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Has anyone had success in getting their husband to take on some of the mental load?

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TheOnlyOneWhoCanTHINK · 26/06/2026 18:45

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I am so bloody sick of thinking for everyone in the house.
Today DH got home before me. A parcel had been delivered with apparel for kids activity. He stepped over it, walked into the house, got changed, went back out, stepped over parcel again, and didn't bloody bother picking it up and throwing inside the door.

When I asked him why, he said he didn't think of picking it up. Didn't fucking think of it. Doesn't think of anything. This is is response to everything. Why don't you put the paper from the bread in the bin whenbyoubuse ut up, instead of back in the drawer? I didn't think of it. Why didn't you tell me before you sprayed weed killer everywhere so i could take the clothes off the line? I didn't think of it. Why didn't you change DS nappy before it was so full that it leaked everywhere? I didn't think of it. If I ask him to do something he will do it, but only if I ask. And I have to ask him every. Single. Fucking. Time.

I feel like just throwing in the towel and saying Oh I didn't think of it for every single thing that has to be done, but then only me and the kids will suffer. Because he can think when it's something that affects him.

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Naurrr · 26/06/2026 18:53

I don't see the point in men like this. Just a burden, child neglect and misogyny. Why would he change? It serves him perfectly.

TheOnlyOneWhoCanTHINK · 26/06/2026 18:53

He is very good in so many ways (though right this minutes I am struggling to remember what any of them are).
I have an older DC with additional needs and he has taken them on as his own. He also works long hours, so I accept that I need to take on the lions share of everything at home, but some things I feel would take minimal time and effort and I can't see why he wouldn't just automatically do it.

I should have said in OP that he works long hours and I am part time

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Octavia64 · 26/06/2026 18:53

No.

i did split stuff off so he was responsible for his own washing.

we had fucking endless house meetings when the kids were teens about the chores. The kids were mostly fine it was him that was shit.

i even did a star chart for him.

we’re divorced now. Apparently he is still as bad with his second wife.

CornishCornetto · 26/06/2026 18:50

Ok I’m assuming he can hold down a job? Would he behave like this at work?

MegMortimer · 26/06/2026 18:49

I would find this very difficult, the sheer thoughtlessness. Or is it laziness? Or both? Is he ok in other ways, OP?

TheOnlyOneWhoCanTHINK · 26/06/2026 18:49

Yeah. It's not even the mental load I suppose, it's every miniscule thing that has to be done.

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boringperson123 · 26/06/2026 18:47

Some of these sound beyond being part of the ‘mental load’ the nappy one is just neglect

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