AIBU to want one lie-in on my husband's days off?

Just because I’m not going to agree with you, doesn’t make me a troll!!

It isn't about not agreeing with me... its about how horrid you are being about a tired mother asking for a few hours kip from the father of her children and all the reasons under the sun why she should be a martyr.

What does he do that he works 16 hours a day. Does he actually work or is a lot of it presenteeism?

Quite. Just being a contrarian little stirrer.

I have not been horrid to the OP, I just don’t agree with her. I am not going to agree just because I’m a woman!! The OP’s husband deserves his two lie ins on the basis of his insane working hours.

It’s less stressful not having to work. So many women on here are always complaining that they do so much more than their husbands/partners. In this instance, the husband is working incredibly long hours. Men just can’t win!!

A few weeks ago another poster complained that her husband did nothing apart from working full time and financially supporting the family. About 3 pages of posts were about how awful this man was. I was the first poster to point out he was doing two very important things (working full time and financially supporting the family) which enabled the woman to be a SAHM. Some posters got cross with me then.

The fact that two parents can be tired at the same time for different reasons has just gone over her head completely.

The insults always come out whenever you don’t agree. This is my opinion on this post. I’m not going to change it because people don’t like it!!

@6ate9 It's hard for us to believe you're genuine because most people can easily imagine a world where parenting 24/7 is harder than going out to work. It's a bit odd that you seem unable to..

I don’t think parenting is harder if you’re at home. I do think working full time (and in this case very long hours) is harder.

Parenting is a choice now. We have modern technology so the household chores are a lot easier to do. You don’t even have to go shopping if you don’t want to as there’s online shopping. Why does this generation find it so much harder? It was much harder in the past before birth control, mod cons, supermarkets and internet.

I feel like I keep repeating myself, but in this instance with the husband working such long hours, I don’t think it’s selfish of him to have two lie ins a week. The OP does have it easier as she doesn’t have a boss. deadlines, and targets to meet. She has their baby to look after and she can choose to do as much or as little as she wants each day.