She did the right thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When women become wives and\/or mothers, it seems commonplace for them to suddenly be saddled with the mental load of the household. If there are children, mom is usually the default parent. Studies have shown that when it comes to heterosexual relationships, men tend to need women more than women need men. In other words, when women get into relationships, they better be prepared to bear the brunt of emotional needs and labor. It can be daunting to be in charge of remembering all of the things, essentially becoming a house manager by default. Many times this isn\u2019t an arrangement that is discussed, it seems to be either an expectation due to parental modeling or falling into gender roles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Morgan Strickell was not planning to fall into the trap of being her family\u2019s sole organizer and distributer of information. This was a boundary she and her husband were clear about before getting married but recently had to reinforce. The soon-to-be mom took to her TikTok page to explain that she is not interested in being her husband\u2019s \u201ckin keeper.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In late 2024, Strickell was pregnant with her first child and, after news was posed on social media, her mother in law\u2019s feeling were hurt after finding the news out second hand. It was this situation that prompted the woman\u2019s video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI refuse to be the primary communicator with my husband\u2019s side of the family,\u201d Strickell starts. \u201cA few weeks ago my mother-in-law was on the phone with us and she expressed that she was a little bit hurt because she keeps finding out things about our pregnancy from her sister who sees the posts on social media.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Strickell explains that this was news to her as she assumed her husband had been communicating any and all updates to his mother. So when they had another ultrasound appointment she reminded her husband to send the information to his mom, to which he asked why she couldn\u2019t inform his mom for him. That\u2019s when Strickell had to reinforce her boundary, reminding him that it is his job to inform his side of the family about important information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Strickell has a good relationship with her mother in-law and speaks to her on a fairly regular basis, so it\u2019s not a matter of an unpleasant relationship. The soon-to-be mom is simply not adding additional things to her plate that then become the expectation. Many people in the comments agreed with her approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019m on your side and I\u2019m actually the mom of three boys who don\u2019t communicate with me, but it is their responsibility to keep me in the loop not their wives,\u201d a commenter says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLast year my husband told me I was wrong for not including his mom in my Mother\u2019s Day shopping and I kindly reminded him that we in fact do not share the same mom,\u201d another writes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cStay strong on this, it only gets worse after the kid is born,\u201d someone declares.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou are correct and the next thing he\u2019ll have you do is buying birthday presents birthday cards for his family and everything becomes your responsibility,\u201d another person says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In another video, Strickell clarified that her husband isn\u2019t worried about his communication with his mother. She also says this isn\u2019t an issue that comes up often in their relationship because he is very good at communicating with his family. But Strickell\u2019s intention was to use that example as a means to make sure people are aware that the responsibility of communication doesn\u2019t have to fall only on the female partner in the relationship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Amen to that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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