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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why did you guys have kids with such monumental fuck ups?[/quote]

I married a man who had never been married or had kids. He said he wanted to get married and have kids, that it is what he'd always wanted, and he wanted to do that with me because we were professional equals and therefore partner material.

Turns out he had no idea what that meant. Because I had never been married nor had kids, and came from a household that was (a) abusive; and (b) a male breadwinner and housewife, I didn't even know what questions to ask to make sure we both knew what partnership meant.

My now ex was from a very wealthy household with a stay at home mother and a full - time maid. He had no idea what went into the kind of marriage he promised me, and when our child came along he pretty much opted out. I was breastfeeding and he said I was basically on 24/7 and why should he get involved. There was not much I could do at that point.

We did counseling and the third time he didn't show the therapist told me I should either stay in the exact marriage I have or leave, because this guy was never going to give an inch.

So I left. [/quote]

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