Do men get broody?

Threebabes

Stevie_Palimo wrote: »

I think we get roped in to it.

You sound like my husband lol.

I do think men get broody or want children. I think more often than not it women tho.

PlymouthMaid

Plenty of men actively want to be Dads and don't get roped into it but I think men often get those feelings later then women.

lika_86

sterl1ng wrote: »

is it just us women who get broody about having kids or do men get broody too?

Not all of 'us women'

Lily-Rose_3

What is this attitude (from some) that it's only women that get all cooey and broody, and men only agree to having a baby to 'keep the peace,' or 'for a quiet life,' and they are never really that happy with the situation. What a horrible depressing attitude.

I pity ANY woman married to (or in a relationship with) a man who had kids with her 'to shut her up' or because he had felt roped into it.'

I sincerely hope you are all kidding.

I have a feeling that in many cases, it's all bravado tbh, because my husband had a desire for wanting children, about 2 years after I did (by the time we were both in our early 30s,) and at that point, we agreed MUTUALLY to have one.

I fell pregnant 3 months after coming off the pill, and he cried with joy when I announced I was pregnant. (I told him when I was 10 weeks gone...) He smiled for a week and started planning the nursery instantly. He was utterly overjoyed, and as I said, he cried with joy when he found out.

He would never admit to that though, and I suspect that the same kind of thing is going on here.

To even suggest that you were 'roped into it' is somewhere between laughable and ludicrous, and plain offensive to your wife/partner, not to mention your poor children, who you are claiming you didn't actually want!

In answer to the original post, yes I believe that men DO get broody, but as someone suggested earlier, probably a bit later on (like late 20s...)

moomoomama27

My husband did. After saying we thought having BTDT we probably wouldn't have any together we ended up with two as we both really wanted children together afterall!

He was a bit broody last year, but I definitley am not! I said after our Son was born, that was going to be our last one

tazzyb

my husband was certainly broody before we had our little boy for quite a few years.

He would also love to have another but it is me that is saying no.

marisco_2

Free_Spirit_31 wrote: »

I think men do it because they feel that is what the Mrs wants and they do it to either keep the peace or keep her happy and/or his mother!

That is a recipe for disaster if ever there was one. Even the strongest relationships are put to the test when children arrive. For a man or woman to go into parenthood, simply to keep the peace or make someone else happy is beyond foolish, and risks the future stability and wellbeing of any child that comes along.

sterlingstash

Not at all until I had kids. 'Roped into it' is probably not quite fair, but definitely didn't see the hurry. Now after number 3 and feeling that having a tiny little one again would be quite nice. Not a feeling the other half shares though..!

savingmummy

Mu husband has bouts of being broody....only since us having 2 children.....his been snipped, and I`m practically infertile so nothing will solve his broodiness

AlexLK

It was my wife that was "roped in" to us having a baby. Even now our son is almost 4, she maintains that she "did it for me".