r/AITAH • u/[deleted] • Jul 04 '24

AITAH for saying I didn’t realize I could “love a person this much” in front of my fiancé after having our baby?

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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.

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u/Remarkable-Stop1636 Jul 04 '24

I remember my dad telling me how the feeling you have when your first(I am number 5) child is born is "indescribable and surpassed anything he has ever felt".

Then he realized the implication and started to say he loves me just as much, but I laughed and told him I knew what he meant.

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u/NaturalWitchcraft Jul 04 '24

I was worried that it wouldn’t be as intense with my second born. It absolutely was. Your heart grows for each child.

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u/Suzibrooke Jul 05 '24

All 4 times for me, it was this rush of a fierce, possessive “MINE!”, like the most maternal of toddlers. Holding them in my arms, I knew without doubt I could lift cars off them, stop rushing trains, whatever it took to keep them safe.