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There is almost always a serious mental health component to how things get this bad.
It gets out of hand, and then the mental health challenges compound fixing it, leading to shame, embarrassment isolation and more gross stuff that no one else can really understand.
Honestly, they would both be happier if they parted ways.
His resentment is too deep and widespread to be worked out, I think.
He fixates on her success as being a barrier to his, not understanding that it’s theirs.
Therapy yes, but a new partner too.
There is no “we” in child birth.
It’s her.
She’s the one delivering and going through it. You can support and certainly witness, but it’s not a “we” thing.
What this guy missed by being on the phone was the humbling powerlessness that comes with watching, supporting your
I watched a woman have to drink her own pumped breast milk before going through…
The worst thing she was going to do is make her baby fed and gassy.
This guy, however…
Insane for the police to be arresting a firefighter for trying to create some safety at a scene.
That truck is protecting all of them, even if it’s slowing traffic.
What an awful spot to be in.
The husband sounds intentionally useless and like he’s got some deep trust issues.
It’s not going to be easy to raise a child with him, particularly when it sounds like his family enables him in being helpless.
This is like the worst medical take I’ve seen.
My youngest son was born with the cord wrapped so tightly, his delivery had to be paused mid canal, so the cord could be cut to free him, when the doctor couldn’t get any give with his hands to unwrap it.
He was blue, fought to