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[quote=Anonymous]OP here. My gender-neutral experiment failed. Everyone assumed the competitive spouse was female and the advice is slanted accordingly. In fact, I'm the mom (SAH temporarily). I'm not into tit-for-tat and keeping score (he is). He's a great dad, though like me, he has his blind spots. This oneupmanship/criticism came out of nowhere about 3 months ago and has steadily increased. I now get some little dig or attempt to beat me to some child-related task (then accompanied by sighing/clenched jaw/attitude) every day. It's getting old. As I said, I'm at home, so it's not like I don't do my share of childrearing. I cook often and well, I like a tidy house so that's what we have, and DC is happy and healthy. And my husband's current job and hours are nondemanding (even he will say this, often). Our lives are low-pressure right now. Seems to me like picking fights and manufacturing drama where none really needs to exist. I know you're all used to thinking of the opposite genders in these roles, but I don't actually think competitive husbands are all that rare (esp around DC).

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