‘I’m just as capable of taking care of my kids as you': Wife refuses to allow husband to look after their kids, demands he ‘makes himself useful’ every time he goes near them, he asks for divorce

We often hear wives complaining about their husbands not being involved enough in their children's lives, but rarely do we hear wives wishing their husbands would be less involved, especially when all the husbands want to do is spend more time with the kids.

Yet that is the case of the family in the story below. All the dad wants is to bond with his children, but he is constantly met with pushback from his wife. She simply does not want him anywhere near his children, and she refuses to explain why.

The situation reached a boiling point when she demanded that he give the kids to her parents while she was hospitalized, refusing to let him take care of them while she couldn't. This led the frustrated dad to demand a divorce, seeing as it is the only way he could form any connection with his kids. This demand was not welcomed by the wife, to say the least…

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