Empathy goes a long way. Especially when you and your partner have newborns to take care of. However, Mattea Goff's husband Kris couldn't understand why she was always exhausted in the morning. After all, they're in this together, right? Making sure Kris gets it, Mattea decided to illustrate her explanation.
"My husband is a fantastic guy, but sometimes if you haven't lived something, you don't understand it," Goff told BuzzFeed. "I've given [him] drawings before, but this particular set of drawings came from my lack of sleep and my desire to get my point across."
Thinking there might be other moms who could benefit from showing their husbands the five-panel comic, Mattea shared it on Facebook. And she was right. As of this article, her post has already been liked by over 155K and shared by more than 205K people. "When I first gave the drawings to my husband, he definitely thought they were funny. But he's just as surprised as I am that they've gotten so much attention!"
"I think these drawings really resonate with moms because the exhaustion is hard to explain to someone who hasn't lived it," Goff added. "But when you're able to create a visual with pictures, it's something that's easy to share when you don't have the words."
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"My husband is a fantastic guy, but sometimes if you haven't lived something, you don't understand it"
"I've given [him] drawings before, but this particular set of drawings came from my lack of sleep and my desire to get my point across"
Moms instantly fell in love with the honest five-panel
