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Regretful Parents: “My ADHD Wife Isn't Fun Anymore” | Reddit Stories
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- Feb 12, 2026
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Summary
⚠️ Content Warning: Discussions of parental resentment, mental health crises, and implied threats of violence. In this episode, Erika and Kristen dive a viral Reddit post from an Australian father overwhelmed by parenting two ADHD children with an ADHD spouse . What starts as complaints about mess, noise, and burnout spirals into resentment, misogyny, and an alarming confession.As two hosts with ADHD, we unpack the realities of living with ADHD and why so many parents seem shocked by… having to parent??? Along the way, we discuss weaponized incompetence, emotional labor, mental health stigma, ADHD medication debates, and why therapy is not optional when resentment turns dangerous. Learn more about Dinky: https://www.dinkypod.com Support the show on Patreon for bonus content: https://patreon.com/dinkypod And until next time…Don’t get pregnant. 😌 Timestamps 00:00 – Welcome to the Regretful Parents series 00:17 – “Parenting with ADHD is pretty rough” (yeah… we noticed) 01:06 – ADHD, pregnancy, resentment & mood swings 02:20 – Corporate burnout, part-time work, full-time expectations 03:23 – Gentle parenting, authority, and medicating ADHD kids 04:19 – “If I’d known, I would’ve run the other way” 05:03 – Losing respect for a spouse & blaming medical misogyny 06:40 – “I don’t like my kids” (🚩🚩🚩) 07:36 – Messy houses, unrealistic expectations & parenting delusion 08:14 – “Why can’t they just be normal?” 09:11 – Health decline, resentment, and isolation 09:53 – The sentence that made everything terrifying 10:31 – Therapy is not optional 11:26 – Reddit comments that actually offer solutions 12:32 – ADHD discipline, structure & realistic expectations 14:20 – Autonomy, accountability & parenting resentment 15:24 – ADHD, ODD, and opting out of parenthood 16:02…