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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wish I knew that men didn't know how to parent and run a home well even if they said they could and wanted to. My DH was all for it even more than me perhaps. Well when kids came, he was all into it till they were about five years old and then when they started elementary school it was like all of a sudden they were a competition for his needs. He lost interest in his job, the kids, me, the house. Things were falling apart at the house. He started hoarding food. It was basically a mental collapse and then I found out he had an affair. But for those younger years it was like he knew he needed to help out but then didn't realize it was for 18 plus years.[/quote]
Oof!  This is an extreme example, but I can see how the reality of what is entailed in being an equal partner and parent may hit men harder than it does women.  I mean we EXPECT having children and a full time career to be difficult, but men may not appreciate just how difficult it is until they are knee deep into it - especially if they didn't have a father who modelled this type of behavior.  And I suspect that there were very few men who took on equal parenting back in the 70s and 80s.[/quote]

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