He was promoted a year or so ago and has lots more responsibility now, but since that point he seems continually emotionally absent. You can tell he is still at work in his head. He is permanently knackered, to the extent that he has virtually opted out of family life. He has no energy for the DCs and spends the weekends subtly avoiding them, thro telly, newspapers, PC etc. Holidays etc are a disaster since he finds the DCs really hard work and invariably explodes/gets ill. I feel for them, well and him too, since they are developing a very obvious preference for playing with mummy since he is such a grump.
I understand that he is knackered but so am I. I do everything in the house, all the trad SAHM stuff plus DIY, grass cutting etc, finances too, including at weekends when theoretically he could muck in a bit. I dont mind doing the bulk of it, I am a SAHM, but I would just love a bit of input, help, anything.
I dont know how to help him tho, I have taken on everything I can to reduce his load
so what next? Or is this simply the common state of the average working bloke?
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How can I help my tired DH ?
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FeelingGrumpy · 19/10/2009 12:20
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