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conulyDear Amy: My husband and I have a seven-month-old baby.
My husband has never been a sympathetic person. I have always accepted this about him. However, now with the baby I find myself needing more emotional support than he can give me.
The long nights with a nursing and poorly sleeping baby have left me feeling exhausted and needing some reassurance and comfort from my husband.
Whenever I broach the subject, he tells me that he works so I can be home (I work too, but fewer hours and from home), and that he doesn't feel bad for me because he has a long commute and that I need to get a grip (although he doesn’t use those exact words).
How can I either talk to him, or find another outlet to get the support I can’t get from him?
— New Mama
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My husband has never been a sympathetic person. I have always accepted this about him. However, now with the baby I find myself needing more emotional support than he can give me.
The long nights with a nursing and poorly sleeping baby have left me feeling exhausted and needing some reassurance and comfort from my husband.
Whenever I broach the subject, he tells me that he works so I can be home (I work too, but fewer hours and from home), and that he doesn't feel bad for me because he has a long commute and that I need to get a grip (although he doesn’t use those exact words).
How can I either talk to him, or find another outlet to get the support I can’t get from him?
— New Mama
( Read more... )