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.....I don't get it.
He is very unobservant.
His eyes are lazy?
They're doing their best
I didn't have the impression that he is generally, I figured this was more a case of what you grow up with is normal - to the point that he didn't even pick up on it!
Yeah I read it that way too. Like his kid is perfect just the way they are... and his mom is perfect just the way she is too.
The joke is that I have oversimplified the context.
...I am very unobservant. (Especially early in the morning!)
Lololol all good, my friend.
It's a version of the old (and, no longer accurate) joke: a mom knows her child's favorite foods, who their best friends and when their birthdays are, the names of their teachers, and their favorite crayon color. The farther knows some short people are living in the house.
Why is it no longer accurate? Maybe you meant to way it is not generally true, but it is certainly accurate as a description for my own family.
Gender stereotypes. I can't speak for the 50's, but all of the young parents, regardless of sex, that I've personally known in the past 15 years have been hyper-involved in their kid's lives.
I interpreted more as: (autistic?) men rarely make eye contact.
Just slice of married-family life.
Things like this occur and are relatable, or so I've been told.