"Ben wants to have a child with me, but after dealing with his kids when he has custody of them-it's a 50/50 split-I have realized that I do not want to do this. The girls are undisciplined tornadoes, and he delegates most of their care to me. They are only with us half the time, and I am wiped out! I cannot imagine dealing with a baby while trying to care for Wilma and Cathy if Ben is going to be such an absentee father."
"First things first: Ending a marriage is 'worth doing' if you want to end the marriage. No one needs to weigh in on this and help you to decide if any particular thing is 'reason enough.' Reason enough is I want out. Ben sounds like a piece of work. ( I wouldn't want to be married to him, based on the information you've provided.) But I'm not sure what you mean when"
A woman married to Ben, who has two daughters aged three and five from his first marriage, does not want to have a child with him. Ben wants another child, specifically a son. The woman finds Ben's daughters undisciplined and reports that Ben delegates most of their care to her during his custody periods, leaving her exhausted. The woman doubts Ben's parenting involvement and cites his ex-wife's similar complaint as part of the prior marriage's end. Ben became upset when told she did not want another child. The woman considers ending the marriage because she believes his primary motivation is to have a son rather than to share parenting responsibilities.
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