u/MplsMiaCan

Any other stay-at-home dads dealing with a spouse who just doesn’t really engage with the kids?

My wife loves our kids, but she rarely plays with them or intentionally spends quality time with them. Today was pretty typical: she had some work to do this morning, so I took the kids to a pumpkin farm for a couple hours.

When we got back, I made them lunch, then spent the next 3–4 hours outside with them raking leaves, jumping in piles, and riding bikes. She stayed inside watching TV and on her computer and never came out to join us.

That’s basically every weekend.

I’m the stay-at-home parent, so I don’t expect parenting duties to be 50/50. What bothers me is that this isn’t really about chores, it’s about her relationship with the kids. Our oldest is 9 and is starting to ask, “How come Mom never plays with us?”

I think a lot of it comes from how my wife was raised, because her parents didn’t really spend that kind of time with her either. I’ve talked to her about it several times, but nothing changes, and she doesn’t want to do counseling.

I’m not looking to leave her. I’m just sad that the kids are getting older and missing out on that relationship with their mom.

Has anyone dealt with something similar? Did anything actually help besides continuing to bring it up?

She has 2 events you have to do before she will propose, from what I’ve read online. But I can’t get those two events to trigger!

I feel like I’ve met all the requirements, but I cannot get Xiao Pai’s pre-marriage events to trigger.

- She’s at 10 LP
- We’ve been on a date to every location at least once, most of them twice
- I’m at 4 hearts with Lin Fa
- It’s currently the middle of winter

Story-wise, I beat the Sechs Empire dragon and just met the old Sechs leader whose name starts with an E, I think?

Am I missing something? Do I need to progress the story further, raise Lin Fa’s friendship more, or is this just RNG hell?

I’ve been trying to trigger it for a while now and I’m starting to wonder if I overlooked some requirement.

I just finished Azuma and absolutely loved it. I’m definitely still going to keep playing for the Rewoven Fates so I can marry everyone 😂, but I’m also looking for my next game.

GOA was my first Rune Factory game ever, so I figured I’d try RF5 next since it’s the game right before it. But basically everything I see on this sub says RF4 is way better and RF5 is somewhere between disappointing and straight-up terrible.

Is 5 really that bad?

I looked at 4, but visually it doesn’t appeal to me nearly as much as 5.

So, is the gameplay/story/relationships in 4 really that** **much better that it outweighs the older graphics?

Or is 5 still a pretty good game?

Switch 2 and only interested in the bachelorettes, if that matters.

Coming from My Time at Sandrock, and people keep recommending Rune Factory as something similar (while also being very different lol).

Romance and family life are a big part of what I enjoy, so I’m trying to decide between:

RF4 - People say it has the best-written characters/relationships.

RF5 - Seems more mixed overall, but I keep hearing it has the best married life and kids.

Azuma - Seems to be considered the best overall, but apparently marriage happens really late?

If my priority is romance and marriage and kids and actually experiencing family life afterward, which would you recommend?

I’m in summer year 2, just got world bazaar 7/7 rank, but no marriage yet.

Is the game over after you get to world rank? Is it worth keeping playing to marry?

I’ve played Sandrock 3 times and just finished Wylde Flowers.

Are there any other games fully or at least partially voice acted?

Bonus points if there’s romance!

My five year-old daughter has been on it for her eczema for six weeks with no changes.

I know studies usually check around eight weeks, but we have seen absolutely no positive changes in the first six weeks, not with itchiness, not with redness, not with flareups, so getting nervous that she’s one of the few ones who dupixent actually won’t help at all.

Does anyone know where I can buy some of the World Cup stickers around town?

They had them at the superstore a couple weeks ago, but I went today and they are all sold out.