A lot of people (mostly women and some beta males) might get mad at the title of this blog, but as the old saying goes, you can’t judge me until you’ve walked a day in my shoes or in this case, slept in one of these fucking awful recliners.
Earlier today I saw the following tweet from Nick Huber, some dude whose twitter bio says he sold a service company for 7 figures. Strange flex, but I don’t hate it. Success is success. I ain’t got no problem with that. His tweet is what I took issue with …
His caption is true, but that setup is a fucking joke. Like what the fuck is that? You’re killing our rep. I still don’t know if this is satire or not, but that is basically a California King Bed. Luxury shit.
Honestly, your kid is probably gonna be a huge pussy if that’s what you were sleeping on when he or she was born. And that’s not me being an asshole, that’s just a fact. You got a chance to set an example from DAY 1 and that’s what you choose? Listen, if you’re not taking steel to the back and leave with a few flesh wounds from a few ill advised midnight twist and turns, then you didn’t do your part.
I legit think that these hospitals intentionally place the most uncomfortable chairs in these rooms so that the men are as uncomfortable as humanely possible. This way the women who are giving birth don’t get angry. Well, newsflash! … they gonna be angry anyway. Contractions, can’t drink water, waiting for the epidural etc..
Anyway, back to these recliners. To put it into perspective, this was my setup …
I mean just look at that fuckin’ thing! That’s BARBARIC! There wasn’t any give, the gap once reclined was massive and left my back in absolute shambles. And why is there that middle piece and why is it shaped like that? It makes no damn sense. I literally didn’t know if I could go through with it during the birth of my first kid.
Here’s some other setups I came across while on the X:
So this begs the question: Is giving birth realllllly worse than sleeping on one of these for multiple nights? I mean, the hospital beds are wide and they recline via technology. You get a phone, food delivered to you and a dedicated assistant (nurse). Not to mention, you get drugs to just pass the time by until you gotta pop one of those bundle of joys out.
As for us? The men! The patriarchy! We get no drugs and still have to recline the death trap manually. Most of the time we don’t even get adequate covers. We get sheets that are far too short and far too thin. It’s actually incredible we don’t freeze throughout the night. There’s also no mobility. If you’re lucky enough to find a spot that’s comfortable, count your blessings. You better pray that after every time you get up that you’ll be able to replicate it.
So here’s to us men. While giving birth certainly is a miracle, and I totally get that, sleeping in one of those recliners is one as well. A miracle.
Nicky The Good 
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