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3 days ago
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Mom sparks wild debate after complaining about men's bachelor-style behavior: ‘This is why men do not want to be married anymore'
This mom got dragged — for airing her dirty laundry online. Laura Marie (@lmegordon) thought she was posting a harmless anecdote about her son and hubby's bachelor-style behavior on X (formerly Twitter), (which seems to have since been deleted) while she was out of town — but instead, she kicked off a digital donnybrook about marriage, parenting — and yes, bed sheets. 'I left my son at home with my husband for two days, and the first thing my son said to me when I came home was, 'Can I have sheets on my bed again?'' the user recently tweeted. She followed up, noting, 'THE CLEAN SHEETS WERE IN THE DRYER WHEN I LEFT!' With thousands of views, the tweet clearly tickled plenty of fellow moms — but also unleashed a wave of unsolicited criticism from the digital parenting police. 'This is one of those things you shouldn't post about your husband on the internet. This is why men do not want to be married anymore,' huffed one commenter, clutching their pearls — and possibly a fitted sheet. Another asked, 'I almost don't believe these stories!! Don't men use bed sheets on them?!' Then came the full-on judgment. 'You don't think it's kinda crazy that your husband and son [can't] do things like make a bed?' one finger-wagger wrote. 'What is he going to do in college?! Will this be rectified in the coming years?' Laura Marie — clearly no stranger to a household division of labor — clapped back with context. 'I handle laundry and my husband handles groceries,' she responded. 'We share cooking and cleaning. And to be honest, I don't know that my husband cares how clean his sheets are.' But when the mob turned its torches toward her marriage, she didn't roll over. 'My husband and I are madly in love. We celebrate 20 years of marriage in August,' she declared. As for her son's role in the sheet showdown? 'The thing is, my son is almost 13. He is old enough to take ownership of the issue OR to ask his dad. The both of them are to blame. I was just amused,' she wrote. Her post is the latest battle in the never-ending modern parenting war — a la Amanda (@ the Instagram mom who went viral last week for not playing with her kids at the park. 'Their parent is not their court jester,' declared one of Amanda's defenders. Others on Instagram griped that parents aren't playtime clowns and kids need to figure out fun (and friendship) on their own. Just like Laura Marie, Amanda got roasted and toasted by internet know-it-alls for simply choosing her lane — or bench, in this case — at the parenting playground. In a recent essay written by DeVonne Goode for Parents regarding the viral X sheets situation, the author wrote that this debate 'shows how some social norms around parenting roles can quickly be used to condemn, when in many cases, they can simply be meant to bring levity.' As for a potential solution, Goode noted that social media users can 'work to share more parenting stories of what's actually happening in full context' while also speaking up 'when someone is misreading a situation with intent to disparage.'
New York Post
3 days ago
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- New York Post
Mom sparks wild debate after complaining about men's bachelor-style behavior: ‘This is why men do not want to be married anymore'
This mom got dragged — for airing her dirty laundry online. Laura Marie (@lmegordon) thought she was posting a harmless anecdote about her son and hubby's bachelor-style behavior on X (formerly Twitter), (which seems to have since been deleted) while she was out of town — but instead, she kicked off a digital donnybrook about marriage, parenting — and yes, bed sheets. 'I left my son at home with my husband for two days, and the first thing my son said to me when I came home was, 'Can I have sheets on my bed again?'' the user recently tweeted. Advertisement She followed up, noting, 'THE CLEAN SHEETS WERE IN THE DRYER WHEN I LEFT!' With thousands of views, the tweet clearly tickled plenty of fellow moms — but also unleashed a wave of unsolicited criticism from the digital parenting police. What started as a lighthearted jab at one X user's guys' frat-house habits turned into a viral smackdown over beds, parenting — and who's really pulling their weight. ABCreative – Advertisement 'This is one of those things you shouldn't post about your husband on the internet. This is why men do not want to be married anymore,' huffed one commenter, clutching their pearls — and possibly a fitted sheet. Another asked, 'I almost don't believe these stories!! Don't men use bed sheets on them?!' Then came the full-on judgment. 'You don't think it's kinda crazy that your husband and son [can't] do things like make a bed?' one finger-wagger wrote. Advertisement 'What is he going to do in college?! Will this be rectified in the coming years?' Laura Marie — clearly no stranger to a household division of labor — clapped back with context. 'I handle laundry and my husband handles groceries,' she responded. 'We share cooking and cleaning. And to be honest, I don't know that my husband cares how clean his sheets are.' Advertisement But when the mob turned its torches toward her marriage, she didn't roll over. 'My husband and I are madly in love. We celebrate 20 years of marriage in August,' she declared. The tweet about bedsheets struck a nerve — drawing laughs from tired moms and side-eyes from the online parent patrol. nito – As for her son's role in the sheet showdown? 'The thing is, my son is almost 13. He is old enough to take ownership of the issue OR to ask his dad. The both of them are to blame. I was just amused,' she wrote. Her post is the latest battle in the never-ending modern parenting war — a la Amanda (@ the Instagram mom who went viral last week for not playing with her kids at the park. 'Their parent is not their court jester,' declared one of Amanda's defenders. Others on Instagram griped that parents aren't playtime clowns and kids need to figure out fun (and friendship) on their own. Advertisement Just like Laura Marie, Amanda got roasted and toasted by internet know-it-alls for simply choosing her lane — or bench, in this case — at the parenting playground. In a recent essay written by DeVonne Goode for Parents regarding the viral X sheets situation, the author wrote that this debate 'shows how some social norms around parenting roles can quickly be used to condemn, when in many cases, they can simply be meant to bring levity.' As for a potential solution, Goode noted that social media users can 'work to share more parenting stories of what's actually happening in full context' while also speaking up 'when someone is misreading a situation with intent to disparage.'
