Posted on 04/19/2015 2:37:37 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows
Less than one month after my husband and I got married—before I even mailed thank you notes for our wedding gifts—I found myself holding a positive pregnancy test.
Eight and a half months into our marriage, while we were still getting comfortable in our roles as husband and wife, we suddenly became mom and dad. I won’t say that our son was poorly planned—we were both anxious to start our family—but I will say that in hindsight becoming a mother in the same year that you become a wife is not for the weak.
The first year of our son’s life was the most difficult of our marriage to date and it is also the year I learned a very important lesson: My husband must always come before our children.
Don’t get me wrong; I love my kids and would do anything for them. But I love my husband more.
When I share this with my mom friends, it’s usually met with outrage and total shock. After all, this goes against the golden rule of motherhood, the one that tells us being a good parent means sacrificing all for the happiness and well-being of our children.
Putting aside our own needs for theirs is practically a requirement but I’m sorry, I’m just not buying it.
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LOL that was awesome. I am so stealing it.
*warm and fuzzy smile*
Haven’t you read any of the many articles recently that the 50% divorce rate is a myth.
Ok, it well might be a myth but I believe divorcing spouses is still much more common than divorcing kids. That is my point.
I guess you’ve never heard of an emancipated minor? That’s where the parent(s) go to court and effectively sever all ties with and responsibilities for the child(ren). The kids are now totally responsible for themselves - food, lodging, clothing, medical care, ect. They have been divorced from their parents.
Of course I know about it, but it is certainly a rare exception and it is not so much a divorce and once again, even if 50% divorce rate is a myth emancipation rate is not near rate of divorce anyway.
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