Episode 36: Can We Come Back From This?
Pillow Talks
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Stay at Home Parenting and Mental Load
Stay at home parents feel like they aren't being respected by the partner who is getting a traditional job. In our society, we've been taught to believe your worth is determined by the amount of money that you can make and how much of a provider you can be for your family. So maybe it's something of both things that I'm not feeling validated or seen by the other for how hard they're each working. And so if that's a serious issue for you, then that's a question of like, is this someone long term that I am willing to continue being with when he sees me as less than because I don't work less than?
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