AIBU to be incensed by this DM article - reluctant 'housedad'

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What a juvenile, petulant, pathetic, sniveling excuse for a 'man'. Am racking my brains for what his good-looking wife sees in him.

Must give up reading the DM.

I feel sorry for his kids if they ever read it!

To some extent, I imagine most DHs must feel like this at least some of the time.. But have the sense to keep it to themselves.

If the pair of them are journalists using their interaction to make a living, I feel sorry for their children to be used as pawns in this manner. I also question why such an attractive, intelligent woman with be with a man who held such views, particularly regarding the eldest daughter, for whom it would not be difficult to obtain access to this article. I suspect there is a whole dynamic going on in this relationship which this article cherry picks certain parts of and then simplifies.

But tbh, if the husband is being "neglected" because of the children-isn´t that the wife´s fault or the fault of both if she needs help?

Good God. I hope his poor kids never read that article. What a tosser. Ugly bastard as well.

If he looked like a rock god, what would you all say?

Oh in that case all would be forgiven

He does have the kind of face only a mother could love.

But he established at the beginning that you can't even rely on that cliche.

Wow. He is punching above his weight a little. If I even suspected DH felt that way pretty much all of the huge respect I have for him would disappear.

Insecure (perhaps not surprisingly given his mother's comment/attitude?) little man.

I would still say that he was a twat. Just an observation that he also happen to be fugly.

blimey no wonder he's warped if his mother really said that to him!

really why do folk read dm and then protest no likey. cycling christ the dm it only does inflammatory and well i very never schlock.and if you are dumbass enough to read and (and link it) then you are probably dm target audience as measured by your oh my gosh indignation

i swear to god mn and dm are inextericabily linked,and dm is linked on mn every day.by someone who protests and stamps lil feeteis that they no likey
lol,still read it and link it though

I thought it was just me reading in a negative light! Poor, poor children, it read like emotional abuse. Quite liked mums Boden style wrap dress tho.

He's only been a SAHD for a coiple of months but seems that he has never really liked being a dad - ever!

His wife might not have "neglected" him if he had done his fair share but it sounds like he has grumped for the past 6 yrs whilst his wife was exhausted looking after 3 children and her over grown toddler husband instead.

I know others have said it but how on earth will his children feel when they read it? It sounds as though his second son was a massive disappointment from the second he was born simply for not being a girl. He was thrilled to not have to make any relationship with dsd when he met his wife. He basically is wishing them away so he doesn't have to share his favourite toy any more. I hate to tell him but that favourite toy will never 'belong' to him.
I can identify with his feeling unappreciated as a sahd but the self pitying spew to a national paper to what seems to me like the detriment of his relationship with his children is unforgiveable.

IMO he is an utter utter twat.

What's worse is, every time I read a Daily Fail link, I then waste ages reading the crap at the side... it's hypnotising.

meh, this is not even a new article. it's pretty much a direct copy of one that ran a year or so ago, i think there were even threads about it on mn.

can't find it now though.

someone cleverer than me might fetch it up, and then he can be done for plagiarism.

My god that bloke thinks the whole world should revolve around him and his needs. I think you only get out of parenthood what you put into it. He's going to have a nasty shock when his kids all resent him in the future.

*He does have the kind of face only a mother could love.

But he established at the beginning that you can't even rely on that cliche.*

Funniest thing I've read all day!