My wife says it's simply that she was home all the time them as they grew up, while I went to work every day, and so it's just kind of ingrained that their first response is to "ask mom" or "tell mom". I suppose this is true, but it does sting a little bit!!
Maybe I'm being unrealistic. I've always wanted to be one of the dads where the kids say, "My dad was a giant of a man and I adored him beyond measure!" But at our house, and 'the times' being as they are, it sure seems like I'm just another piece of furniture sometimes. I think I'm a really good dad, but I wondr sometimes if the kids know it! I especially wanted my daughter (age 11) to be a Daddy's Girl, but she's very much a Mommy's Girl!! If it wasn't for the dog showing his love, I think I'd feel totally irrelevant!
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I think this stuff is coming to bear on me as the oldest is just months now from heading out the door, and so I find myself asking, "Did I do a good job?" And when the kids always seem to go to Mom for so much, it's sometimes hard to know!
I don't know. Does this sound similar to your homes at all, Ladies forumites?