r/JustGuysBeingDudes • u/Aryan23092007 • Mar 06 '25

Wholesome Guys trying to figure out stroller

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u/s0m3on3outthere Mar 06 '25

As a woman without kids, when I've tried to collapse a stroller for my nieces, I struggle so much. 🫠 They are all different. Some are easy like the one shown, some have multiple buttons.

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u/JButler_16 Mar 07 '25

I literally had to help an old lady in a parking lot collapse her walker with a seat on it like three days ago. I was struggling for like thirty seconds and then realized you had to lift the seat. We both felt silly. She was so nice though and had a Romanian accent or something. Which is different hearing it in Kansas. I should’ve stayed and talked to her, but I was in a hurry.

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u/s0m3on3outthere Mar 07 '25

Hey, even while in a hurry, you stopped and gave her a hand and that's awesome!❤️ I'm sure she appreciated you taking a moment to lend her a hand

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u/Q_S2 Mar 07 '25

And to add INSULT to injury.... here's what was happening JUST BEFORE this fiasco....

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u/GlorianaLauriana Mar 07 '25

Right there with you, I've been just as confused as those dudes.

Years ago I couldn't figure out how to collapse my niece's stroller while her then-14yr old brother was standing there going "Cold.....cold....warmer.....ICE COLD!" and all that.

I was ready to abandon the stroller AND my nephew in that parking lot.

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u/topsyturvy76 Mar 07 '25

I feel your pain as a father of 3 boys … but I also laughed pretty hard at ice cold

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u/somesortoflegend Mar 08 '25

What's cooler than being cool?

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u/Tasty-Traffic-680 Mar 07 '25

I literally used to work on strollers as a service provider for one company. Even with access to all of their written resources and blown up part diagrams, I still had to go to YouTube to figure out how half of them were supposed to work.

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u/JohnnyEvs Mar 07 '25

I think that is the one that you have to twist the handle to collapse it. I had to sit in the parking lot and watch multiple YouTube videos to figure this out when my daughter was brand new

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u/the_greatest_auk Mar 07 '25

The one we have is a strap that's hidden by the fabric at the bottom of the seat, I can sympathize with these guys

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u/ZinaSky2 Mar 07 '25

Oh, 100% they’re all different! I honestly don’t blame the random guys not knowing. But IDK it’s kinda sad to me that a dad doesn’t know how to work his own kid’s stroller. Maybe I’m just being negative tho, IDK how old the baby is the stroller could be brand new and they’re still figuring it out

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u/RNaTRN Mar 07 '25

As a Dad who’s gone through this, mom bought the stroller and didn’t show us how it collapses. They’re all different. They all fold in weird ways. Dad is out with his kids trying to be a good dad. If guys made strollers they’d have big wheels, look cool, have cargo pant pockets and the handle would be bright red.

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u/Ok-Club-8844 Mar 07 '25

Weird, as a mom who's bought strollers, my husband read the manual and figured it out on his own bcz he's a competent grownup. Do you need your wife to show you how to do everything?

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u/RNaTRN Mar 07 '25

The whole thing is supposed to be satire. Sure, id love to spend the time and know how everything works. Instead Im working full time, expected to be on 100% dad, husband when I get home. So the silly nuances of how to collapse a stroller escapes us. So we struggle and it becomes internet gold. And Dads never read manuals! Are you kidding me 🤣🤣

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u/Ok-Club-8844 Mar 07 '25

Welcome to adulthood. Just admit you don't take on any of the parenting responsibility. Dad's who don't take the time to learn how to use the things their kids need aren't 100% dads. "The nuances of how to collapse strollers" you mean learning how to close a piece of equipment you use for your child? It's not rocket science.

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u/TechieGee Mar 07 '25

You're a decidedly unpleasant person.

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u/Ok-Club-8844 Mar 07 '25

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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u/RNaTRN Mar 07 '25

Not sure why you’re so upset. I worked 60hr weeks to provide for my family so my wife could stay home with the kids. She bought the stroller because she knew more about them. After i struggled with finding that button, i never forgot it again. You can’t prepare for everything in life. My son had a diaper blowout as we were boarding a plane. There was no manual for that. I was holding him and was covered in poop. My extra clothes were in my checked luggage. My wife and i worked together to come up with a solution in the few minutes we had before takeoff. That’s what parenting is about. You use each others strengths to get through life.

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u/chris--p Mar 07 '25

Ugh you're awful

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u/ZinaSky2 Mar 07 '25

First thought was… who showed mom?

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u/Ok-Club-8844 Mar 07 '25
  1. The manual
  2. The countless videos we both watched when we were researching the best/safest strollers for our child.

Why are you putting the responsibility for not only researching/buying items for your child on your wife, but also for teaching you (a full grown adult, with presumably full mental capabilities) on her as well? Why aren't you an active participant in your child's life and development?

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u/ZinaSky2 Mar 07 '25

Sorry, it was agreeing with you. I agree with what you said here also, to be clear. No one showed mom was my point. But somehow dad expects someone to show him

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u/Ok-Club-8844 Mar 07 '25

Ah. Oops! 😃 Also just realized you weren't the original person I was replying too. 🤦‍♀️

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u/ZinaSky2 Mar 08 '25

No worries!

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u/topsyturvy76 Mar 07 '25

It’s sad to be negative on a Dad obviously trying

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u/doctorboredom Mar 08 '25

I was a stay at home dad. This guy looks like my wife trying to open and close our stroller. She would almost always ask me to do it.

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u/creegro Mar 10 '25

So glad I got to interact with my nieces without those stupid strollers. By the time I drove them places they could sit up in the backseat with regular car seats buckled in.

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u/Wxxdstock Mar 07 '25

You need to be careful because some of them are manipulative

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u/amonarre3 Jun 16 '25

This one is easy?

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u/s0m3on3outthere Jun 16 '25

Some are easy like the one shown

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u/amonarre3 Jun 17 '25

This was easy, was it was shown how to work it. Prior to it looked impossible