He’s been happily married for seven years, raising three wonderful children—or at least, that’s how it appears from the outside. Behind closed doors, however, his wife has forbidden him from getting close to his own kids. What could drive a mother to such extremes?
A father of three turned to Reddit to share his story and ask for advice. The man wrote, “My wife (31f) and I (32m) have been together since college, and we’ve been married for seven years. We have three children together, and I am sick of either having to step back and let her raise the kids almost as a single mom or fight with her because I did something with our children—even something as simple as feeding them.
But that’s where I’m at. She wasn’t like this when our oldest was born. It started when she was pregnant with our twins.
She would always tell me to tidy up or run some errands whenever I wanted to spend time with our child. Then she’d keep him by her side the entire day, or she’d go off somewhere if I suggested we all spend the day together and focus on our oldest. But when the twins came, it got worse.”
According to the man, his wife began to literally forbid him from approaching his own kids.
He continued, “Every time I went to feed or change a baby, she told me to go back to bed or run to the store for something. Whenever she caught me holding or doing anything with one of our kids, it was like I was committing a crime. When I’d ask her what the issue was, she’d say there was nothing—but I should just make myself useful.
Even if I already was. One time, she was delayed on the phone talking to her sister, so I put our oldest to bed and fed the twins. She completely freaked out and yelled at me for doing it without her.
I told her it wasn’t like I went off schedule, and she was busy anyway. She said that wasn’t the point. Then came the fights about me trying to spend time with the kids instead of working or running errands.
When I took time off, I’d make sure to be with them, but she’d still be ready for a fight—and if I didn’t engage, she’d yell at me anyway. Whenever I didn’t push through, she’d find another way to keep the kids from me. I told her it bothered me, but she said it was all in my head.”
Now, he says, things have gone too far—and he’s seriously considering divorce.
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