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If you feel that you are more parent than spouse and that the connubial part of your life is almost nonexistent, you’re certainly not alone. In the year 2010 many couples are feeling the combined stresses of parenting and married life. We love our children, we love our spouses, it should be easy right? Hardly, say family life experts.

You start out as a couple sharing a life you both create that incorporates the interests, needs and plans of two separate people. Having children brings a whole new ingredient to this mix. Whether they’re your children together or stepchildren, parenting them can become all consuming and the couple part of your life takes a backseat.

Being a parent shouldn’t mean that you put your marriage on hold. If your spouse is always second or third on your life’s agenda, your marriage will suffer.

via Kristen Houghton: Being a Parent Versus Being a Spouse.