Red flag
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By sigh - 07/11/2015 05:39 - Australia - Rockdale
Talk to him - Not in an accusing way. Just ask his feelings about having a baby…. There is one more possible explanation, sex really wants to be spontaneous. When it becomes a scheduled task it can lose part of the mystique.
You need to have a long, very gentle conversation with hubby. He may not actually want kids but he also doesn't want to loose you. He may have been fine with the idea of it but now it's becoming reality... It could just be the terror of being a parent, especially in this economy and the way this government are destroying everything. It could just be that turning sex into a 'breeding program' really just isn't sexy to him. Hell, is he scared of having a kid while WW3 is gearing up to kicking off? Not to mention the environment... It could be a lot of reasons but you aren't going to understand them unless you sit down and genuinely talk about it. No pressure, no judgement just talking. If he doesn't want kids then you need to figure out if that's ever or just not right now. If he's terrified of the prospect then you both need to set things up so he's more comfortable/secure with it but you have to accept that the prospect of kids right now IS terrifying. Can you actually afford one? Is your house/flat big enough? Is Starmer about to crash us all into another recession? Are your jobs secure? Do you have affordable child care so you can both keep working or are you thinking you'll just be a SAHM and put all the financial burden on him? I know that YOU want kids and that you're happy to just figure things out as they happen but men tend to be way more pragmatic and logistically minded about things. Just because you feel ready, he clearly doesn't and you need to accept his fears as 100% valid and they need addressing so that he feels a bit better about it. I know it's hard to hear things over your need for a kid but this is something you do TOGETHER. If he's feeling rail roaded into it then you have to hear him. It's not the answer you want but if you want to be good, stable parents then you have to accept it's a 50/50 partnership and he gets just as much say in it as you.
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Talk to him - Not in an accusing way. Just ask his feelings about having a baby…. There is one more possible explanation, sex really wants to be spontaneous. When it becomes a scheduled task it can lose part of the mystique.
You need to have a long, very gentle conversation with hubby. He may not actually want kids but he also doesn't want to loose you. He may have been fine with the idea of it but now it's becoming reality... It could just be the terror of being a parent, especially in this economy and the way this government are destroying everything. It could just be that turning sex into a 'breeding program' really just isn't sexy to him. Hell, is he scared of having a kid while WW3 is gearing up to kicking off? Not to mention the environment... It could be a lot of reasons but you aren't going to understand them unless you sit down and genuinely talk about it. No pressure, no judgement just talking. If he doesn't want kids then you need to figure out if that's ever or just not right now. If he's terrified of the prospect then you both need to set things up so he's more comfortable/secure with it but you have to accept that the prospect of kids right now IS terrifying. Can you actually afford one? Is your house/flat big enough? Is Starmer about to crash us all into another recession? Are your jobs secure? Do you have affordable child care so you can both keep working or are you thinking you'll just be a SAHM and put all the financial burden on him? I know that YOU want kids and that you're happy to just figure things out as they happen but men tend to be way more pragmatic and logistically minded about things. Just because you feel ready, he clearly doesn't and you need to accept his fears as 100% valid and they need addressing so that he feels a bit better about it. I know it's hard to hear things over your need for a kid but this is something you do TOGETHER. If he's feeling rail roaded into it then you have to hear him. It's not the answer you want but if you want to be good, stable parents then you have to accept it's a 50/50 partnership and he gets just as much say in it as you.