Male Child Minders

[Mike Sheehy]

My initial thought on the matter is that I wouldnt consider a day care provider who was a male. That said, if I met or came to know one and thought they were the best at their job - I wouldnt give it a second thought. Pre-conceptions are dangerous things. Couple of years ago I didnt think Id ever be great friends with a gay couple, but you change, grow up, grow more accepting and realise there are a lot of outdated ignorant notions out there.

accept ? ..christ....are you Tyrone lads still that backward ?

[pintsofguinness]

Aye, male child minders are weirdos.

Did you get touched in a special place? And I don't mean Falls Bowling and Lawn Tennis Club.

Falls Lawn Tennis and Bowling club.

No but get real here, if I ever met a male child minder, I'd be thinking "WTF is this rocket about?"

A fella I used to work with went back to college to train as a midwife (or midhusband?!). Strange.

There would be several of those, would there not?  I'd have to admit my first reaction would be "hmm that's a bit strange" but really, thinking about it, what's so strange about it?  Like you boys saying you wouldn't leave your children to be minded by a man, you'd leave them at football training or some other activity with a man. when they go to school you'd think nothing of them having a male teacher so what's the difference?

If you ask me male gynecologists would be the strangest of the whole lot. 

[leenie]

whats your views on male midwifes... or are they called mid-husbands?

[muppet]

whats your views on male midwifes... or are they called mid-husbands?

Given that it seems to involve shoving a size 5 O'Neill's ball through a badly designed nostril, I have no view on them whatsoever. None at all.  No siree bob. Nothing to see here. Where's me valium?

[Puckoon]

whats your views on male midwifes... or are they called mid-husbands?

The midwife is a dying breed over here - now it is all OBGYNs and hospital Drs. A friend of mine who has only been practising medicine for 2 years told me a few weeks ago he has delivered about 200 kids.

[Puckoon]

My initial thought on the matter is that I wouldnt consider a day care provider who was a male. That said, if I met or came to know one and thought they were the best at their job - I wouldnt give it a second thought. Pre-conceptions are dangerous things. Couple of years ago I didnt think Id ever be great friends with a gay couple, but you change, grow up, grow more accepting and realise there are a lot of outdated ignorant notions out there.

accept ? ..christ....are you Tyrone lads still that backward ?

We are that backwards indeed.

We will take that level though, given that we've yet to line up for a bit of rapist handshaking.