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Well, if we take your idea a bit further, we can conclude that being a "breadwinner," especially in our time, is essentially the same as being the cuckold you described, because you sacrifice disproportionate emotional, financial, and time resources just to put a big checkmark on your life and get nothing in return, and even your own child won't thank you for bringing them into the same world where you suffered. Whether there's a relationship or not is a secondary matter.

If he were an alpha, he wouldn't have let Robin go after the deal with Mary...

A character from my experience would definitely act that way.