“Surely no sensible woman would expect her husband to be anywhere else but a big cricket match”
Gotta love the Brits!
Most men today can’t imagine NOT being there for their kids’ births. But that wasn’t the case a few short decades ago. There shouldn’t be the pressure to be there, tho the husband’s role is to be an emotional support and strength to his wife.
There is a reason that men were invited into the delivery room. It was to help lower the birthrate. The vast majority of men who see what actually transpires in the delivery room have a hard time arguing for that 4th and 5th child...