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Gentlemen, take note: If your wife has stopped calling you as much as she used to and you feel like you're being replaced, you might be right to suspect that there's someone else in her life. But it's not another man — it's another woman. And she's probably your own daughter.
There are many variables here that aren't mentioned. A lot depends on the quality of the relationship between mother and daughter from the start. If the mother has self esteem issues or control issues, the relationship with the daughter may have been strained from an early age. Mother-daughter relationships aren't always healthy; mothers can project a lot of negativity onto the daughter.
The article implies that if the daughter has a child, then the mother will switch her attention from husband to the daughter/grandchild relationship. That makes sense, but not all daughters have children. And many mothers don't have adult daughter at 40, they're still in the process of raising their daughters. And I wonder if doing a study limited only to mother-daughter pairs who had cell phones would affect the result. Mother-daughter pairs who buy cell phones to stay in touch would already be predisposed to remaining close.
Lastly, many women choose to focus on the relationship with the spouse. If the couple has done a good job of maintaining a loving bond, that wouldn't change. Some mothers just aren't motherly, they're more into the marriage relationship.
There are many variables here that aren't mentioned. A lot depends on the quality of the relationship between mother and daughter from the start. If the mother has self esteem issues or control issues, the relationship with the daughter may have been strained from an early age. Mother-daughter relationships aren't always healthy; mothers can project a lot of negativity onto the daughter.
The article implies that if the daughter has a child, then the mother will switch her attention from husband to the daughter/grandchild relationship. That makes sense, but not all daughters have children. And many mothers don't have adult daughter at 40, they're still in the process of raising their daughters. And I wonder if doing a study limited only to mother-daughter pairs who had cell phones would affect the result. Mother-daughter pairs who buy cell phones to stay in touch would already be predisposed to remaining close.
Lastly, many women choose to focus on the relationship with the spouse. If the couple has done a good job of maintaining a loving bond, that wouldn't change. Some mothers just aren't motherly, they're more into the marriage relationship.
Well, my mother always said that the best thing a woman can do for her kids is love their dad, and vice versa.
My mom believes in that too... and I am passing that on to my DD.
It goes for sons too!! It works both ways.
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