Being a dad is literally the most important thing in the world to me. In the universe. In all the universes. But sometimes I feel like I'm stuffing it up.
Man, I get so stressed, especially when my wife's expectations of me are involved. And inevitably that feeds back to my relationship with my daughter.
I so wish I was more chilled, like all the time.
Or maybe, more realistically, more of the time.
Because as it stands I feel like I'm on the path to failure as a dad, and I hate that feeling. And I know that I'm probably over reacting, that it's been a pretty intense couple of weeks, but it feels good to vent.
Thanks the gods I have Steemit, and its supportive community (you) to vent to.
For me, Steemit is at it's best when people are being real. Connecting with themselves.
So, thanks for listening!
But while I'm at it, one of the reasons that I get stressed about my wife's expectations is that she's a person who is very good at expressing her displeasure at me when I'm not up to scratch, but she is not very good at the little things that might help to balance that out - the little thank you's for doing, well, anything on any given day. Doesn't matter how big or small, how much or little time is involved in trying to make her happy, or just contributing to our family life, it's a rare day when I get a thank you.
Or a hug.
Or a kiss.
But it's not as if I didn't know this about her when we married. And I'm not trying to claim some kind of victimhood, or martyr status. It's just the way it is.
I just need to work out a better way of dealing with it.
So, thanks again for listening, for reading and replying to my posts. I really appreciate it.
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