A Childish Question

One of the senior staff members arrived at work last week with his adorable newborn. Within seconds the news had spread, causing the entirety of the female staff to throw off their heels and join a 100m dash to reception, leaving a sea of bewildered male colleagues in their wake.

My question today is: what is it about men with babies that is so attractive?

Ordinarily our heads would tell us that just because a man is good with children doesn’t necessarily mean that he will also be good with women. In fact, it could mean that he’s just a big kid: a trait that is highly unattractive to a female looking for the potential father of her child. But no, in the presence of an infant, all of this brilliant logic seems to leave our heads as our uterus grabs the reins.

I’m sure there’s some fascinating Oedipal explanation for this but if you ask me, it’s down to the simple fact that that next to being in love, women want children. And putting the two together is like pairing Ben and Jerry…pretty much every woman’s fantasy.

So my advice to the guys out there: forget the sports car, the Gucci sunglasses and breakfast at the Ritz…get yourself a baby and never again will you have to work for a woman’s affections.