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[quote=Anonymous]Take whatever gender stereotypes you have for couples and flip them. The result is my failed marriage. My ex-wife didn't do much as a mom while we were married. At first I thought it was post-partum, but I later realized she just didn't have it in her. I have no doubt that she loved our daughter, but she lacked the compulsion to be involved that you associate with being a mom. I did everything from taking her to the pediatrician to buying all of her clothes, toys, and food. At one point I thought that if I stepped back and did less then it would prompt her to step up. Everything went to hell. We ran out of diapers, the house looked a mess, and she seemed completely unfazed by it. During our divorce, there was a moment of peace where we were both honest with each other. She told me that she had no interest in settling down when she married me, but I seemed like too good of a guy to let go. She pretended to be something she wasn't because she didn't want to wake up alone one day. The realization that she didn't want to be a wife or mom was too strong to ignore, so she just tried to stay out of my way. Now that we're divorced, she's a lot better. She still doesn't know our fifth grader's teacher's name. She calls to ask what size clothes and shoes to buy, but at least she buys them. [/quote]

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