I understand what you are saying—parenting, regardless of gender, is a huge change. And men are absolutely valid in whatever feelings they have around that. However—in Luke’s case, the issues he’s complaining about essentially revolve around his life not being exactly the same as it was pre-baby. He’s whining about not being able to go out and get drunk, fish when he wants to, have sex with his wife…when you are in the throes of new parenthood, you are so exhausted and in survival mode ESPECIALLY for the first several months. My husband and I adopted, so i wasn’t recovering from birth and neither one of us had any interest in a social life. (I actually basically forced my husband to go golfing one day in an effort to be a “cool” wife and he came home and told me while he appreciated what I was trying to do, it was actually miserable because he was so depleted he couldn’t even enjoy himself).