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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some of you chose bad husbands to marry.  I'm the main parent 60% of the time.  But I have an insanely flexible schedule so taking on more of the activities makes sense.  DH does plenty without my asking.  When I'm sick, he's the main parent 100% of the time.  Does he do things exactly how I would?  No.  But DS is fed, safe, happy, and DH is involved with him.  Not worth complaining about.

I don't believe that none of you knew that your husbands were going to make terrible coparents.  Did they help out around the house before kids and then suddenly stop when the kids were born?  I'm guessing no.  They were probably always fairly uninvolved in daily life tasks. [/quote]

The book addresses that: many couples are quite egalitarian before kids, with both spouses working and doing semi equal chores (DW always did more) but once kids were born, DH retreated, trying to claim more independent time and a life before kids, and that takes away time and inclination for household tasks[/quote]

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