Yahoo
4 days ago
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As a Dad, I'm a Little Annoyed This Mom Had To Defend Her Family Online Over This
The saying, "laugh to keep from crying" can either lift a burden or worsen it, depending on the tone that's attached. When fostering a family, that saying can be appropriate in a lot of scenarios–and it can lead to some much needed solidarity. But in a culture where opinions can be shared with one click, it turns out even an attempt at levity can lead to stress. One mom who went on social media to share an "amusing" story about being away from her husband and son for two days attracted some pretty harsh comments about their parenting and even their marriage. "I left my son at home with my husband for two days, and the first thing my son said to me when I came home was, 'can I have sheets on my bed again?" That's what Laura Marie (@lmegordon) posted on Twitter/X on May 30, 2025. She commented under her own post, adding, "THE CLEAN SHEETS WERE IN THE DRYER WHEN I LEFT!" Without any additional details, one could assume the post was meant to illicit nothing more than a chuckle from readers, or an "I feel you" head-shake of solidarity from other parents who've been there. And based on the amount of attention the post garnered over the weekend (over 1.3M views, 5.9K likes, and 524 retweets), it clearly gave a lot of people some amusement. But, as per usual, a number of commenters decided to insert their own meaning and take things further. "This is one of those things you shouldn't post about your husband on the internet. This is why men do not want to be married anymore," one user comments. "I almost don't believe these stories!! Don't men use bed sheets on them?!" writes another person. One comment that comes across as fairly presumptive reads, "At least you have the chance to instill into your son to not be that type of guy." And another judgmental comment that's received over 620 likes lays into the whole family with, "You don't think it's kinda crazy that your husband and son [can't] do things like make a bed? 😭 everyone of the children in my home can make their bed and they're under 13? What is he going to do in college?! Will this be rectified in the coming years? 😭" You've probably heard of the Mandela Effect–a phenomenon where people collectively misremember certain details about an event in history or an item. For example, you might swear The Berenstain Bears books were spelled Berenstein during your childhood. Well, this social media case is an example of what I'm calling "The Home Alone Effect"–where simply stating that a dad is with their kid without mom leads people to assume disaster, or at the very least, a mishap. As if the child may as well be actually alone. I was parenting solo with my two sons just this past week while their mom was out of town. We made it through the week fine, bedsheets and all. And yes, I cooked, cleaned, and stuck to established bedtimes. Not because mom wasn't home, but because that's what we both do as parents. Now, don't get me wrong, we dads have built generations of ammunition that can be used against us regarding poor decision-making while flying solo with kids. And many details that fall into moms' social norms buckets have tended to leak out of the bottoms of many dads'. But with that said, let's not pretend these tweet comments were necessary. While the mom noting she "left her son" with her husband does imply some type of risk, I think she was merely painting the picture. Parenting solo is tough for anyone, and detail orientation knows no gender. Sometimes an unconventional choice or a funny flub is just that. It doesn't have to be a sign of a "problem." To mom's credit, she does respond to a number of commenters with clarification, additional context, and some appropriate rebuking. "I handle laundry and my husband handles groceries," she writes in response to one person. "We share cooking and cleaning. And to be honest, I don't know that my husband cares how clean his sheets are. Meanwhile, I need everything clean because if I wear the same shirt twice in a row, my skin gets crazy itchy." To someone else calling out her husband's parenting skills, she writes, "The thing is, my son is almost 13. He is old enough to take ownership of the issue OR to ask his dad. The both of them are to blame. I was just amused." And when one user appears to stoke some fire of marital discord over this, mom fires back with, "My husband and I are madly in love. We celebrate 20 years of marriage in August. He thinks I'm funny a lot. I think he's handsome and smart as hell. I hope you find a marriage half as good as mine, truly." Not every comment took a scolding tone, though, as one who was in on the joke from the start reads, "Dudes will be duding while women are away. This is hilarious." To this, OP mom responds, "You get it!" Still, this shows how some social norms around parenting roles can quickly be used to condemn, when in many cases, they can simply be meant to bring levity. Is there a solution to this? Probably not a definitive one. But we can work to share more parenting stories of what's actually happening in full context. And we can speak up when someone is misreading a situation with intent to disparage. Read the original article on Parents
