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anyone else feel their marriage is stronger?

Megan BriggsMegan Briggs
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There seem to be so many posts about unhelpful dads and the stress on a marriage. Not to sound too sappy, but DH and I can't get over how much closer we feel to each other. Of course we bicker from time to time, but our bond is so much tighter...

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  • JollyGreenGoatJollyGreenGoat
    Yep, definitely stronger.
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  • prettyfish13prettyfish13

    I do! I love DH even more now that DS is here, and I feel like our marriage has improved.

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  • MonkeybuttwhatMonkeybuttwhat
    I am lucky to be with you on this DH is amazing he gets up to feed and change while I pump and loves his night when I am at school and they are alone. I had an advantage though he has two kids and knew what he was in for so I think that makes all the difference. I hope anyone that is  having issues finds a way to work through it :(
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  • Amrice78Amrice78
    The first couple of months were rough, but now definitely stronger.
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  • Amy SchrammAmy Schramm

    My marriage is much stronger. ?DH is an amazing father and incredibly helpful. ?We spend alot more time together as a family. ?DH is?very good about coming in at night and taking over without being asked and we really split things up well or do things as a family on weekends. ??

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  • EMWindyEMWindy member

    Yup - I am amazed everyday about how great he is with her - I learn a lot from him. 

     I learned a new trick this past weekend - that man will do ANYTHING for his daughter.   I've been trying to get him to clean the counter in his bathroom FOREVER. 

    So this weekend, DD had a bath at my parents house on the counter in their bathroom - and she LOVED to look in the mirror at herself!  DH said "WOW, she loves taking baths on the bathroom counter with the mirror!  I'll clean my counter off right now!"   And he did it - ha!

    Sometimes I want to strangle him because he knows how to push my buttons, but he did that before DD got here Smile

     

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  • Mrs.ProvostMrs.Provost

    After our first? No way. I can remember three distinct moments when we nearly seperated.

    After Abby? YES. Our marriage still has its moments, like any marriage, but something is different this time. I think we're both way more relaxed and not such stressed out new parents - and we have so much fun with Abby, and watching Evan with his baby sister. Also helps that we're not sleep deprived this time - she's pretty much STTN already, Evan didn't STTN until he was almost 1.5 yrs old. 

    This may sound weird, and I never thought I'd think this - but seeing my husband goo-goo talk to his baby girl is just one of the most amazing things I've ever seen. Maybe it's sexist, I dunno, but he has a different relationship with her than he does with Evan.

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  • RacerGirlRacerGirl
    DH and I have always worked hard to meet each other in the middle and DS has made it easier to compromise. DS has also made DH realize that it's time to wake up and grow up (he's overweight and was a video game junkie). His father died young and now DS realizes he needs to do something to change his own future. It's not all puppies and rainbows, but no one has it like that- we're very good and every so often I'll say to him "Hey, look what we did!"
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  • mrsfrankmrsfrank member
    Our bond is much stronger......
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  • Jen0414Jen0414
    Yes, definitely stronger. For the first couple weeks I was so irritable that I knew we were getting on each others nerves plus we were sleep deprived and not used to it. Now we are sleep deprived and used to it. :  ) He always wanted to do as much as he could to help out (even with BFing) and always felt bad cause he couldn't help with that. He is an awesome father and husband and I am so thankful for that.
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  • mamamoosmamamoos
    i think if you already have a stable marriage, a baby can definitely make it stronger.  however, people who have babies to save a faltering marriage are effing insane. 
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  • EchowyspEchowysp member
    I feel ours is stronger.  We're even more of a team now.
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  • rjbear21rjbear21 member

    i think we're stronger, but not because of the baby alone.  i BF so he hasn't really been able to help me much.  and now he is gone for work for a week at a time and only home for MAYBE 2 days at a time,  thenback out. it's very hard not getting a break. i don't have any family that live really close to me.  but he's doing what he has to do to support us.  we've had a huge financial problem after he got hernia surgery in september because he was out of work for almost a month.  i think all this combined has made our relationship stronger.  we've had hiccups in the road but we're growing everyday.

    it's been crazy to think back before we had her.  our lives have changed so much in the 3 years we've known eachother

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  • CFOCFO
    It was and has been a difficult adjustment, but we are without a doubt stronger with the baby in our lives than we were without her.  She has taken our bond and our love and just multiplied it.  Its incredible.
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