Regretful Parents: “My ADHD Wife Isn't Fun Anymore” | Reddit Stories
Regretful Parents: “My ADHD Wife Isn't Fun Anymore” | Reddit Stories  
Podcast: Dinky
Published On: Thu Feb 12 2026
Description: ⚠️ 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/dinkypodAnd until next time…Don’t get pregnant. 😌Timestamps00:00 – Welcome to the Regretful Parents series00:17 – “Parenting with ADHD is pretty rough” (yeah… we noticed)01:06 – ADHD, pregnancy, resentment & mood swings02:20 – Corporate burnout, part-time work, full-time expectations03:23 – Gentle parenting, authority, and medicating ADHD kids04:19 – “If I’d known, I would’ve run the other way”05:03 – Losing respect for a spouse & blaming medical misogyny06:40 – “I don’t like my kids” (🚩🚩🚩)07:36 – Messy houses, unrealistic expectations & parenting delusion08:14 – “Why can’t they just be normal?”09:11 – Health decline, resentment, and isolation09:53 – The sentence that made everything terrifying10:31 – Therapy is not optional11:26 – Reddit comments that actually offer solutions12:32 – ADHD discipline, structure & realistic expectations14:20 – Autonomy, accountability & parenting resentment15:24 – ADHD, ODD, and opting out of parenthood16:02 – Final thoughts: the kids didn’t ask to be hereBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dinky--5953015/support.