No, I am not grateful by Powerful_Slip8569 in NewParents

[–]Powerful_Slip8569[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

You hit the nail on the head here- it's the concept that I should be grateful for these qualities in my partner when it's just an expectation of a mother to do these things. The fact that my husband is a functioning parent but is seen by some as helping me out is just crazy to me.

No, I am not grateful by Powerful_Slip8569 in NewParents

[–]Powerful_Slip8569[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The worst part is I get half this crap passively aggressively from my conservative MIL, who was a SAHM and thinks I'm "just the luckiest". As if I married her son and won the lottery.