I’m happily married and my husband is an amazing dad but he works a lot, leaves as soon as we wake up and gets home after she’s in bed. His days off are Sunday & Monday, I work Monday so he has our daughter while I’m gone. This leaves only Sunday to do family stuff, go to church & have some alone time for myself. That being said, I don’t actually get my alone time but my husband does, he doesn’t understand that I’m needed 24/7 even in my sleep bc I’m exclusively breastfeeding. I need a few hours of autonomy where I can have me time that isn’t at night when my daughter goes to bed. Last night was Pascha so we were up late and my husband wanted to go to 11am vespers, it’s now almost 4pm and I feel guilty for asking him to come home but he gets to do whatever he wants… what about me??? When do I get to do what I want? When do I get to have hobbies?? I love my daughter and love being with her all day but I still want to not be needed for a few hours.
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Have you talked to him about this? Ask him if you can talk, and calmly explain that you know he works a lot but you’re feeling burnt out and need some time to reset. Don’t be accusatory, just matter of fact. I say this because I can let things bubble under the surface and explode. Set a schedule for free time for each of you. Every other Sunday for two hours? That way family time is still available and you both get time to yourself. My husband and I have set a routine like this and it helped a lot. He works a ton and I’m a SAHM. We each usually go to the movies once a month alone, a late movie so we don’t miss too much family time. The other one day we each have a month we do whatever we want. I like to go to the beach and read. He likes to play basketball, pinball or mini golf. Also, is you can get a gym membership with free child care absolutely do it. We have a membership to the YMCA and it has saved my sanity more than once. My little girl gets to socialize and I get a break.

Try talking to him and explaining it to him, maybe budget for a babysitter if he isn’t able to give you sometime?

Im going through this now. Ther is no reason why he can't give you a couple of hours to yourself on his off days. Talk to him and explain why you are saying it even though im sure you have . It isn't hard to understand. As a mother you definitely need time to yourself

u got this mama💪 im 24h7 w our kids too but never breastfed all our kids were on Enfamil since births heheh and my hubby has only mondays off he gets home 9:20pm daily tho so theyre all deep asleep alrdy🤣

well that’s not ok whatsoever. His needs aren’t more important than yours. You’ve got to get him to split responsibilities with you or else. I hate to say that, but what’s the alternative? Being a married single mom? Could your mother in law talk to him as well? Sometimes an outside voice is heard better. You can always make a list of all the household duties and write down who will take on the responsibility. Maybe him seeing on paper that all he does is work 5 days a week will open his eyes. Marriage counseling isn’t a bad thing either. I hope you can get on the same page. Until then, take advantage of MIL, because regardless you need a break before you break.