>>Any man with a stroller or toddler in tow is considered completely unflirtable. And if a dad so much as winks at someone, they are assumed to be lying cheating bastards, and shunned. This smacks of a double standard.>>

Are you kidding me? You could not be more wrong. I love seeing men nurturing their kids! It IS hot (as long as they're single, of course!). You know that old saying, see how a man treats his mother and that's how he'll treat you. Same thing with kids. See a man with his kids to see what his heart is really like. Before I was married, I loved dating single dads--they have a bigger heart and I got time with kids without having to have my own.

If you cope an attitude, you'll create a self-fullfilling prophesy. What you expect will come true. But most single women I know like dating NICE single dads. See, that's the necessary quality: NICE. The other factors (kids, salary, profession, etc.) are flexible. In fact, as long as you're sincerely NICE, the rest doesn't really matter.

Never EVER date a single mother. She made a mistake once or twice or more with other men, you very well may be next.

that, or you might be the chump stuck with the bill for her other rug rats.

On the other hand, I see lots of MILFs in Austin.

As some others have said, I'm not much for the precious deification of infants...they're just smaller versions of the other bipeds that annoy me. (Actually agree with LeCastor here - anytime I'm trapped in a space with screaming/crying baby, I get aggro. Then again, anytime I am trapped in a space with a loud-cell-phone-talking adult, I get aggro. I have limited patience for humans.)

Anyway, point is, I have no special attachment to the concept of babies or babydom as innocent angels or anything like that.

That said, something just really creeps me out about putting a tee-shirt on an infant that is supposed to make to make the person looking at him or her think about sex. Even though it's about the mom, and even though it's just a joke (although, unlike those other tees mentioned, not particularly funny) and even though the baby can't know...I dunno. Big old ick thinking about it. Just skeeves me.

And I thought it was bad enough when I recently wanted to buy a nightgown for my 3-year-old at Target that it was impossible to find anything that wasn't either plastered with commercial images (Disney princesses, ack) or smart-ass comments like "I'm cuter than you!"

Are you kidding me? Nothing is hotter than a guy with a baby in his arms.

I would argue that DILFs are so ubiquitous that nobody even has to draw attention to them. It's just universally understood that doting papas are smokin'.

Live in Brooklyn - land of the hot guy in the hoodie pushing the MacClaren stroller.

Yum.

A lady friend of mine became pregnant not so long ago. I was surprised to realize that 20 years ago, when I saw a woman with a stroller, I'd think, "oh, she has a husband then," and that now, when I see a woman with a stroller, I think, "oh, the guy must be gone by now then." I was further surprised, after reading this letter:

Any man with a stroller or toddler in tow is considered completely unflirtable. And if a dad so much as winks at someone, they are assumed to be lying cheating bastards, and shunned.

to realize that when I see a guy with a stroller today, I assume that he's married. I don't know what that means, or if this is a mindset that only I have, but there it is.

M.Y.L.F.

That would be some small measure less offensive. Not that I really get offended by fucking words, personally. Words are just tools we use to communicate, and language is a barrier to true expression, in my opinion. Anyone who has ever had a feeling that they couldn't quite translate into words knows what I mean.

I can see that the baby tees are not exactly tasteful though.

Lord knows how many times we've been on opposite side, but at least she argues honestly and with passion.

And I do agree with her on crying babies being annoying on the bus - no ones saying they shouldn't be there, but neverless they are still annoying.

At least Oedipus was grown up when he bedded his mom.

She *really* lurrrvvvesss her children Know what I mean ?

What bothers me is that while desirable mothers are being celebrated by our culture, dads are widely considered virtually sexless. Any man with a stroller or toddler in tow is considered completely unflirtable. And if a dad so much as winks at someone, they are assumed to be lying cheating bastards, and shunned.

This smacks of a double standard. But far be it from feminists to notice or care.

she's tells the truth as she sees it and backs it up.

And I didn't even agree with her today.

Even if you think her writing is goofy and inconsequential, Ayelet seems to me to be a very nice person full of love for others, especially children. LeCastor may be a lovely person in real life, but she seems awfully bitter, argumentative and just not very nice in her postings on these boards, a big contrast to Ayelet. Of course, she may just be doing a poor job representing herself in her writings.

..of a toddler son who wears outfits with choo-choos, doggies, & (rawr) dinosaurs, along with some of the better selections at tshirthell.com.

My favorites are the aforementioned "Now that I'm safe: I'm pro-choice" (c'mon feminists - unite!) and the always-hilarious-at-the-republican-in-laws-house "My IQ is higher than the president's"! There's some good baby dressin'!

Others for the misandristic posters on "Broadsheet":

"All mommy wanted was a backrub"

"Mommy/Daddy drinks because I cry"

and one of my favorites (couldn't get it - Mom said no): "Breastfed Baby - Stick around for the show".

Lighten up people. You know what offends me about some parents? Spending $100 on a BabyGap Cardigan that will either be ruined by puke or outgrown in a matter of months. Now there's a kid who'll be screwed-up by his parents!!!!