Time for myself

So my partner goes to the gym Monday to Thursday from work and doesn't get back until it's bed time for our girls. I work Friday evening Saturday and Sunday and have the girls 24/7 apart from few hours one day a week. I've been voicing how I'd like to get back into the gym to which he says you can go when I get home in the evening but that be 7/8pm and then I'd be eating dinner late. So I've not joined the gym yet but he's come home today and said he's going to go twice a day now so when am I to go now I can't understand? it feels like I'm not getting my point across to him ?
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He sounds selfish and clearly doesn’t understand what being a parent means, unfortunately we have to make adjustments or sacrifices and by the sounds of it he is making neither, I know it will be hard but you really need to have this out with him, he needs to compromise with you and remember you are a person too not just mum and you deserve to have time to yourself for the gym etc Has he always been selfish?

Sometimes men just need telling. My partner sometimes struggles picking up on my cues so I literally have to say “I’m going to the gym this morning” and he will be fine and have the baby. Be firm and stand your ground xx

You just need to tell him and he needs to start compromising he can’t have all the spare time and why should you have to go late in the evening? You should take turns maybe some days be able to go at a decent time and some days go later in the evening if that’s the only time it can be done? My husband is very into the gym and runs and does half marathons etc which he trains for as very competitive and even he has to sacrifice his training/gym sessions so I can have time to myself as he thinks and knows it’s important for me as it’s hard work and intense looking after 2 kid all the time x

My husband and I split the evenings- so he gets 2 and I get 2 to go to the gym… although I’ve been shit about going recently but we compromise with time away from the kiddos to ourselves so that we both get a break. It’s about sitting down and working out what works for you guys as a team

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