A mother has revealed her husband doesn’t want her to kiss their son on the forehead or cheek after he reaches the age of two because it makes him ‘weak’.
The anonymous mother took to Reddit to explain that her husband is furious about her planting a stuffed animal on their one-year-old child’s face.
She explained that her husband believed their son would not be “man enough” if he received affection.
In the Parenting subreddit, the mother of one revealed that she had remained adamant that physical affection was important.
The woman also wondered if she was wrong for saying no to her husband.
A mother has revealed that her husband does not want her to kiss their son on the forehead or cheek after he reaches the age of two because it will make him ‘weak’ (stock image)
The anonymous mother took to Reddit to explain that her husband is furious about her planting a stuffed animal on their one-year-old child’s face
The message was captioned: ‘The man doesn’t want me to kiss my son on the cheek or forehead or at all after he is two years old.’
She explained: ‘He says it will make him weak and not ‘man’ enough. I think that sounds very sad for our son and that physical affection is important. Am I the asshole for telling him no?’
The mother added more context to the post, explaining that her husband grew up outside the US.
She added: ‘His father also did not “allow” his mother to kiss him or his brother. He thinks it’s normal, but I think that’s really not the case.
“In every other aspect of fatherhood he has been great. We co-parent, share responsibilities and he is a great support.
“But this statement came up a few times and each time it upset me.”
People on the internet flooded the comments section, criticizing the mother’s husband.
One person said: ‘I think your husband is confusing broken with masculine.’
People on the internet flooded the comments section, criticizing the mother’s husband
Another user added, “Stand by this one mom. You’re right and your husband is very insecure.’
Someone else wrote: ‘Well then you better stop kissing your husband. There’s no way you would want to emasculate him. What an absolute idiot.’
‘Don’t kiss your husband. Make him a man,” chimed in a fourth.
After social media users strongly criticized the mother’s husband, she added another edit to the original post.
She revealed that her husband discovered her online rant.
The update read: “My husband found this Reddit post and told me to clarify that his father told his mother not to kiss him, but she kind of did anyway, and even when she visited was, kissed at the airport. his cheek.
“His mother told him she wished she had kissed him and his brothers more, but his father didn’t want her to do that. After I posted this and before he saw it, he also said that he was joking because he kisses our son, even though he previously said that we shouldn’t kiss him too much or he will become a wuss. boy.”
‘He says it wasn’t his intention not to kiss our son at all, but maybe on birthdays or just not too often. Finally, I remembered him saying he was two years old, but he says he never said two years old, only “when he’s older.” Our son is less than a year old now.’