In Response to the viral "Dad Bod" Article

If you haven't seen the article, here's the link. 

Read Dad Bod Article 

First of all, this article must have been written by a dude who is completely insecure about his not-so-sculpted abs. Secondly, I am not writing this post to in any way cast judgement on any specific body type. If you rock the "dad bod" that is just dandy with me, but I don't feel the need to glorify it. 

Now, to make my point. 

Moms around the world go through each day sporting push up bras, spanks, girdles, and other bodily torture devices in order to camouflage the "damage" caused by physically growing a human being inside of their bodies and giving birth to that beautiful miracle. Never are our stretch marks, our extra 10 lbs, or our dark under eye circles complimented, much less glorified virally on the internet. We fight hard to live up to today's commercial standards of "beauty," yet never quite make the cut. We are up against movie stars who appear on screen merely days after giving birth as if nothing had happened, royals who make their post postpartum debuts only hours later (once their glam squads have had time to work their magic), and magazine covers who use Photoshop to perfect Kourtney Kardashian's waistline post third pregnancy (even though I do love me some Kourtney K). 

The truth is, that most of us moms are just happy with ourselves when our hair air dried straight enough to only have to fix the front, our concealer actually hides our sleepless eye circles, and we find a pair of pants that fit, and a shirt that doesn't have a spit up stain on it. We are happy when we find a swim suit that our body parts don't fall out of so that we can play with our children at the beach, and we love when one of those accidentally healthy eating days happens (bonus if you got a little sleep the night before). We don't walk around boasting about our "mom bods," and there have never been any articles go viral (that I am aware of) about how men just love the postpartum body. We moms earn these bodies, but those "dad bods," which, by the way, belong to many men who aren't dads at all, are just regular old bodies. They aren't earned or even desired. If a woman happens to go for that type, then fine. I, personally, love my husband's muscular build. He works hard for that. It shows how much pride he has for himself, and how he wants to keep his body strong and healthy so that he can be with us for years to come. This "dad bod" trend is just an excuse for laziness. And, in all reality, when reading this article I noticed that the author is really referring to college aged men. They should call this the "frat boy bod" and take away the indication that all dads are lazy, or that you completely lose your vanity once you become a parent. 

There are so many things wrong with the "dad bod" article, so, funny as it may be, it is completely untrue. 

Let's glorify men who work hard, support their families, and love and care for their wives, regardless of belly size. 

Terry would KILL ME if he knew I posted this, but I'm pretty proud of his "Dad Bod!"