It’s 11:50pm, my wife and I had a argument over something I thought we would wait on discussing. She wants a yes or no to whether I’m giving her a second child when our first just turned 4 months old. What she doesn’t know is that her constant badgering is pushing me away. I’ve tried to communicate this to her, but she won’t listen.

I’m a man so I don’t understand the power baby fever has over one’s desires but the topic of a second child is driving me insane. My wife and I have been married for a little over two years now. I’m convinced that this topic is going to end our marriage.

I’ve asked her repeatedly as to why she wants a second child. The only answer she could give me was that she “wants our son to have a companion”. This confuses me beyond belief. Her siblings made her home life growing up a living hell. My sibling did the same but not to the same degree. So why is she so convinced on a second child???

At this point not a day or half a day goes by when she’s not talking about a second child or asking me when we will have a second child.

I tell her quite simply that as of right now I’m not eager to have a second child. To just give me 6 months before we talk about the issue again. But she won’t let up. She is relentless in her goal to have a second child. I haven’t even told her that I only agreed to have the first one was because she forced me into it. I love my son but I would’ve had a happy life if it was just my wife and I.