This is a man's world...

Dear Public Restroom,

I have a question for you.  When did you become such a misogynist bastard?
Yeah.
I said it.
I ask because it seems to me that you and some of your buddies all got together and decided to set the women's lib movement back 60 years.  Why, WHY, WHY do you only put changing tables in the women's restrooms?  Must the woman change ALL of the diapers?  Because, let me tell you, I have an awesome husband who I make is actually willing to change diapers on a rotating basis.  So it really irks me when he walks out of a men's restroom at a restaurant or at Wal Mart (YEAH.  AS IF I NEEDED ANOTHER REASON TO HATE YOU, WAL MART) with a sheepish look on his face which says, "This one's on you, mama."

Why do you hate me?
I rarely get the opportunity to leave the house (when not going to work) as it is.  So, when I do leave the house, it'd be nice if I could enjoy some of my time out there. 
This may come as a shock to you, but I'd rather not spend it in a smelly (sorry, but it's true) restroom fighting with the poorly hung 5"x5" square of plastic while the baby tries to touch all of the disgusting surfaces (again, sorry, but really?) your walls have to offer.

Listen, my husband and I share diaper duty - a fact that I am quite proud of.  So, why are you making this so damn difficult?

Do you know what else is difficult impossible?  Washing both hands effectively (read: with soap) while holding the baby, a purse, a diaper bag, and that obnoxious pad thingy so he can sit in the cart.  Can you get some of your people on inventing something that will make that easier?  Or, at the very least, install a hospital-grade waterless hand sanitizer.  Because after I touch someone else's excrement, I like to wash my hands.  I know, it's shocking.  Surely, a man invented this set up.

So, listen.  I need you to get your flippin' act together. 
I need, no - I DEMAND equal-opportunity diaper changing. 

SADDLE UP, MEN FOLK.  IT'S. YOUR. TURN.

Kisses,

The New Mom on the Blog

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