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The bottom line is that your wife resents (more or less subconsciously) all the dedication and commitment you have made for your child, and attempts to belittle your achievement to make herself feel better that she did not do this herself. She probably wants to be seen as this "has-it-all" working mother - any sign of uberparenting on your part will be scoffed at.

Of course, I may be totally going out on a limb, crashing to the ground and breaking my leg here. But I've seen this so many times among couples, my own included.

Remind her forcefully of all your efforts, and tell her that you do not want them to come to nothing. You will move, but in a few years, period.

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The above PP shows the entirely wrong approach to take. Avoid the Iagos you'll inevitably find on DCUM. See all points of view, remember you married your DW and had a child with her because you love her, see the marriage as an equal partnership, and put all disagreements in their properly place: secondary to the marriage itself.

Winning is not all it's cut out to be. The best answer is the situation in which your child gets a good school and neither parent feels "scoffed at" or "belittled," so try to find the "middle way."[/quote]

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