“When my son was born I felt duty, responsibility and warmth, but I didn’t feel that passionate sense of lifelong love.”

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When did you first bond with your child? Elise said that while that true love for her son eventually came to her, it wasn’t immediate. This can heap shame and guilt onto new parents and leave them feeling even more alone.

“Separating children from marriage? Sure, we do it, and perhaps we must.”

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Olive thinks that we should separate childbearing from marriage entirely because part of the reason why so many people get pressured into marriage when they aren’t ready is so they don’t “run out of time” to have kids. D.A. Wolf agrees, but with one caveat…

“I was watching my wife bleed out, wondering if I would be raising this tiny person on my own.”

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This is a comment by Adam on the post “Why Men Have Trouble with Initmacy”.