DP works away Monday morning to Saturday morning. There’s no way around this at the moment, there might be in a few years.
We have a 2.5 year old DD. I do everything all week along with a full time job. I drop her at nursery at 8am and collect at 5, then drive home and do meal and bedtime etc.
I realise I’m not the only person to do this and DP really takes over at the weekend from midday Saturday to Monday morning but honestly I’m exhausted and fed up with it. I feel angry and frustrated most of the time. I earn good money (around 4,500 a month after tax) and I am used to doing what I want financially. I worry that I won’t cope well without earning much but at the same time I honestly feel close to breakdown with having to keep going as I am.
I have some savings that bring in around 300 a month and DP is a high earner and puts 1,500 in a joint account that I can use during the month for me and DD. I keep thinking perhaps this in total would be enough if I didn’t do much and it would give me the downtime I need. I can’t do it all and I constantly feel like I’m failing no matter what I do or what I choose. What would you do?