Feeling down

Ugh my partner and I just argued over house chores and pulling weight and being wasteful. A little backstory: two days ago we went grocery shopping and bought a whole bunch of fruit and meat and when we got home that night I started to get our 5mo old his bath and bedtime routine. When I was done and finally got baby to sleep I went to the living room and my man had put all the groceries away and did the dishes from the dinner I had cooked before we left. I told him how grateful I was cuz I’m so tired. Mind you we have a 5 almost 6 month old and I’m 7 weeks pregnant with debilitating nausea. Anyway he was about to take the fruit out to wash it and the meat out to separate and freeze it but I told him I would do it tomorrow and Cole sit and rest and hang out with me. He agreed and we had a good time hanging out. Fast forward my 5 mo old is teething and super clingy so I didn’t wash the fruit or freeze the meat yesterday so when my husband got home from work today he had to do it. He then stated that he feels like I’m being wasteful and I tried to explain I didn’t feel like I could do much yesterday because I felt sick all day and our kiddo was super clingy. He then claimed that I never do anything and need to pull weight at home if he has to pull all the financial weight. So now I’m just feeling down like he doesn’t think I do enough and that because he makes all the money that I need to be the 50s stay at home wife (which I was not raised to be so all of this is VERY new to me). Idk I guess I’m just seeking validation or something. Or just needed to rant, if u made it this far umm thank you lol. Guess I’m just feeling lazy but it feels so hard to even wake up sometimes.
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Please don’t let him make you feel down! Being a mom is a full time job, plus being pregnant on top of that?! That takes some major strength 🫶 Your baby is only this small for so long. The chores and other things can wait so you can take care of babe and yourself. Maybe he needs to hear that too. Try to find the light in the small moments each day even if it sounds difficult right now 💕

Firstly your husband is really doing good. That’s impressive what he really did. I would ask before you had kids together had he always been a helper around the house? In my understanding man who work too face challenges from work that they never talk about and they end up wanting to let out their anger on how much they are doing. I’m sorry that he said those words to you, I would have been hurt too. What I want you to know is believe in yourself, you know you are not lazy. You are growing a whole human being. That’s a lot of work, you nurse the 5 month old baby,don’t sleep throughout the night, you are still experiencing morning sickness. You are working more than him if we really are to compare it. I hope you feel better and let those words not define you.

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