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Need someone elses opinion on my husband!!!!!
I've been so stressed out for the past couple of weeks. I'm a stay at home mom and I go to beauty school at night. I clean the house pretty much everyday and do everything around this house. Once in a while if I didn't get to do laundry my husband may do a load of laundry but I have to put it away. Anyways, When I leave to go to school the house is clean and when I come home it looks like a tornado hit it. My husband doesn't care what the kids are doing. Yesturday he told me my daughter had her training seat around her neck and it got stuck. I was so pissed off. So then I went in her room and i mean EVERYTHING is everywhere. She cleared her dresser top and clothes everywhere. My husband didn't even attempt to clean some up. I don't care if theres a few toys on the floor but I mean I couldn't even walk into three rooms in the house. I have fibromylga and I try my hardest to do everything that needs to happen. I am also 6 months pregnant. So meanwhile once the children are playing together my step-son tells my husband that our daughter is doing things she shouldn't be doing and he stays on the computer. He doesn't care. My stepson tells me all the time that my husband stays on the computer and plays world of warcraft. I've told him time and time again that the game only gets played when the kids are asleep. When they are awake they need to be outside and if it's raining color with them, play with playdough, etc. And my husband doesn't want to do any of that with them. Our daughter is two and needs some outside time. She maybe gets about 30 minutes and that's it. My kids beg to go outside. I play the warcraft game too but I only play when the kids are asleep. It's to time consuming for a "FAMILY" My husband plays the game from the time I leave for school until the kids are in bed. By then I'm home after they are asleep. I am to the point where I don't want to leave the kids here. I tried talking to my husband and he laughs over it and he thinks I'm joking. I find it very ignorant that I bust my ass around the house all day and then once I get home at 10pm I gotta clean the house again because I can't walk into it. I'm very annoyed about it all. Then my husband asks what my problem is and why I'm stressed out. I was speechless! I was like I've told you over and over again and he laughs. Enough is enough. I told him before that I want to get rid of this game because you need time (no family and no kids to play it). It doesn't work for us. Please reply to this because I'm losing my mind and about to leave. He is fine other then this. I just don't understand it.
Posted by Kris on 04/22/2009 08:16 AM

 

I know how you feel. My husband plays WOW too. I used to untell I had my daughter. We have had similar issues. It finally took me yelling and screaming and threatening to leave and almost packing up before he got a clue. It is much better now. He was very afraid of us leaving. It is not the best thing, I feel bad, but that is what it took for him to realize things were not working out the way they are. Things are much better now, he only plays after she is alseep and somenights he is off and watching TV with me. I hope this helps, good luck.

posted by Annie on 04/22/2009 10:15 AM

Unfortunately it does take a reality check for most men to "get it". Kind of like 'Scared Straight' lol. They dont know what they've got till its gone, or in some cases, ALMOST gone. I would suggest you arrange a time that you two can talk when the kids are asleep, or get a babysitter for an hour or two so you two can discuss the issues. Let him know exactly how you feel. .you are in pain and you are busting your ass taking care of the kids and the house, and you would appreciate him to maintain the house while you are not there. Maybe you could create an organizational system for the toys, and have your daugther pick certain things she wants to play with and when she loses interest, he should clean those up and get something else out. There's no reason for the house to be a disaster. He's obviously not even interacting with the kids if he's on the computer the whole time. He should want to spend more time with his kids. Let him know what you want done, and let him know the other option would be that you leave. (if thats what it has come to) No one parent should have to do ALL the work. I was in the same situation, and if you are doing it alone, you might as well be living alone. Im sorry you are going through this; I hope he straightens up.

posted by Amy on 05/07/2009 08:58 AM

 
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