Last week, I wrote about ADHD, failure, and resilience. The week before, I wrote about letting go of all my life’s could-have-beens. But what about the person right beside us — our life’s co-pilot? What if we’re married to someone who has ADHD, too? Living in a dual-ADHD marriage is complicated. Where does my success […]
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Chores, gender norms, & ADHD
ADHD sabotages marriage relationships on (at least) two fronts: the emotional and the practical. One can precede or exacerbate the other. Sharing domestic responsibilities is far from mundane. When we feel unsupported — or worse, cut off at the knees — by a partner, our relationship can drift toward a parent-child dynamic. Not good news for emotional […]