Cleaning burnout
Does anyone else have a husband working 60+ hours a week that uses work as an excuse not to pick up after themselves?
My husband has 2 areas to maintain. The balcony and the desk since he uses those spaces the most. Both are in complete disarray. On top of that, he will not clean up after himself when doing things around the house, constantly adding to the growing list of chores. I've brought it up so many times, but he is ungrateful for what I do and will often use work and being tired as a reason he hasn't done anything. He gets to come home, eat and put our toddler to sleep, and then go to bed while I stay up and clean. On top of that, I'm trying to find the time to study, but it is nearly impossible to find a moment to do this and manage the household, and find a moment to just breathe. Even when I'm not home for a few days, I come back to a mess only he could have made. He tells me I don’t have to go to work and I am incredibly lucky I get to relax all day. Little does he know. He can't even care for our child on his own without asking me a million things 😭
I'm at my limit with this. I wish my husband would help me more and keep things tidy. Those of you that have this problem or have in the past how do you manage this if talking isn't working?
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Make him pay for a cleaner or at least buy a floor cleaning robot or whatever that will automate your cleaning tasks.
While I get wanting him to keep things a little tidy, 60+ hours a week is A LOT. I totally understand why he'd be burnt out too. Maybe ask him to declutter a little when he has a day off to cut down on the mess. Also second a roomba - they're very helpful
Girl you work 24/7 his 60 hours doesn’t compare. You’re not his mom. He’s also a parent and simply just an adult. If he didn’t have you or the kid would him simply just live in a pig sty? Tell him if he can’t pick up his shit you’ll start throwing it away. You need to remind him you’re his wife and not his mother while you’re happy to help maintain the house and do XYZ you didn’t sign up to be his personal maid on top of everything else. It’s time to sit him down and have a serious talk with him.
If his job is making him that exhausted maybe he should change jobs. It’s not worth the continuous stress on you because his lack of awareness that he could NEVER BE AS TIRED AS YOU!! You do everything for the house & kids & maintaining yourself if you even have the time?!!! Incredibly lucky my a**. This is unacceptable… I’m so sorry this is happening to you. 😭
Yup and will be planning my exit. Unless you’re about to hire a cleaner I don’t see why u can rest but I can’t. I don’t even ask him to clean just clean up behind himself and his son and he acting like he can’t do that. Working a lot of hours doesn’t grant you to be a slob especially when I work ,go to school and take care of the babies
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My husband has 2 areas to maintain. The balcony and the desk since he uses those spaces the most. Both are in complete disarray. On top of that, he will not clean up after himself when doing things around the house, constantly adding to the growing list of chores. I've brought it up so many times, but he is ungrateful for what I do and will often use work and being tired as a reason he hasn't done anything. He gets to come home, eat and put our toddler to sleep, and then go to bed while I stay up and clean. On top of that, I'm trying to find the time to study, but it is nearly impossible to find a moment to do this and manage the household, and find a moment to just breathe. Even when I'm not home for a few days, I come back to a mess only he could have made. He tells me I don’t have to go to work and I am incredibly lucky I get to relax all day. Little does he know. He can't even care for our child on his own without asking me a million things 😭
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