Oct 8, 2026 · 20 min · 8 segments
Got a regretful parents story? Email dinky@dinkypod.com and we'll read it on the pod. She has two kids, a husband who is perfect allegedly, financial security, but already posted on Regretful Parents…
They write, "Hi, everyone.
I posted here back in December about struggling with parenthood despite having, on paper, a very fortunate life.
I have two wonderful children, eight and five, a loving and involved husband, financial security, and family support.
I love my children enormously, but I find the actual task of parenting incredibly monotonous and exhausting, and I was struggling with how much of myself seemed to be disappeared into being a mum." She says mum, so I take that to be someone not in America.
Do you agree?
Correct.
Correct.
I do wanna stop right there, though, which is, like, how many of these posts do you think are, like, them feeling the need to cover their tracks in case, like, they get found?
Mm.
In case they, like, somebody figures it out.
Because I feel like when people go above and beyond to be like, "Just so you know, I'm obsessed with my kids, I'm obsessed with everything.
I just want you to know I, the, the specific tasks of parenting is what I hate"
Mm.
Like, I just feel like it's a little over the t- a little too trying to cover my ass-
Mm
... for me to believe it.
As opposed to what? Because I'm confused by what you're saying, actually.
I feel like this post in particular re- is reading to me like scared of getting caught.
Okay.
And so they're just, like, ov- over the top.
You know, like, when like, "Oh, s-
Wait, so you're not saying, like, they're lying about details, they're lying about how much they love it so that if somebody does catch them, they're like, "Look, I didn't say that you were a bad husband"?
Exactly.
Okay.
Okay.
They write, "Hi, everyone.
I posted here back in December about struggling with parenthood despite having, on paper, a very fortunate life.
I have two wonderful children, eight and five, a loving and involved husband, financial security, and family support.
I love my children enormously, but I find the actual task of parenting incredibly monotonous and exhausting, and I was struggling with how much of myself seemed to be disappeared into being a mum." She says mum, so I take that to be someone not in America.
Do you agree?
Correct.
Correct.
I do wanna stop right there, though, which is, like, how many of these posts do you think are, like, them feeling the need to cover their tracks in case, like, they get found?
Mm.
In case they, like, somebody figures it out.
Because I feel like when people go above and beyond to be like, "Just so you know, I'm obsessed with my kids, I'm obsessed with everything.
I just want you to know I, the, the specific tasks of parenting is what I hate"
Mm.
Like, I just feel like it's a little over the t- a little too trying to cover my ass-
Mm
... for me to believe it.
As opposed to what? Because I'm confused by what you're saying, actually.
I feel like this post in particular re- is reading to me like scared of getting caught.
Okay.
And so they're just, like, ov- over the top.
You know, like, when like, "Oh, s-
Wait, so you're not saying, like, they're lying about details, they're lying about how much they love it so that if somebody does catch them, they're like, "Look, I didn't say that you were a bad husband"?
Exactly.
Okay.
Okay.
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