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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your husband sucks. He's only 22, pretty much still a kid, and It sounds like he's doing productive things, and isn't sitting around playing video games.  I'd let him have a year off break.[/quote]

22 is old enough to go to war and lead a family.  The idea that he's pretty much a kid is offensive and groundless.

That being said, older folks here have no idea how bad the world is for our youth.  We've allowed the cost of living to rise far above wages because we've spent generations devaluing labor via an open border and offshoring.  Young people don't want to work because the rewards aren't worth the grind.  Further, we fail to acknowledge how unhealthy the "grindset" we've encourage since middle school through adulthood has become, not to mention counterproductive.  Look at it this way: People work long hours in jobs for wages that can't even get a two-bedroom apartment anymore.

Finally, the fact this young man cites "mental health" as an excuse shows what kind of household in which he was raised.  Instead of affirming masculine qualities like grit and strength, the son was probably taught to value empathy (instead of the far superior trait of sympathy).  Well, OPs raised a wuss and are surprised to see the consequences.  What's funny is the dad resents his son's wussiness but lacks the self-awareness to diagnose the issue so as to support the son to help him solve his predicament.

In short, the husband sucks but not in the way we all think. [/quote]

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