My Wife Is Set on Having Another Baby. I’m Not. What Do We Do?

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My Wife Is Set on Having Another Baby. I’m Not. What Do We Do?

by Lizzy Francis | Jul 09 2019

If one partner is completely unwilling to discuss it at one point, but would be open to revisiting it in six months, there is value in setting a time to talk about it in six months, and that’s okay. Couples should be sensitive to when and where they are talking about it. Giving space and room for each partner to be able to express themselves in the conversation is validating. Show understanding of where that partner is coming from. Ask them, “What is it that makes you want what you want or don’t want?” Each partner can glean a deeper understanding of where the other partner is emotionally. This could require a grieving process of the fantasy of what one parent had hoped for. — Dr. Dana Dorfman, MSW, PhD

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