I feel like I’ve been getting annoyed at my husband a lot lately. I’m a SAHM, and he works from home except for one day a week when he goes into the office.
I feel like he expects me to do everything. I cook, feed the baby, do the deep cleaning, etc. He does try to clean too, but honestly, I don’t really like the way he does things. For example, he never cleans the bathroom, and he doesn’t really mop or vacuum. He cleans the kitchen, but even the way he washes things annoys me because he doesn’t rinse the dishes properly. We have a dishwasher, but he prefers to hand-wash little things throughout the day.
I’ve given him bath time with our 18-month-old son, but even then, when he gets him out of the bath, I’m the one getting his clothes ready and everything. Then he sits with him for like 15–20 minutes and puts him to bed.
During the weekdays, he does play with him sometimes during the day, but in general, I’m the one with our LO most of the time, which makes sense because he’s working. But when he doesn’t have meetings, he spends a lot of that time playing games.
I’ve started to really resent him, and honestly, sometimes I feel like I hate him. We used to be such a loving couple, but I don’t even feel like giving him attention anymore because of all this resentment I’m building up.
I feel like if I cook, he should at least take care of all the kitchen cleaning. Is that unreasonable? Am I wrong for feeling this way?
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That sounds really difficult. Have you told him this? Otherwise, I would go away for a long weekend and leave him with your responsibilities so he can walk a mile in your shoes. Sometimes it's the only way to build empathy

You guys see each other too much. You are literally in each other’s faces 24/7. I would give him time to go out himself and if he doesn’t want to, tell him to give you time to do things outside the house. When you are stuck inside the house all day everything and kept tending to your kid, everything around you will anger you and annoy you. Try it. Try asking your husband to let you have a few hours out the house. Do something fun or relaxing. Treat yourself

I feel like I could've written this right now 🥺x

My husband and I really needed to talk about specifics so we both feel comfortable with the new routine. It was also hard for me to let go of "how he does it" vs "how I'd do it" when it's his turn to do the thing. We really benefitted from just a few sessions of couples therapy. Somehow, it was just a lot easier to open up in that therapy room. And that way it was a scheduled meeting to discuss things that we had accountability for (couldn't just put off or cancel)