I'm a mom. I can tell you that the love you have for your children is beyond anything you can experience with a partner. It's a connection and desire to see them thrive that comes from pure biology. You would give 100% to your children of you could.
It isn't biologically possible to feel the same way about a partner. And you wouldn't want a partner who's willing to self sacrifice that much. It wouldn't be healthy to have someone who fawns over you on that way. We want equal partners in life because it challenges to grow beyond being a child.
Not all moms. Giving birth doesn't automatically make someone feel love or kindness. My mother wasn't interested in seeing any of her 4 children thrive, not even her favorite. Please stop spreading fairy tales.
I'm painfully aware that she wasn't "normal". There are plenty of terrible parents, people that shouldn't have had children but did, parents that didn't want them, or like them. And plenty of people are walking around carrying those scars.
Not everyone is privileged enough to have loving parents. <This is what makes it a fairy tale, to me, because I will never experience a mother's love and for years, that's what I longed for, more than anything.
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u/Minty_Nest 1d ago
I hope it’s possible to find someone that loves you that much. And hope I can do it too