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@wilmaed It was one of the more against-the-grain replies and, to be fair, my post was half about my husband as a parent and half about him as a partner, so I opened myself up to this critique. :)

@nathan98 I appreciate this callout. Years ago, a therapist recommended a book about arranged marriages. The lesson was that we oftentimes expect our spouses to fill every relationship role in our lives, from partner to lover to BFF to confidant – and that it’s not sustainable. So you’re right...

(New throwaway for this post, but long-time member on my main account.) We see a lot of posts about husbands who really suck at being partners and parents, and we see a few about awesome, Bandit-style husbands (we don’t watch Bluey in this house yet, but iunderstoodthatreference.gif). I find...