My wife is an only child, works for her parents, and takes our two kids to the office with her. There are 20 years of age between her father and mother. Her father is an 80 year old Korean War vet and her mother is now basically his caretaker.
As far as I've observed, my wife's mother has never shown any affection to her husband. She seems to treat him as a chore. Both my wife and her mother treat him like an idiot. He's not a genius and he has the beginning of Alzheimer's, but I've never seen him treated with respect by these two.
I'm afraid that this is at least part of the reason my wife does not seem to have much respect for my role as husband and father in our marriage. My two year old has even started to shout commands at her grandfather and me. My wife and her mother giggle every time my two year old commands her grandfather, but I cannot allow that to become serious when directed at me.
As far as I've observed, my wife's mother has never shown any affection to her husband. She seems to treat him as a chore. Both my wife and her mother treat him like an idiot. He's not a genius and he has the beginning of Alzheimer's, but I've never seen him treated with respect by these two.
I'm afraid that this is at least part of the reason my wife does not seem to have much respect for my role as husband and father in our marriage. My two year old has even started to shout commands at her grandfather and me. My wife and her mother giggle every time my two year old commands her grandfather, but I cannot allow that to become serious when directed at me.
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