I've namedchanged for this rant post (something which isn't as easy as it used to be!!!) and I know it's been done to death, but I am just so frustrated with the expectations my family have of me as a SAHM.
Don't get me wrong, I have loved being at home with the children while they were young, but I always assumed that I would go back to work once they were at school. Sadly, my DS has SN and is home educated (by me) so there is no way I could find paid work in the foreseeable future.
It just bugs me that everything gets left to me... My DH gets up, leaves his breakfast stuff / coffee cup wherever he finished with them, has a shower, leaves the shower wet and towels on the floor... when he comes in, he dumps dirty clothes in the basket and sits down. I make his dinner and then clean up after him. This happens with the children too.
If I go away (which I did last week, with the children), everything just piles up. I had to do 4 loads of HIS clothes when I got back, because he'd just kept on dumping clothes in the basket.
This isn't a rant against my DH... I do appreciate that this is my job, but it feels like I never enjoy stuff, I'm just constantly cleaning / sorting / tidying or looking after the kids.
It's like I have a 24hour a day job, with no holidays, but also zero recognition. It's not like I get any respect, the way a person would working out of the home.
Just ranting really.
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SAHM. Unappreciated and overworked
arethereanyactualnamesleft · 31/10/2012 07:42
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