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I have a friend who has been married for 10 years now. They were the like the ideal couple who everyone praised and knew that they will end up together and they did. They had great intial 5 years of marriage before kid. After the kid came along, things started going downhill.

My friends wife completely got absorbed as a mom which intially my friend admired but then after some time there was no affection towards him and almost no intimacy. She is only affectionate towards her child due to which my friend literally feels like a " sperm bank" his words. He asked her to go with him to couples counseling but she denied saying nothing is wrong. Now he says it has been 5 years like this and he wants to end the relationship but is scared because of divorce laws against men and not seeing his child. Before you say, he takes care of household chores a lot like almost everyday cooks. He asks her on date and she says she is busy with kid.

This thing I have noticed in various relationship where one partner stop giving attention and affection towards other after having kids, not necessarily women but most of the time which I have seen like they go into completely mom mode and ignore their partners. In my marriage it was like we both cared so there was no problem like that.

Have you seen it or unknowingly ignored your partner and then realised it??

I have a friend who has been married for 10 years now. They were the like the ideal couple who everyone praised and knew that they will end up together and they did. They had great intial 5 years of marriage before kid. After the kid came along, things started going downhill.

My friends wife completely got absorbed as a mom which intially my friend admired but then after some time there was no affection towards him and almost no intimacy. She is only affectionate towards her child due to which my friend literally feels like a " sperm bank" his words. He asked her to go with him to couples counseling but she denied saying nothing is wrong. Now he says it has been 5 years like this and he wants to end the relationship but is scared because of divorce laws against men and not seeing his child. Before you say, he takes care of household chores a lot like almost everyday cooks. He asks her on date and she says she is busy with kid.

This thing I have noticed in various relationship where one partner stop giving attention and affection towards other after having kids, not necessarily women but most of the time which I have seen like they go into completely mom mode and ignore their partners. In my marriage it was like we both cared so there was no problem like that.

Have you seen it or unknowingly ignored your partner and then realised it??

I have a friend who has been married for 10 years now. They were the like the ideal couple who everyone praised and knew that they will end up together and they did. They had great intial 5 years of marriage before kid. After the kid came along, things started going downhill.

My friends wife completely got absorbed as a mom which intially my friend admired but then after some time there was no affection towards him and almost no intimacy. She is only affectionate towards her child due to which my friend literally feels like a " sperm bank" his words. He asked her to go with him to couples counseling but she denied saying nothing is wrong. Now he says it has been 5 years like this and he wants to end the relationship but is scared because of divorce laws against men and not seeing his child. Before you say, he takes care of household chores a lot like almost everyday cooks. He asks her on date and she says she is busy with kid.

This thing I have noticed in various relationship where one partner stop giving attention and affection towards other after having kids, not necessarily women but most of the time which I have seen like they go into completely mom mode and ignore their partners. In my marriage it was like we both cared so there was no problem like that.

Have you seen it or unknowingly ignored your partner and then realised it??

I have a friend who has been married for 10 years now. They were the like the ideal couple who everyone praised and knew that they will end up together and they did. They had great intial 5 years of marriage before kid. After the kid came along, things started going downhill.

My friends wife completely got absorbed as a mom which intially my friend admired but then after some time there was no affection towards him and almost no intimacy. She is only affectionate towards her child due to which my friend literally feels like a " sperm bank" his words. He asked her to go with him to couples counseling but she denied saying nothing is wrong. Now he says it has been 5 years like this and he wants to end the relationship but is scared because of divorce laws against men and not seeing his child. Before you say, he takes care of household chores a lot like almost everyday cooks. He asks her on date and she says she is busy with kid.

This thing I have noticed in various relationship where one partner stop giving attention and affection towards other after having kids, not necessarily women but most of the time which I have seen like they go into completely mom mode and ignore their partners. In my marriage it was like we both cared so there was no problem like that.

Have you seen it or unknowingly ignored your partner and then realised it??

I have seen my parents never celebrating their anniversaries and birthdays with much interest, like they don't do anything special for each other, just going out for dinner as a family.

So like is it common that people who are married for years or are in long term relationship, stop taking interest in celebrating birthdays and anniversaries and don't do anything special for their partner??

I have seen my parents never celebrating their anniversaries and birthdays with much interest, like they don't do anything special for each other, just going out for dinner as a family.

So like is it common that people who are married for years or are in long term relationship, stop taking interest in celebrating birthdays and anniversaries and don't do anything special for their partner??

I have a uncle who is 65 who had been widowed since last 10 years. He never thought about meeting someone because he loved his wife too much and had responsibilities. But now he is very alone and open to meeting someone. We have been encouraging him. Is it possible to find someone for him after 60s??

Have you or your partner been attracted to or had a crush on someone else like a coworker or a friend or in gym, etc. while being in a relationship or in a marriage??

If you had, how did you deal with it?? Did you tell your partner and did it impact your relationship??

I was watching friends and where the sequence where monica ran into her ex and then they went for lunch and she didn't tell Chandler and when he got to know he was upset and said to go no contact with her ex and then Monica was upset because she wanted to be friends.

So I was just wondering whether can you be friends with your ex while you are in a relationship??

After years of their marriage, my male friends are always complaining that only they have to take initiative and go out of their way to surprise their wives or make them feel special but it is never reciprocated from the wives. Also I have seen a lot that mostly it is the responsibility of men to plan dates and other stuff but I have hardly seen it from other side.

Do women also surprise their partners and go out of their way to make their spouse feel special??

Also do people lose interest and start taking each other for granted after years of marriage??