My Husband Promised to Take Care of the Baby If I Had One—But After I Gave Birth, He Told Me to Quit My Job

“I’m sorry it took me so long to get it.”

“You got there. That’s what matters.”

Nick didn’t become perfect overnight. He still forgot to burp Noah sometimes.

He still put diapers on backwards. But when Liam cried at 3 a.m. the following week, Nick was up before I even moved.

“I got this,” he whispered.

“Go back to sleep.”

And for the first time in a long time, I believed him.

Because here’s what I learned through all of this: Partnership isn’t about keeping score or proving who works harder. It’s not about one person’s dreams mattering more than the other’s. It’s about recognizing that both people in a marriage deserve to keep the things that make them whole.

I didn’t give up being a doctor to become a mother.

I became both. And Nick didn’t give up being a dad to be a provider. He learned to be both too.

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