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"I came across a gem of an article a few months ago, and I&amp;#039;ve been sitting on it ever since. It relates somewhat to my post last week about children and their impact on marriage. I honestly didn&amp;#039;t know how I&amp;#039;d be able to present this article and offer a diplomatic commentary on it. The piece was written by a man who feels that his children have stolen all of his wife&amp;#039;s affection, and ruined his marriage. Go ahead and give it a read. I&amp;#039;ll be here to comment when you come back. I&amp;#039;m hoping you can read this through the red you&amp;#039;re probably seeing. My first reaction to this was to want to drive to the coast, swim the Atlantic, and kick this guy squarely in the groin so he won&amp;#039;t have to be miserable over any more children. Why did he have them in the first place? And why did he marry a woman who already had a child before that? For that matter, why did he even allow his wife to work, have any friends or cultivate hobbies when they would all so clearly interfere with her lavishing attention on him? I know sometimes in marriage we&amp;#039;ve all felt under-appreciated and in need of more attention. And sometimes, that attention and appreciation is just going to have to wait awhile because some child or something needs attention first. It&amp;#039;s not always fair, but as I like to say &amp;quot;welcome to life!&amp;quot; Do you whine about it and wallow in it and only see the dark parts of the clouds? Or do you find ways to work within the confines placed upon you, laugh out loud sometimes to keep from crying, and ride it out till the clouds lift? I&amp;#039;m just going to let my incredibly smart readers deliver their spot-on assessment of this\u2026oh, I hesitate to call him a &amp;#039;man&amp;#039;\u2026.person. What do you think, readers? Does he have a case? Or shall we rent a boat to get across the Atlantic in style? "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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