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Yesterday I returned to work after the birth of our 2nd child. I made the day so easy for him, had dinner going in the crock pot house was clean and laundry is assembled to be put away in the bedroom. Should have been a cakewalk for him but I suppose he felt overwhelmed. This morning I got a lecture from him about all the reasons why he cannot get off his work one hour early 2 days a week to help take care of our kids. I work part-time and him full time he expressed how he wants me to stop working completely and stay home with the kids however he does not make enough money for us to do that. Wait let me rephrase that he does not give me enough money for us to do that. We are in the lower income bracket and qualify for alternative payment programs but that is a 6 month wait. Normally he watches them Monday from 1 to 630 and our neighbor covers from 2 to 4 on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. My sister watches them from 2 to 630 Thursday and Friday. He works Tuesday through Saturday 8-430. Me Mondays through Friday 2-60.
It frustrates me beyond belief he cannot take 2 friggin hours out of his week. I strongly believe he is feeding me a bunch of bull**** so he can have a couple of hours to himself every evening. I cannot ask my parents to help since they are older and incapable since my mother had a stroke. His mother lives here in town and visits our kids maybe 1x every 2 or 3 months, and has done some really stupid crap with the kids in the past (drive across town using the booster from the table with a 16 mo old). My sister cannot cover the Tuesday/Wednesday slot. What the hell is a person to do?
It frustrates me beyond belief he cannot take 2 friggin hours out of his week. I strongly believe he is feeding me a bunch of bull**** so he can have a couple of hours to himself every evening. I cannot ask my parents to help since they are older and incapable since my mother had a stroke. His mother lives here in town and visits our kids maybe 1x every 2 or 3 months, and has done some really stupid crap with the kids in the past (drive across town using the booster from the table with a 16 mo old). My sister cannot cover the Tuesday/Wednesday slot. What the hell is a person to do?