Do you think dads worry as much about the kids as the mums do?

[JacknDiane]

Inspired by something I read on here, about "do you ever stop worrying about your kids "......and the answers were "absolutely no, I will worry till I die"...

It got me thinking, dh doesn't worry about our dcs. Is it because im the worrier, or do dads just not worry so much?

I work, have friends, hobbies, things going on in my life and my kids are grown up and flown the nest...but they are still at the foremost of my mind, I think of them and their safety/wellbeing, long before I consider mine or dhs. But I feel dh considers himself before anyone else and this comes naturally to him.

What's everyone else's take on this?

Nope.

I replied to that thread that I don't worry.

I sometimes react when there's something to be reacted to (we were in A&E last weekend), but without anything to worry about in the future (e.g. a long-term challenging diagnosis) I don't worry.

My husband does a bit more hovering than I do in public spaces. I think my awareness works a bit differently to his, and he gets quite brusque when he panics (when in my view there was nothing to panic about).