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Originally Posted by happy_terd
As a husband of 14 years and a father of 4 children I definitely agree.
Men need to focus more on their children and wife. Sex is a very large part of any relationship, but it can be unhealthy or one-sided in the relationship.
Very insightful for someone as young as you are.  |
Husband and father of two and I agree as well, however I'm not so sure it as bad, or prevalent, as the post makes it sound.
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Originally Posted by Spoon Man
Now that I have permission from a friend, I would like to share her experience with her father and "the talk"..
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5 years later and a step-father, she still struggles with that. Her self-esteem is shot to hell and her ability to reason within a relationship is severely hurt. Shes starting to build up some self-respect and understanding, we've been working on it for almost 2yrs now, but its a slow and painful process for her.
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Wow, that certainly is bad, and was handled in about as poor a way as can be done. However, the "Usually this meant a screaming rant " makes it sound like there were other issues there as well. I'm not discounting the problem just saying that I don't think we can make a generalization on it without a fair amount of study.
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Originally Posted by kindlekitten
wow! see I look at my son, and his peers in their early 30s as well as my cousins in their mid to late 30s and see a completely different attitude than the one I grew up with. I see them as being MUCH more respectful to women, taking on more of the traditional women's chores and so on.
interesting
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This is my experience as well, although my son isn't that old yet. I'm always doing dishes and what little laundry I'm allowed to do (after my spectacular mix up with a sweater, a t-shirt, and a pair of underwear). We routinely rotate chores and I cook dinner at least 2 or 3 times a week, and make cookies with my son. It is all about providing the right example for them so they can see you doing the right thing.