Sociologically, love within a family is not a single concept. You may be experiencing "affective" love for the father-in-law (respect and care) while struggling with the "confluent love" (negotiated, daily partnership) of a marriage.
Stop comparing your husband’s current maturity to his father’s lifetime of experience. Your father-in-law likely made the same mistakes your husband is making now when he was younger. Allow your husband the room to grow into his maturity without holding him to an unfair standard. Identify and Address the Gaps in Your Marriage i love my fatherinlaw more than my husband
Do you feel this love is or is it a paternal/mentor bond? Sociologically, love within a family is not a single concept
But if your husband is trying—if he is working, parenting, and loving you in his flawed way—then you owe it to him to stop looking at his father for emotional nourishment. Put down the phone. Go hug your husband. Tell him you miss him. Your father-in-law likely made the same mistakes your
