Told His Boomer Parents He Gets 12 Weeks of Paid Paternity Leave. Instead of Being Happy for Him, They

An expectant father shared on Reddit that his employer offers 12 weeks of paid paternity leave, but the announcement dinner didn’t go as planned. The man and his wife invited their parents to dinner to reveal that she was eight weeks pregnant. When the conversation shifted to parental leave, all four older relatives started worrying about the company’s finances and urged him to decline the benefit because it was “too much.” The poster said his firm employs tens of thousands and that he could not understand why the perk wouldn’t be welcomed. Commenters were divided between confusion over older attitudes toward taking leave and sympathy that some people fear career penalties, even if company policy allows it.