to want to deck DH if he gives me another philosophy article to read?

[sethstarkaddersmum]

I have dcs aged 1, 3 and 5 and am a SAHM.

Dh is very clever and very intellectual. I was too once but now I am about as intelligent as a chicken and have a shorter attention span. More to the point, I have several dcs to look after. In the course of composing this post I will have been interrupted approximately 15 times.

He is currently obsessed by bloody sodding Feuerbach (19th century religious philosopher who George Eliot liked) and has been on at me and on at me to read a particular article online. The other day he even printed out a copy and brought it home, which the baby has now shredded and eaten.

AIBU to think the fact that he thinks I can read nineteenth century German philosophers whilst looking after a baby and a toddler means he hasn't got a f*cking clue what my life is like? And to wish he would stop rubbing in the fact that he is still clever and I am not and that he gets to read and write all day?

And if I ANBU, should I throw a very heavy volume of German philosophy at him? Or would cooking it for dinner be a good idea?

It's in for it's MOT QuintessentialShadows.

Of course!

"mum, what is MOT?"

ermmmm

"but are there garages in the sky?"

Life is entertaining.

"What's oxygen"
"It's a gas"
"What's a gas"
"A collection of invisible molecules running about very fast"
"What's a molecule"
"A group of atoms on a buddy bench"
"What's an atom"
"Ask Aristotle"

It turned into a game. We'd play it over and over and over.

SethStarkAddersMum - the way you describe you dh is how i've always imagined my ex would have been if i'd married him and we'd had kids together. we met whilst studying philosophy, mind you he was more of a Kant fan. feel like i've had a lucky escape and can let my brains continue on their journey towards mushdom in peace.

Well I suppose I should be relieved he's not a Kantian

Have to admit, dd has already been educated in Feuerbach, because she goes to a church school so is always asking about God. TBH she's probably even now posting on LittleGirlsNet 'AIBU: DM keeps going on about German philosophy on the way home from school when I want to talk about fairies.'