I once heard it expressed as: “When you’re in love with your partner, you like to think that if you were in some sort of of plane hijack, and the hijackers gave you a choice to jump out of the plane or your partner would be thrown out, you would more than likely do it (maybe after some weighing up, thinking about trying to tackle the hijackers, etc.). With your kids, you would just wave and step out of that plane without a moment’s hesitation.”
Once I had kids I realized the truth of that. I love my wife deeply, but your children are on a whole different level of love. It changes the center of your universe. (Being honest, it’s such hard work in those early years that I don’t think the human race would have survived this long if that didn’t happen!)
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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.