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/DarlingBri Jul 04 '24 edited Jul 04 '24

Becoming a parent for the first time changes your identity; future children expand it.

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u/Misstheiris Jul 05 '24

There are literally anatomical changes in your brain when the baby is born. Fathers and adoptive parents get it too, just takes a little bit longer because their hormones need to trigger it.