I've known too many fathers who will actually refuse to "babysit" their own kids for a few hours so their wives can run errands or even just get out of the house for a bit. Because they have "real" jobs.
I've also known Dads who DO babysit - i.e., they don't actually treat it like parenting, they just wanna be the cool parent the kid never dislikes.
Wait, no, that was MY Dad.
Hey! Are we related? My dad was the same way!! My dad is how I learned what not to do! (not that he was a bad parent, he just would have made a better uncle)
Wait, no, that was MY Dad.