Am I the only parent that is closer to my child than I am to my spouse.

[SW FL Dem]

My spouse and my child left this morning for a long weekend. I have the house to myself for the first time in 13 years. My spouse and my child both have cell phones. I'm getting ready for bed. I called my child. Am I nuts?

[rwheeler31]

1. No

nt

[SW FL Dem]

3. thx n/t

[burrowowl]

2. You are 1/2 related to your child

you are more related to your child or siblings than your mate, unless your mate is your child or sibling.
So, normal ...
Also one should feel more protective of one's child than one's mate, since usually young child is less able to fend for itself.

[SW FL Dem]

5. unless you consider adoption

I am not genetically related to my spouse or my child.

[nini]

4. Not at all.

it's the mother in you to want to check in with your child.

[Nevernose]

6. This was one of the reasons for my divorce

Not to scare you, or bring you down, but this was one of the many, many reasons for my divorce. My wife always said "you love her more than you love me (our daughter), and you pay more attention to her than you pay to me." I offered to change my wife's diapers and give her a bottle, but I was still an asshole.

(BTW, I got custody :evilgrin:)

[SW FL Dem]

8. Good for you! I always think the best parent should win

I am lucky: my spouse and I have been together for 20 years. If we ever split, custody is not an issue. Hubby couldn't handle homework, temper tanrums and teenage angst. I just wanted to know if there were any others out there like me.

[BiggJawn]

7. No.

But I don't have a spouse.
But me and the kid are pretty close. She got a new tat this week...<sigh>

[GoddessOfGuinness]

9. No...

My kids always tell me how they feel. My husband figures I'm supposed to just know. I keep hoping he'll learn something from his kids...

[mitchum]

10. You obviously haven't met my mom

[Nay]

11. Nope. Same with me. Always have been, always will be.

[SarahB]

12. There's some conflict with our oldest

My daughter is 12 and I'm very close with her. My husband, on the other hand, never quite seemed to bond with her and gets easily irritaed at her :( , but didn't have a problem bonding with our boys. I can definitely see as she's older, doing the exact same thing as you did. Maybe a big part of it all is we're women is a house dominated by testosterone which holds us together with a stronger bond.

[neebob]

13. My kid is great!

I couldn't have ordered a better baby. I can't even imagine still being married to his dad.

[ScreamingMeemie]

14. My stomach still flip flops when my husband walks in the door.

I get teary eyed looking at my childen and remembering them in footy pajamas. Neither my dog or my cat brings that out either feeling in me (Thank God) although they make me giggle a lot. :hi: