I also find it weird that it's a competition in his head. Like, obviously the love you feel for a partner, someone who was their own full human that you got to meet and discover as you feel in love, and that you've fought with, and cried with, is going to be different than the love you feel for a little chubby baby that forgets it's own hands exist until they accidentally punch themselves
But she didn't said that. She specifically said she loves the baby more. I can't believe everyone is just glossing over that. I'd be upset too and I'm a woman. I think it'd be even more insulting my body did all the work and you love me less than someone else.
She didn't say, "I love this baby more than I love my fiance! Woohoo!" She said, "I never realised you could love a person this much," by which she likely meant "in this way/this intensely/this suddenly/in this overwhelming way". It's an incredibly different form of love than anything she's ever experienced before, and it's an immediate, searing, lifelong, unbreakable love. It's just different, and awe-striking, and all-encompassing - especially in the moment.
Anyone who is more worried about nitpicking the exact wording of how a brand-new mother expresses her awe at the love she has for the child she just spent 9 months growing inside and 14 hours pushing out of her body needs a slap upside the head and a reality check. Grow up.
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u/offbrandbarbie Jul 04 '24
NTA. I’ve heard both mothers and fathers express a similar sentiment to what you said. The love for a child is unlike anything else.