Does anyone feel like there relationship with their partner has changed a lot since having kids?
I feel like we are so busy with work, running around after the kids, keeping the house afloat and maintaining friendships that we have totally just lost that connection to each other! It makes me so sad. I feel like I’ve lost my best friend. We don’t communicate well, intimacy is minimal and we are both just tired all the time. Help!!! Can we save our marriage…… we’ve been together for so long 20 years but married 10. Both very faithful and good people but I feel like I’m all alone. So lonely. I feel we are starting to really hate each other and when we fight it’s bad.
Marriage issues
Marriage issues
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One of my friends has very recently been in a similar situation. It's like she's surprised at how much her life changed after she had kids.
Having asked around, I've since discovered that this is how the vast majority of people feel after a few years of kids and a scary amount of people said "I'd happily get a divorce but it's too much hard work".
Anyway, my friend (eventually) dragged it all out with her husband. They organised a babysitter for date night once a week, got a weekly cleaner, he pulled back on his working hours, and they reconnected and agreed to work harder on the relationship. She says it's going well.