It's just a fact of life that if you are a new parent, you will have to deal with a crying baby. That's just part of having a baby, right?
Well, we don't know if this new dad wasn't expecting his newborn to cry, or he just wasn't prepared for how much, but he's tired of being woken up in the night.
This 27-year-old has come up with what he thinks is a pretty ingenious solution to dealing with his crying baby though: He wants to move away from it, and back home with his parents.
Just Monday through Friday though, as his mother explained on the popular forum website Mumsnet.
The woman writes:
DS [darling son] and his girlfriend recently had a baby. As you'd expect they are being woken up during the night. DS has asked if he can move back in Mon – Fri so he can get a proper night's sleep so he can concentrate on going to work and do his job effectively.
DH (darling husband) thinks the idea is outrageous and he should just 'get on with it. I feel a bit confused as to why he's even asking. Surely other new parents don't do this? I get sleep deprivation is hard, but I am not overly enamored with this idea. But I don't want to be unsupportive either – how would you respond?
Of course people responded, and they were not kind to the "darling son."
Per The New York Post, one person wrote, "You say no for the sake of his girlfriend's wellbeing. You could also sit him down and explain this is what everyone else with kids goes through."
Another asked, "How about he thinks of his wife's need to get some sleep too and takes the time to do his share of the night-time care?" A third added, "Have a word with your son and tell him to grow up."
"Not only do you outright refuse you also read him the riot act," said another commenter. "How dare he try and duck out of his responsibilities like that."
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