And yet, sometimes, reality turns out to be not as pretty.

And lets just say this sent his wife into quite a spiral.

But such afairytalelasted only at the beginning of their babys life.

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The mom started noticing her husband, the dad slowly tailing off his responsibilities.

This immediately made herdaily lifeharder.

The netizens couldnt help themselves but feel bad for the woman.

Father holding baby near window, illustrating parenting roles and challenges faced by new moms.

They pointed out that the couple should seek couples counseling or something like that as soon as possible.

Well, lets just hope he actually did, and from that point on, he improved himself.

After all, parenthood is hard enough, even without your partner acting out, isnt it?

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