Tale of lonely wives who feel, live like single mums

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There is a growing trend of overly busy husbands. They have absolutely no time or interest in raising their children, leaving their wives to do single parenting within the constructs of marriage. Tales have been told of unavailable husbands who are hardly home with their wives and children.

Take, for instance, men who work in industries that involve frequent redeployment. We have all heard of pilots, long-distance track drivers or military men who stay away from their homes for so long that upon their return children hardly recognise them. Basically, in such families, the mother plays both roles of father and mother. Now, the million-dollar question is, how do such wives cope with this situation, bearing in mind the freedom they have? Well, some women in such unions wait until their love and patience banks run bankrupt.