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A father-of-two says he wants to divorce his wife after her decision to give birth for a second time made him feel ‘resentful’ towards her.

Sharing details on a Reddit thread, titled: ‘Am I the ***hole for wanting to divorce my wife for the birth of our second child’, the man wrote.

‘After the birth of our first child, I discovered that I don’t like being a father. I don’t feel that I am good at it,’ he wrote.

The man went on to say he’d told his wife he ‘never wanted to have another kid’ and as his first child got older he was looking forward to being able to spend more time with her ‘without a kid around’, shares Daily Mail.

‘I was also looking forward to being able to do more interesting things with our firstborn.’

When his wife fell pregnant with their second child, he said the pair discussed their options and settled on a decision to terminate.

However, on the day of the scheduled appointment, the man said his wife couldn’t go through with the procedure and ‘guilted him’ into keeping the child.

‘She was concerned about the physical and mental consequences. Now, two years on after the birth of our second, I still resent my wife. I love our kids more than I love her,’ he explained.

The post has since been deleted after receiving a mixed response from users. You can still read the responses to the original post.

Many argue it was not his decision to make and suggested maybe he should have had a vasectomy if he was so against having more children.

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  • This man sounds like such a jerk! I hope his wife has the courage to leave him as she deserves so much better!

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  • Maybe he should have thought about that before? He sounds like a jerk, and those kids and his wife deserve better than that

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  • Divorcing your wife is not going to take away your parental responsibility

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  • Divorcing your wife is not going to take away your parental resposibility

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  • I think counselling would be a great idea in this case. Caring for a family is hard work, emotionally and physically. Hoe strict as their safety methods. Many guys don’t take much responsibility.


    • I agree – counselling seems to be needed.

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  • What planet is this moron from? Once you become a dad that is it you are a dad no matter what happens. You can divorce, leave the country travel to the stars if you are able but in the end you are still a dad. Now stop being selfish face up to your responsibilities like any normal person would

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  • This sounds so terribly sad and maybe they need professional support to work through it.

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  • She’s probably better of without him if he’s just miserable. The kids don’t need a father figure that doesn’t want them.

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  • I feel bad for her it took them both to get pregnant and once you are it’s not always as easy as just deciding to terminate.

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  • He now says he loves his children more than he loves his wife. He sounds very confused and needs counselling to work out his feelings and what he wants. He may decide he wants to stay, but his wife might decide differently. I hope they can work out their issues and move on peacefully.

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  • This is very difficult as it should not be solely one person’s decision. I think he’d benefit from counselling to clarify his feelings. Divorce won’t stop him being a father.

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  • Wow! I’d let him leave! She can find someone who will love her and adore the kids. Interesting thing tho is he said he didn’t like being a father and didn’t want another kid but then said he loves his kids more than his wife… so does he love his kids and want them or is his love for his wife so low as he kinda loves his kids a bit? He should get things taken care of himself to prevent having any more kids when he leaves the relationship!

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  • wow that’s going to take a lot of marriage counselling to sort those issues out. If he didn’t want anymore kids I feel bad for him being “guilted” into keeping the second child. However if he really didn’t want kids that badly then maybe he should have been sure his wife was on the exact same page and had a vasectomy to ensure it wouldn’t happen again. Either way resentment will just build up and build up if he and his wife dont work on this and find a solution.

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