Reply to Are men happier than women in marriage at midlife?

Forum Index » Relationship Discussion (non-explicit)

Reply to "Are men happier than women in marriage at midlife?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Men start becoming unhappy once the first baby is born 
I’d say most on line virtually cheat [/quote]

My ex definitely fell off the cliff of happiness once the second was born. I learned later his dad did when the third was born. Why is this? Expectations went down for both of them. My theory is that they feel they are replaced.[/quote]

I think for some families having multiple kids is the gateway to spending less time together. One parent does things with one kid and one with the other and the parents rarely see each other.

Also, financial pressure...I think for the average UMC family, they can easily afford one kid or maybe two. But the third one is definitely pressure, especially if one of the kids has special needs.[/quote]

No this was instantaneous. The men thought the child was their way out of the family life so kind of the other way around. They had a child as a way to escape home life. As if once the child was born they were done with it.[/quote]

Yeah, if the couple doesn't like each other to begin with, I think oftentimes the husband just kind of escapes into work and social life with his friends, and the wife "stays home with the baby" as an excuse and they live entirely separate lives. Pretty sure a few of the guys my DH plays golf with are like this.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics