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Im so annoyed that me and my husband cant see eye to eye anymore. I work from home/am self employed (even before covid)ā€¦. But still the workload at home is insane. I live in a house with 4 bedrooms 3 bathrooms 2 living rooms. I have two young kids and pregnant with my third. My husband helps w almost nothing @ home because his logic is hes tired/ we can get a cleaner. We had/have a cleaning lady but I feel bad paying for it (it adds up!) when instead if everyone did their fair share I wouldnt need a cleaning lady. Also this house I dont wanna live here and are talking Bout moving (too much to manage wth!) he never has time to talk because after work he is always UNWINDINGā€¦. Some days he gets up at 4 amā€¦ sometimes 8ā€¦ which I am thankful for but all he does is UNWIND EVERY SINGLE DAY from 4pm-9pm and just doom scrollsā€¦ I used to be so fun and positive but now Ive turned into that nagging wife and ABSOLUTELY HATE THAT. Iā€™m only 30 FFS! Anyone else???!! This is not ā€œnormalā€
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I had the exact same. Maybe itā€™ll help if you sat down and told him exactly how youā€™re feeling. Say ā€œyouā€™ll sit and listen to me or elseā€ and lay out how youā€™re feeling and what you want to change. It may help if you ask him to do the same as he may be struggling with something and isnā€™t communicating so thatā€™s why he isnā€™t helping. Honesty is so important. If he doesnā€™t listen then just explain that you can do it yourself if he doesnā€™t step up. I find that men start to feel comfortable and that they donā€™t have to work hard as they already have a baby with you so they are safe staying with you, if that makes sense. Not sure if this is making any sense but I hope so šŸ˜‚

Almost word for word how I feel lately. IM EXHAUSTED. I have a constant to-do list that never ends just piles up more and more. My house isnā€™t even managed anymore because Iā€™m so overwhelmed, Iā€™ve asked my partner SO many times for help and still nothing. I have to practically beg him to do something so small in comparison to EVERYTHING I do. Iā€™m about to just give up and go into paralysis in all areas of my life because I feel like Iā€™m just drowning barely surviving at this point.

I feel the same way and it drives me off the edge when he can clearly see me doing household chores while he ā€œdoom scrollsā€ (FYI, LOVED THAT NAME) and it pisses me off so much, like I want to be relaxing and ā€œunwindingā€ too but never can because of the never ending shit that needs to be done.

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