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[quote=Anonymous]I hope this doesn't come off as "Why did you have children with this man?" because I find that so meanspirited and unhelpful. But does your DH ever talk about why he wanted to have kids and what he imagined that relationship would be like? Because there are two things at work here. First, some of childcare just is drudgery. It's tedious or annoying or whatever, but it needs to be done, and there's no reason it should all fall on one parent. Second, overall, if you're having kids, you should be enjoying parenthood (yeah, lots of drudgery, but also joy). Does your DH like spending time with the kids in any way? How does he see his relationship with them developing? My ILs are pretty reserved emotionally, so my DH didn't have much of a model for parenting. But he's a kindhearted person with a big capacity for silliness, and he's a great dad. Sometimes, still, he needs a nudge that this is something he signed up for.[/quote]
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