Parenting
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15 hours agoI'm 70 and I just realized the reason I never respected my father wasn't because he was a bad person - it was because I watched him let my mother carry everything, and somewhere around age twelve I decided that men who don't show up are just furniture with feelings, and I've carried that contempt into every relationship I've ever had - Silicon Canals
Unequal household labor distribution erodes respect and perpetuates generational patterns of resentment toward partners who avoid domestic responsibilities.