Lockdown Life Rant Needed!

[MoneyForOldTurnips]

I'm so over living like this - I could scream! I've been working at home full time squirrelled away in the box room for what feels like my whole life.

OH is furloughed and is the proverbially chocolate ash tray around the house. DS is nearly 15 and rarely gets up let alone does any school work - DD is 12 and is at least getting up and doing her work but just lives for the next meal, which has lead me to my rant...

OH is watching his millionth box set and I'm just about to do a home made pizza (ready made base kind - not from scratch, I'm not that raving yet) before I do the weekly shop and whilst I finish up the day job. DDs response "Mum you asked me half an hour ago if I wanted that and it's not even in the oven yet". DS response? "I'm a bit fed up with the same old stuff thanks"!?!?? Funny how he eats the same rubbish day in and day out at school, Subway etc

I'm so fucked off - will be purchasing a fair amount of wine on the shop. Bottoms up

Think everyone is having very similar feelings at the moment. Have a glass of wine and a soak in the bath

If you are working and your husband isn't, why isn't he doing the lion's share of domestic duties?! You should be a team, he should be preparing meals and thinking what to make (the most bloody tedious bit). He should also be cleaning etc and sorting the kids.

OH has always been spectacularly useless... he's running himself a nice bath now

It feels like most people have finally had enough of the current arrangements. We’re in Wales so in reality have had very little relaxation of the lockdown.

I’m with you OP. I’ve still got to got to work. DH is furloughed. When I get back it’s apparent that very little has happened since I left. DH is currently very busy putting laundry away and cleaning up the lunchtime detritus that has obviously been sat here all afternoon. If he thinks he’s fooling me into believing that he’s been this busy all day then he must think I’m completely stupid!

You need to have a good talk to your OH about how he needs to step up.

You’re working, he’s not.

At the moment he should be taking on a good proportion of what it takes to run a house and feed a family.

I'd be seriously contemplating our continued future together, and letting my chocolate ashtray of a husband know that he was considered more expendable than the sofa.

Lockdown life is hard enough as it is without being a doormat, your family are completely taking advantage of you, why are you letting them? It needs to stop.