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As a society,are we not honest with the younger generation,about what being married and having children means to both sexes

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Bulldogautumn · 15/09/2025 07:19

I keep seeing posts from men ,not understanding why their wife with multiple kids does not want sex...has no one explained to these men ,the responsibility that falls on women's shoulders when they gain a house a husband and kids .
And that the wife is touched out ,she's had enough,and sex can be an extra to do on her list ...When husband is not doing half of domestic shit .
For me personally,I after I had my kids ,and I remember it slowly dawning on me the amount of domestic chores that were now my responsibility..I had no idea of the amount of cleaning and cooking and shopping that would be my responsibility,with a family .
It totally overwhelmed me .I want to say to my daughter,don't get married,don't get a husband, don't have children..(but I don't )
For me personally,it felt like some huge conspiracy that no one told me about ,like I was sold a lie.
Maybe society needs to tell younger men ,that the sex they have in their 20 s , ,could be vastly different from sex in their 40s with house and kids .
And tell women ,just how much their life changes with all the added responsibility a family brings

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Wreckit · 17/09/2025 13:31

Also, the way users on this site talk about motherhood puts me off it entirely

Pistachiocake · 17/09/2025 13:34

It's different for everyone. For some people, marriage means everything, and they'd never dream of leaving their partner. Others don't take it seriously at all. We're all different-depends on health/background/family support etc.

MightyGoldBear · 17/09/2025 13:43

Fearfulsaints · 15/09/2025 09:01

I had the reverse. My parents were incredibly negative about parenthood, marriage and so on and divorced. I always felt very loved but very much like i'd made thier lives very hard.

Anyway I had children, it was exhausting (not self imposed! I found pregnancy, birth and breastfeeding tiring in its own right), but i also found it rewarding, fun, interesting. Noone had mentioned those parts to me at all. I seem to still like my husband, its not all plain sailing, but the model I was given was much worse.

I had similar modelled to me. I got rather down and almost depressed in pregnancy with my first. How I had "ruined my life " is what I was told. No one told me once that baby was born the euphoria and love i would feel and still feel. The fascination and honour to watch them grow.

It's absolutely been hard and not without sacrifice but I wish those around me had more balanced views mentioning some of the good magical parts when I was pregnant.

Skybluepinky · 17/09/2025 14:25

Sounds like you chose the wrong partner, and would be shocked if people didn’t know children and marriage isn’t like insta.

whatwouldlilacerullodo · 21/09/2025 18:26

HairsprayBabe · 17/09/2025 12:35

@whatwouldlilacerullodo So why did you accuse me of thinking people are incompetent parents when I said nothing of the sort then?

Because that's how your post came across.

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