Is is just me? Is the fact that I live in a male household making things worse?
It seems like every single time I come home after work, or enter the sitting room after having a bath/going on the computer, I immediately get given a list of tasks and reminders while the person making the request remains seated and relaxed.
These can be blatant requests ie 'can you get me a glass of water to the more veiled ones - ie 'have you phoned "" yet?'
I have tried to explain to dh, ds 13 and ds8 that I am not here to sort out everyone's life. I usually refuse point blank to run errands that ds1 is capable of doing (like getting his mobile phone from his bedroom) but I still don't think the message has sunk in - it is irritating just being asked all the time.
It would just be so nice to be greeted with something that isn't a request for a change - as my sons are growing up, they should surely be getting more independent? Dh is not the worse of the three, and as he has a physically tiring job I don't mind running around a bit for him. But what with that and me being the person who does all the home admin, I am feeling swamped!
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to resent being give a' to do' or 'fetch and carrry' list by dh and my two sons whenever I come in?
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tigermoth · 03/02/2008 17:11
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