The background to this is that on Saturdays DH sleeps in while I sort out the DCs (I sleep in on Sundays) and then takes them with him to the local market from about 10am to one o'clock. They do some food shopping for DH's diet, have a coffee, see friends, DCs run around and I do some work or sort out the house.
Today I had a ridding lesson booked and was really looking forward to it, but DS had a fever last night so I changed my lesson to my instructor riding the horse and kept DS and also DD who wanted to stay. So I had sick DS all night long, then looked after the DCs while DH slept in and then kept both of them (as well as four horses and two dogs) while DH went shopping. I asked DH to not take too long as I was quite tired from looking after the DCs all week and from last night.
To put it in context it takes me one hour to do the weekly shop at the supermarket...it took DH three hours to buy meat, bread and cheese. Basically he fucked off for a coffee and a walk leaving me with the DCs. Now I am bfing DS so he can sleep for the afternoon, DD is at a party and DH is free to watch TV on the sofa.
Is there any solution to living with someone who is so self-centred and lazy when it comes to parenting? He has form for this and I end up doing more than my fair share (and that's not taking into account the fact that I am SAHP or that he is away abroad for work for weeks at a time).
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Booboostwo · 16/04/2016 13:22
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