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#1
Jun 17, 2025, 03:20 PM
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Men in here: what do you do when your mothers or wives belittle you? I've dealt with this throughout my life and never developed any good solution other than ignoring, pushing feelings down, and taking the rage out on my self later. Part of the problem is that if I even make it known how their treatment strikes me, they start in on crying about how terrible my kind (men) are, and how I must be trying to manipulate them (to what end is never clear). It's gotten to the point where I pretty much avoid women entirely aside from familial obligations to mom, sisters, step-mom. But those once-every-few-weeks phone calls cause so much emotional damage that I find myself more and more needing to restrict contact. Thanks in advance for your perspectives.
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Today, 03:56 PM
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My wife had a problem. She hated men but wanted children. Her younger sisters had started their families. My name should be Ewell. As in Ewell Do. I think it stems from her childhood family dynamics. Her dad was a Senate Lawyer and Navy pilot. He cheated on her mom.. Her mom became alcoholic. They divorced. Dad continued to meet his obligations but was emotionally distant. Mom eventually sobered up. When my wife is angry, she calls me "a male chauvinist." I found out the gender of our unborn daughter from a nurse at the prenatal care facility. I didn't learn of her breast cancer diagnosis until after her family was informed. She is overly protective of our daughter. I paid for my daughter's college and I continue to subsidize her medical and other expenses. She is 24. I'm happy to do that. We live with the choices we make. I have my own issues from childhood. Life goes on.
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