Kissedyfire....growing up..I frequently saw the same attitude that you husband has...lol....
Kind of a take on the "super manliness"....machismo type thing....
To accept help is a sign of personal weakness....."I don't need no help from nobody"........
It is hard to imagine recovery growing in that kind of rigid thinking.....
We homo sapiens are not solitary creatures. We live in communities and have a kind of interdependence.....otherwise, our species would not have existed....
the baby shower...HA!! It takes the community to raise our young.
No man (or woman) is an island.....