire whether or not it&#39;s okay to use a public women&#39;s bathroom &mdash; if it&#39;s the only one with a changing table.Here&#39;s how rocksandhardplaces1 explained the situation: I am a 31 yo man and was at a large store yesterday with my 5mo son when he did what babies do. I went over to the restrooms and saw that there wasn&#39;t a family/companion restroom, just a men&#39;s and women&#39;s.  I went into the men&#39;s room and saw there was a cubicle and a few urinals, but no changing table. The sink didn&#39;t have a counter either.  I walked out and hunted down an employee to ask where the changing table was. She said it was in the bathroom, and I asked where, assuming there was a family/companion restroom on the other side of the store.  She took me back to where I just was. I asked if there was another bathroom, and she said no. I told her I was just in the bathroom and there was no changing table. She asked if I was sure and suggested I look again.  I was annoyed, but I went back in the men&#39;s room. No changing table. When I came out the employee was gone. Keep in mind, my son has been in his poopy diaper this whole time. So I give up and head into the lady&#39;s room which sure enough had a changing table. There was a woman in there washing her hands, and she said &quot;wrong bathroom, buddy.&quot;  I gestured to my son and said &quot;no changing table in the men&#39;s room.&quot; She laughed and said &quot;bro, that sucks.&quot; Then she walked out.  So I rush to change him, hoping to be done before anyone else walked in. I&#39;m almost done when a woman walks in and starts screaming at me. I tried to explain what I was doing, but she kept screaming &quot;Get out! You can&#39;t be here!&quot; Then she ran out.  I finished putting the diaper on and rushed out of the bathroom. I saw the woman talking to an employee and decided to leave without my stuff. The employee tried to wave me down and stop me, but I rushed out to my car, buckled my son into his car seat and left.  My wife said I absolutely did the right thing, but my mom said I&#39;m an idiot and was 100% in the wrong. My sister won&#39;t stop laughing at me and is no help at all. AITA? The internet brain trust largely took his side, agreeing that men&#39;s rooms need changing tables just as much as the lady&#39;s. (And this is before we even mention gender-neutral bathrooms.) &quot;A guy I went to high school with went on a one-man campaign to get changing tables installed in men&#39;s rooms for circumstances just as this,&quot; wrote Saucisse. Take up the mantle! [here&#39;s the link to a story about the campaign] The only thing people had an issue with was how fast he ran out of the store, as if he had something to feel guilty about. &quot;NTA. If anything you did wrong by rushing out as if you did something wrong,&quot; wrote CommercialUnit2. &quot;You should have told the employee that there&#39;s no changing room in the men&#39;s and that they should do something about that.&quot;  The dad responded that he did what he did because he was &quot;worried they might call the police and make it a whole big thing if they didn&#39;t accept my explanation.&quot; &quot;I had my kid with me and was feeling more anxious protective than normal. But yes, if I&#39;d had more time to think rationally I probably would have talked to them.&quot; In conclusion, when duty calls, do your duty. 

Contrary to popular belief, babies poop no matter which parent is watching them.  A father wrote in to Reddit&#39;s &quot;Am I The A**hole?&quot; board to inquire whether or not it&#39;s okay to use a public women&#39;s bathroom &mdash; if...