on call all weekend. not crazy busy, but when i take call, dh takes responsibility for ds, the house, etc so i can be "on" and available for calls/if i need to go in. the house. is. a....
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disaster. coats and shoes everywhere. kitchen a mess. clothes all over the bedrooms. it's gotten to me today. how does this change?
posted March 1st, 2010 at 7:22am in
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- when you hire a housekeeper 3-1-2010 7:23am
- lol- not in the cards for us for some time yet... any other suggestions? :) 3-1-2010 7:24am
- Have you spoken to him about it? And doesn't on call mean waiting for something to happen? If so, why aren't you participating in your family's life. 3-1-2010 7:25am
- excuse me? you think i'm not participating in my family's life? 3-1-2010 7:32am
- where are you? 3-1-2010 7:45am
- or - I'm big on routines, the tried and true, get up make the beds, empty the dishwasher, make breakfast, everything go in the dishwasher, etc.. Laundry on Mond and Thurs. 3-1-2010 7:28am
- sure. i get it that he's not like that. and beds, laundry, etc get done during the week by me. that's fine. but just the general picking up after... that'd be nice. :) 3-1-2010 7:35am
- read him the riot act. He's behaving like a teenager. 3-1-2010 7:27am
- If you're not getting called alot surely you noticed thisvyesterday 3-1-2010 7:31am
- your point being... 3-1-2010 7:33am
- You could have said something yesterday while you noticed it, maybe dh needed a push in the right direction 3-1-2010 7:36am
- this is not something new. i have to parent dh? 3-1-2010 7:39am
- Or stop complining and be happy he helps in his way. He may be thinking he did a bang up job of taking care of things 3-1-2010 7:40am
- np: behappy with a shitty job. good going mom! 3-1-2010 7:42am
- op- lol. right? not looking for miracles- just looking for him to take care of the stuff he lets lie around. 3-1-2010 7:44am
- oh sure. got it. 3-1-2010 7:43am
- i didn't say i wasn't getting called a lot- i said it wasn't crazy busy. busy, but not insane. so, no, being focused on work, i didn't notice it yesterday. what's your point? 3-1-2010 7:37am
- Why can't you do housework until you get called? 3-1-2010 8:09am
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