Entitled Couple Wants Neighbors To Cook & Do Their Housework Because They're Expecting A Baby, Receive Criticism On Social Media

Sep 09, 2021 by apost team

Parenting is a hard job, and it can be incredibly nerve-wracking and stressful for new parents. It’s common for moms and dads to need a day off every now and then and have a neighbor, friend, or family member pitch in to help out. It’s also pretty common for expecting parents to ask for some advice or guidance prior to their baby being born. A couple in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, came up with a solution on how to best handle juggling life as new parents with their typical day-to-day responsibilities, but not all of their neighbors were on board with the plan.

Jim Burns took to Meal Train asking for specific cuisine and mental health check-ins from his neighbors as he adjusted to a life centered on the impending birth of his first child with his wife, Alex. His request was filled with entitled language, as he requested very specific and complicated meals to be made and for neighbors to come over and wash his dishes, do his laundry, and other household chores, all so he and his wife could focus on becoming parents.

The Meal Train campaign eventually made its way to Nextdoor, a private social media platform for neighborhoods, and caught the attention of one neighbor, in particular, sportswriter Jack Jokinen. Jokinen was absolutely shocked by the “millennial” demands from his neighbors and quickly created a lengthy Twitter thread sharing his thoughts back in April 2019. The thread blew up with likes and comments, and many people agreed that this couple was exhibiting an extreme amount of entitlement for demanding so much from their neighbors.

Starting off his Meal Train request, Burns wrote, “One of the things I’m most afraid of is not getting a great deal of sleep and as a result not being in the best frame of mind to offer my wife the support she needs to recover from the child-birthing process,” as per the New York Post. The couple then asked their neighbors to chip in and cook for them, following lengthy recipes and do their housework for them. They also requested that people text them ahead of time just in case they don’t feel like seeing anyone that day.

Jokinen first caught wind of the outlandish request on Nextdoor before sharing his thoughts with his 32,000 Twitter followers. “Turns out they are in fact asking total strangers to help them and with the most millennial phrasing I have ever seen in my life,” he tweeted, posting screenshots of the campaign. Speaking with the New York Post, Jokinen tried to give the expecting parents the benefit of the doubt and said, “Maybe… they’re in a bad financial situation or someone’s unhealthy.” He also called the expecting father “unprepared.”

However, Twitter users had some sassy comments about the entire ordeal. One user wrote, “The sheer entitlement of these buggers!!” Another user called the couple “lazy hippies.” Burns was completely taken aback by the negative comments and said, “If they are not interested, then they don’t have to check that site or do anything. This is the world we live in.”

Jokinen joked that Burns’ Meal Train request might not actually be a bad idea after all. “When my wife gets pregnant, I may start one of those, but we only eat food from suites at Yankee Stadium,” he said. “Leave the tickets in the mailbox.”

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