My [M/47] daughter [F/5] adores her mother [F/42]. Absolutely adores her. I'm probably going to ramble on like an idiot so bear with me.
Everything is mamma, mamma, mamma. When she wakes up in the morning, she goes to look for mamma. Follows her everywhere, wants to do everything mamma does. We both work from home and if my wife leaves the house without her, she used to have a tantrum when younger but now she just pouts umtil mamma comes back. She doesn't want to go to school because she would rather be with mommy. My wife is really good at redirection because she's witty as hell and told her that she has to go to school so she doesn't grow up and be a dummy like mamma (mom is horrible at math and is always jokes about it). Our daughter usually greets her mom with "Hi my mamma" and my wife responds with "Hi my baby!". I don't even get a greeting, maybe hi dad. Or worse, "Hi dad, where's mamma?" I am totally chopped liver. 😂
My wife is completely aware that our daughter prefers her. She does have her play with me by ourselves, usually drawing or coloring. Daughter loves that. When we go for walks or running errands, daughter loves to sit on my shoulders. Other than that, she doesn't pay attention to me. My wife dotes on her but she doesn't let her run wild or get away with murder. This child will run circles around me but she doesn't mess with her mom. All mom has to do is glare at her or say "Child!" and she straightens up. I thought maybe she's too attached to her mom but Google says that's normal which I expected. My daughter isn't doing anything wrong. My wife isn't doing anything wrong. My wife is a great wife, she's very affectionate, I don't feel neglected. But OMG I wish my daughter loves me like she loves her mamma. My wife thinks it's because technically she's still just a baby and said "She's gotta get sick of me at some point". I said nah, she'll be in your lap until she's 20. 😂 But I want some of that love too! I know I should be grateful that my daughter is loved and secure but I feel like such a whiny jackass!!!
I can't be the only whiny jackass this has happened to so tell me your stories, give me some advice.