Quote: Heck, part of the reason I am on the board is that both W and I put all of our efforts into our 4 kids and not enough effort into the M. Now the kids are nearly grown and we awoke one morning as strangers.
That scares the hell out of me (I have four kids, too), Balt.
I agree tho, Snook -- you need to patiently tell your daughter that you will read to her tomorrow (and then STICK TO IT), and take care of your marriage. The ol' "oxygen mask on the airplane" analogy applies here: (without taking care of YOURSELF, you can't take care of your CHILD).
Mind you, I never actually DO this, but then again my wife never flirts or indicates in any way that she'd be WILLING to spend some time with me. But if she was dropping those hints, I'd put off the kid(s) for ONE DAY in order to work on my marriage, and do it without guilt.
