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Can’t even blame her. If there’s one thing about Eric Church’s legendary discography, it’s the simple fact that he has a song for just about everything. If you want some murder ballads, turn up “Lightning” and “Knives Of New Orleans.” If you’re looking for some drinking songs, grab a beer and play “Drink In My Hand” and “Drowning Man.” Breakup songs? Look no further than “Over When It’s Over” and “Where She Told Me To Go.” Love songs? Crank the dial up on “Love Your Love The Most” and “You Make It Look So Easy.” Simply put, the Chief has a song for just about every mood you can ever imagine, and that’s one of the many reasons why we love him. With well over 100 songs in his official discography, along with a number of unreleased tunes that are available online today, one would think that Church wouldn’t make the mistake of jumping the gun and dedicating one of his most edgy songs in his discography to his wife, Katherine Blasingame. However, that’s exactly what he did at a past show. During his recent stop in Grand Rapids, Michigan, over the weekend, Church performed the entirety of his new album, Evangeline Vs. the Machine, before diving into past hits such as “Springsteen,” “Drink In My Hand” and “Smoke a Little Smoke” along with a killer cover of The Band’s “Ophelia” with opener, Marcus King. With the night beginning to come to a close, Church paused the concert to tell a hilarious story involving his wife. As Church recalls, he got caught up in the moment at a past show and wanted to dedicate his next song on the setlist to her. Given that the main point was to thank her for her support throughout his career, you’d think he’d perform the aforementioned “Love Your Love The Most” or even the likes of “You Make It Look So Easy,” “Bright Side Girl” and “A Man Who Was Gonna Die Young.” This was not the case, however. “I was kind of caught up in the moment of the show, and I wanted to call them out and talk about how important this journey has been for me. And I happened to call them out and talk about that before the next song that I’m about to play you. The first few lines of this song are: ‘It ain’t a needle in a vein. It ain’t backstage sex. It ain’t lines of cocaine on a private jet.'” Of course, the song was none other than Church’s 2014 deepcut off of The Outsiders, “That’s Damn Rock & Roll,” a track centered around pushing back on the commercialization and glamorization of rock as a genre and celebrating its anti-establishment nature. Though the song itself is not celebrating the incredibly attention-grabbing mentions of heroin, cocaine and backstage sex in the first verse, I could definitely see why Katherine wasn’t too happy to have “That’s Damn Rock & Roll” as the one track dedicated to her during the show. And, as Church recalls, she let him have it a little after the show, promptly asking what was wrong with him after he walked off stage. “I walk off stage, and my wife goes, ‘What the f*** is wrong with you?’  She goes, ‘There’s 30 songs you could have dedicated to me, but those first three lines alone… that’s f***** up.’ So I’ve played this song every show since.” Though it’s unknown exactly when this story took place, the “Springsteen” singer has certainly kept it in heavy rotation over the years, performing it each and every year at least once in concert since its release in 2014. Either way, it’s another hilarious story from Church and one of the many reasons he’s such an adored performer to many. Watch here: @seriouslybg #ericchurch ♬ original sound – SeriouslyBG “That’s Damn Rock & Roll” Free The Machine Tour Dates Oct. 23 || Salt Lake City, Utah || Delta Center || Charles Wesley Godwin Oct. 24 || Boise, Idaho || ExtraMile Arena || Charles Wesley Godwin Oct. 25 || Spokane, Wash. || Spokane Arena || Charles Wesley Godwin Nov. 6 || Vancouver, B.C. || Rogers Arena || Charles Wesley Godwin Nov. 7 || Portland, Ore. || Moda Center || Charles Wesley Godwin Nov. 8 || Seattle, Wash. || Climate Pledge Arena || Charles Wesley Godwin Nov. 13 || Sacramento, Calif. || Golden 1 Center || Charles Wesley Godwin Nov. 14 || Fresno, Calif. || SaveMart Center || Charles Wesley Godwin Nov. 15 || Inglewood, Calif. || Intuit Dome || Charles Wesley GodwinThe post Eric Church Reveals The One Song His Wife Does NOT Want Dedicated To Her – “She Goes… ‘What The **** Is Wrong With You?'” first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

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Parenting is the ultimate test of a romantic partnership, and not all relationships can survive its rigors. One of the biggest topics in parenting these days is the mental and physical drain that comes with being the default parent in a family. The default parent is the one who is first in line when it comes to taking responsibility for parenting duties, whether that means making doctor’s appointments, ensuring the homework is done, or making sure the child has enough socks to make it through the week.Being the default parent can lead to fatigue and burnout, and the parent can experience incredible anxiety when their attention turns away from the household or family. The situation is even worse when the default parent’s partner only does the bare minimum. Unfortunately, in American society, fathers are often the parents who do just enough to get by and are praised for it.The notion that men don’t have to pull their equal weight in American family life is so ingrained that when Emma Hughes, a travel nanny with over one year of experience in childcare and family support, visited Sweden for two weeks, she experienced extreme culture shock. See on Instagram "I've been in Sweden now and I think I've been ruined for American men," the 24-year-old said in a viral Instagram video. "Specifically raising a child with an American man in America, because these Scandinavian dads? Chef's kiss …""I'm actually embarrassed to talk about this because all of the observations that I've made have really revealed to me how deeply ingrained [expletive] dads have become like in my brain, and it's just like the default,” she continued. "These Scandinavian dads? Chef's kiss" Giphy The notion that fathers only have to do the bare minimum was so ingrained in Hughes’ psyche that she couldn’t understand seeing so many involved fathers in Sweden."When I see more dads pushing their strollers in the park on a Saturday morning than moms, what does my brain think … That's weird, there is something abnormal about that,” Hughes said. “When I see dads at the grocery store with their kids. When I see dads out at restaurants or in public. It is so deeply telling of a lot of subconscious stuff that I have going on in my brain after working with so many families."She said that even the best dads she's worked with in America would be considered the "Scandinavian bare minimum." She applauded one Swedish father who purchased a new size of diapers for his baby without being told to do so by his partner."Like I watched a Swedish dad go to the grocery store and come home with like four bags of groceries and in that trip he had bought size two diapers for a baby that had previously been wearing size one and was ready to move into size two but that conversation had not happened between the mom and the dad,” she said.Given Swedish dads' dedication towards their parenting responsibilities, it’s fair to assume that their partners are much happier and stress-free than those in the States. But what about their kids? Researchers at the United Nations who studied “child well-being in rich countries” found that Swedish fathers also ranked high by their children. The survey asked children in 28 countries if it was easy to talk to their dads, and while 67% of children in the study said their parents were easy to talk to, Swedish fathers scored higher at 72.4%. Meanwhile, the U.S ranked 25, out of 28, at just 59.7%. Dads in America may be lacking, but the culture around masculinity and work isn't doing them any favors. Photo by Nilanka Kariyawasam on Unsplash It's also worth noting that many foreign countries, like Sweden, have far better cultural infrastructure in place for parents — dads included. Parental leave for new parents in Sweden makes American policies seem like an absolute embarrassment. They also have far better work-life balance. So dads are getting involved earlier, more often, and have more time outside of the office to be part of the family.Ultimately, Hughes makes an important point that Scandinavian men have set a high bar for being fathers and that American men need to step up. The positive sign is that in America, the discussion around default parenting has been getting louder and louder, and hopefully, that will prompt more American men and women to set higher expectations so that one day, American men can catch Sweden’s.This article originally appeared in May. It has been updated.

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