40-year-old dad tells wife he’s traveling 10,000 miles to go to Burning Man in South Africa while she stays home with their 5-month-old baby: ‘He needs a break and parenthood’

There’s a reason there are more single moms than single dads. It is simply far easier for a dad to leave their family and never return during the first years of the baby’s life. Babies rely so much on their mothers to keep them alive, and fathers cannot provide sustenance using only their bodies. There …
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‘It felt like someone put my heart into a blender’: Widower says he would get back together with his late wife if he could in front of his 2nd wife and the mother of his 2 children and her friends

If you had to choose between marrying a widow/widower or a divorcé/divorceé, a lot of people would prefer the former. Knowing that they have no option ever to go back to their ex can be reassuring, even if it’s for the most tragic reason. It also shows that a potential partner can commit to marriage …
Seguir leyendo ‘It felt like someone put my heart into a blender’: Widower says he would get back together with his late wife if he could in front of his 2nd wife and the mother of his 2 children and her friends

Husband threatens to divorce pregnant wife if she doesn’t quit her job after the baby is born, says he’ll sue for custody if she refuses to quit: ‘He said his decision is final and that I should be grateful’

Not everybody is made to be a stay-at-home mom. There are a lot of moms out there who wish they had been able to stay home for the first couple of years of their children’s lives or indefinitely but can’t because of financial reasons. But at the same time, becoming a parent does not mean …
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‘Why are you married to a child?’: Incompetent husband leaves 2 weeks’ worth of laundry out while his wife was away instead of doing it himself

Every couple has their own way of dividing the chores. Maybe one of you is better at cooking, so the other one doesn’t mind doing the dishes. Maybe one of you cleans the bathroom while the other one cleans the fridge. It’s maybe even the case that one of you has a much more demanding …
Seguir leyendo ‘Why are you married to a child?’: Incompetent husband leaves 2 weeks’ worth of laundry out while his wife was away instead of doing it himself

Highly logical wife tells husband she married him because he asked her and she trusts his judgement, sends him on a spiral: ‘She says love and marriage are not the same things’

Love isn’t logical, but marriage sure is. If you would marry someone without fully trusting that they will make sound financial and life decisions with you for the rest of your lives, you might not be making the smartest choice. So many girls want to marry the hot guy in the romance novel who is …
Seguir leyendo Highly logical wife tells husband she married him because he asked her and she trusts his judgement, sends him on a spiral: ‘She says love and marriage are not the same things’

Lazy WHF husband constantly criticizes how his highly-educated wife homeschools their 2 kids, yanks pencils out of their hands and yells at her for having dishes in the sink: ‘He has made our homeschool a living nightmare’

Imagine being a student at an elementary school where the principal always looks over your shoulder, yells at your teacher, and tells her that she’s not doing her job right. It would be just as horrific for the teacher who is simply trying to give her students a good education. What can she do in …
Seguir leyendo Lazy WHF husband constantly criticizes how his highly-educated wife homeschools their 2 kids, yanks pencils out of their hands and yells at her for having dishes in the sink: ‘He has made our homeschool a living nightmare’

Husband puts reminders in his phone to pay wife compliments, wife is offended: ‘I’m honestly sincerely trying to learn’

We all have our systems of organization. Some of us have handwritten planners we pour our lives into, making little checkboxes and ticking them off with glee. Some of us are more technologically motivated with a suite of G-cals, AI assistants, and workflow apps. However you keep your life in order, you know how important …
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