Does anyone else find that their DH/DP completely changes when his kids are with him? My DH has a tendency towards having low mood (history of depression though not depressed now as such) and a lot of the time is morose, monosyllabic, doesn't smile or say much, can be quite detached but when his kids come he totally changes...happy, smiley, joyful, joking, chatty, animated. Its starting to really get to me because the house can be so miserable at times and January is a pretty rubbish month anyway, I've been ill etc. I understand that he misses them a lot but really wish he could make more effort to be a bit sunnier for my sake and my son's. My son isn't the happiest chap to be around either (has Aspergers) so between the two of them it feels like a black cloud hovering for much of them time. Maybe I'm being unfair...I don't know.
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DH 'comes alive' when his children are here...
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Fianceechickie · 22/01/2016 21:22
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