My husband and his best friend are very close to the extent that we both live in the same compound. They have been friends since university. This his friend also got married a few months after we got married and his wife and me were pregnant around the same time. She had a boy and I also had a boy and the both of them are best of friends. Now the issue is they are now both 3 years old and have different types of behaviour. For example hubby friend’s son is very calm and obedient and listens to instructions. The boy can also feed himself well and eat everything you give him.  My son on the other hand is very active and stubborn and will refuse to feed himself unless you feed him. The other boy can also say “Please” and “Thank You” while my son wont even say it when you ask him. Everybody keeps complimenting this boy saying he his well behaved, his mother has taught him well etc. While I get on with his mother, its becoming so frustrating having people compare the two children. And I think the reason why the boy is well behaved is because she is too strict. She is always carry cane up and down even in their car. Now my problem is my hubby, he is always talking about his friends son and complaining about our own child. He has started complaining that I am too lenient with our boy and that I need to be stricter with him. He also started blaming me that I am not able to raise a 3 year old boy well while my mate is doing a good job given the fact that she is heavy with another child. He also started saying that I have not taken in since we started trying  10 months ago so something must be wrong with me. I am very angry at him for comparing me to his friends wife, but I’m also starting to dislike this woman and her son. I don’t think I want to always be around someone who makes me feel like an inferior mother. Am I wrong to feel this way?

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