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Dear Annie, February 27 2024: “My husband doesn’t want to help out with our baby.”
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Dear Annie, February 27 2024: “My husband doesn’t want to help out with our baby.”

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Rachel Wildavsky
Mar 10, 2024
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Dear Annie, February 27 2024: “My husband doesn’t want to help out with our baby.”
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Link to the original letter here.

My take: To recap, the LW herniated a disc while delivering her infant son, and is in serious pain. She’s a SAHM, while her husband works full time. The only baby care she asks of her husband is to get up at night on the rare occasions when the baby wakes, and to change diapers. …

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