Husband pressures wife into having baby, freaks out when she admits she is struggling with their 7-month-old: 'I'm constantly exhausted'

When you get into a serious relationship, there are a few areas where it is pretty much non-negotiable to have the same outlook. One of the most important of these topics is whether or not you both want to have kids. Becoming a parent is one of the most seismic changes that a person can go through, and more often than not it will drastically affect how you are as a couple as well.

Despite this, there are plenty of relationships and marriages out there that face issues because of a child-wanting gap. Sometimes an individual's ideas about having kids will change over time, and they hope that the same will happen with their partner—or, they hide their true feelings about starting a family because it makes the relationship easier to maintain in the short term. It is no shock that when this happens, things will often end badly.

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One woman who fell foul of this felt like she had no option but to speak out. When this 31-year-old married her husband 6 years ago, she was adamant about being childfree and thought that her partner felt the same. However, a few years into their marriage her husband started to mention that he wanted a family.
The discussions became so serious that they had a baby last year, but the two parents have developed very different perspectives on what it is like to have a young child. Despite loving her baby, the wife feels tired, trapped, and unable to advance in her career while her husband takes on the role of the main breadwinner and secondary parent.
When she expressed her frustrations with her husband, he got upset, leading her to wonder if she had approached things the wrong way. She looked to the internet for validation.
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AITAH for being resentful toward my husband after he pressured me into having a baby I didn’t want?

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The sympathies of commenters were firmly with the new mom.

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