Daddies group

I nominate HN

in preparation for being a daddy in september, i'll volunteer to organise the au pairs (my wife was one after all many years ago and of the finest, swedish variety!).

Oo! Scandanavian au pairs.

Those are the ones with da big boobies and the milky white thighs, oder?

Surely the Japanese have invented shorter lead time microwave ready versions by now ?

as she's chairthing of the munich scandinavian society, i'm sure we can find a few, sin!

yes its called stealing a baby.

or you ring me and i can work out a daily rate.

"giddie kiddie"

you get to rent a child of your choice, either a severn year old or a two and a half year old. both children are bi-lingual and garanteed to flirt with strange women.
you'll also recieve a dad shirt covered in chocolate and joghurt.
and at a special price photoshoped pictures of you and your son for the day.

20% money back if you dont get a shag.

Ah! Put a bit of snot and Marmite with it and you have the sign of a REAL man.

I think those two comments right there sum up the reaction to this thread. Sorry, but I and most likely others do take offence to this kind of blanket statements about fathers (oh, except for Anna's hubby of course).
This thread got exactly what it ask for.

No, eurovol.

It's just proof that light-hearted sarcasm doesn't come off well in a discussion forum.

I know Anna personally. She is a lovely woman and not at all the bitter househarpy she might seem if read literally.

Now this really is ridiculous.

Euroval – if you would care to return to my original post, read it as a whole rather than dissecting it with the sole purpose of being adverse and jumping on the bandwagon of likeminded small minded people you would understand it far better. I sincerely hope for the benefit of others that if you do go along to such an event it would be under the supervision of your carer as your thinking appears to be in line with a young child’s – limited to say the least.

I simply posted as there are a number of fathers out there who are rather intrigued with the so called “Mum meet-ups� and have expressed interest in doing something similar with their babies in the company of other fathers. Some are new to Munich and some fathers/fathers to be are not in touch with people at the same stage of life (i.e. with young families) and I was hoping this would be a way of such people getting together. Instead what has happened is a bunch of petty people have hijacked the post. Why? Would not your obvious frustrations be put to far better use elsewhere rather than obstructing something that could be rather fun and beneficial to a great deal of people. A number of you have chosen to interpret my comments as feminist and appear to be offended what you have decided is my overall opinion of men (excluding my husband of course). This is rather ironic as you have since turned the thread into chauvinistic tongue-in-cheek comments about au pairs and the like.

Trying to post with an 8 month old on your lap grabbing at the keyboard can be a challenge. I therefore had to be brief and light-hearted in my attempt to give people an opportunity to do something potentially fun. Quite frankly I did not have the time to be terribly articulate and 100% politically correct in my post of a few lines and had no idea it would spark quite the reaction it has. Genuine readers of the post would not have misinterpreted it (and thankfully did not) and joined the subsequent witch hunt.

To the genuine fathers amongst you:

If you do have any interest in getting together with other fathers and their babies/young ones for a chat/moan/take notes/drink etc then please feel free to pm me. I am pleased to say that while a number of fathers and fathers to be were deterred from posting here for the above mentioned reasons many have sent pm’s indicating their interest.

To the sad good for nothings with little else to do::

If it was your intention to deter other fathers with a genuine interest from posting then in that you have succeeded. Congratulations.

Anna's last post tends to prove that point invalid.

Anna you should perhaps read this.

Euroval, you seem to have some issues. I did indeed read the post and there is nothing househarpy about my previous post. If you are refering to me commenting about having my son on my lap then I for your benefit I will add that I was not moaning simply stating fact.

Looks like she ignored your link, EV

Ok, I was here earlier on and am surprised that things have gone so far. What is the big deal about the initial post? Would someone care to enlighten me?

Anna - I hear you girl

EV - I had a look at the link you put up and it seems to encourage those with older children. I think the first post was aimed more at those with younger babies. I hope some good comes of this as it would be good for the guys. Just wondered, are you just bummed that there is a similar post to rival...

Oh Jebus on a potty trainer. Look the lady is suggesting a very nice outing. All of this is my GD fault for making a joke about hiring out the au-pairs to give the ladies a day out, the dads time to bond and some of our professional care givers some pocket change and not for their, what the hell was that, marmite covered "milky white thighs"... morons. Remind me to smack yous upside the head. LMAO. Anyhoo, apologies all around.

You're all married with children - your supposed to be disgruntled and stressed out at home. Or at the office. Chill out up in here and play nice. Think of the children. Man, I can not stand me this whining. Reminds me of my aunt. You do not want to go there. Ask my Uncle. Go on, though ignore him if he asks you to kill him - he does that with everyone.

Anyhoo, its spring time, the biergartens got a seat with your name on it, mama needs a martini and a new pair of shoes etc etc. Go on and play amongst yourselves. Except you Sin, carry on with yourself and your jar of Marmite. psst *everyone* you have to use the smileys or they think you're really mean

choosing between,

*j-if I had a kid -he'd be worse than yours-ml*

and/or

*j-aren't you glad i'm not your ball and chain-ml*

Ok. I have already pointed out the posts that were sarcastic without the proper smiley affect. Then, I get my head chewed with the insinuation that I am just causing problems and Anna only wants to hear from real fathers.
Well, I am a real father (as pointed out by my link) and I wasn't even the first one to post that it sounded condescending. I don't care if there is another anything going on. It is not a competition. I only put the link up to show the stupidity of the attack on me.

Now, go play nice nice and I am sure the hubbies and the Au Pairs will have a blast without you stressed out mothers. (that is a sarcastic smiley)

Personally I blame jml for everything, and I apologise openly on behalf of her to both Anna and star.

I say we let the kids peg her to the ground, cover her in marmalade and let the ants loose while us REAL men drink bier and watch.

Failing that; yes, I'd go for a biergarten with my two year old. He'll probably be three by the time I can afford a whole maß though

Don't see why there's a problem with this thread, i think the meetup is a great idea and for the small minded amongst us just looking for a bit of fun then milky thighs and beer gardens with au pairs is a good way to get through the day

bluedave, always the peacemaker!

Really good idea Anna , but after reading the 1st page, just lost interest. Why do so many people have to post stupid remarks, over quite a serious and good post!

Hi Gearbox and Bluedave,

Thanks for your support on this. I am pleased you like the idea. I have had pm's from others who are keen on the idea but were put off posting as you mentioned by some of the previous posts.

If something like this does appeal to you too then don't let this put you off. Pm me and I can put you in touch with the others who have expressed interest. It would be a fun way to meet other fathers other than the husbands/partners of your wives/partners friends

Hi Anna,
Amazed at how out of hand this idea seemed to get. It did make me laugh though.
I don't know if it was because of sleep depravation or what.
My wife has just given birth today and I for one would welcome something like this.
Count me in!

southern cross,

what are you doing loitering about this lewd thread, get back to your Ms. she needs you.

Congratulations, though!

If daddy's day confines the whining and bitching to the kids Korner, i'm game.

Kiddo needs more peer english exposure. and so do i

ag

Hi There,

Thanks for your support...

And huge congratulations to you and your wife on the birth of your little one. I hope everything went well. I am thrilled that you are interested in this and have helped to restore my faith in the thread. I will be sure to pass you over to the guys in the know. You'll probably need a drink more now than ever - my husband would have loved to have someone in the same situation to get tips and borrow match sticks from to keep his eyes open.

It seems the Daddies Group is not dead afterall

Anna

Hi Anna! I'm not even a father (yet), but I would like to say:

1) Faith is key.

2) Don't let the bastards get ya down.

3) I wholeheartedly wish y'all the very best!