DH is studying full time for an MBA this year. We have two daughters, one aged 3.7 and the other aged 11 months. Both are fun but energetic and challenging. I work nearly full time (80 percent) and support the household at the moment, though DH does contribute a bit financially. I have a very busy job that I enjoy, but it is hectic and tiring, and involves some studying of my own.
Anyway though I appreciate that the MBA is something that DH is really committed to and enjoying, he did rather bring the whole plan into play by stealth, as I had requested he wait till our youngest was a year older before embarking on something so time consuming. But he applied anyway for this year and just quietly carried on making plans until there wasn't much I could do to change things. in other words, by the time I realised he was planning to do it this year, it was too late to change the plans.
He has to stay late (past midnight) for corporate presentations at least once, if not twice a week, studies every evening and all weekend and has virtually no holidays, which means all school holidays, emergency childcare, etc. have to be covered by me this year.
I had an exam today for which I was unable to study last night (when i had planned to) due to DH being out all evening unexpectedly at yet another presentation. Our youngest daughter is not great at going down in the evenings so I can't always use that time for myself unless somebody else is around to help.
I still have a hundred and one things to do this evening, baby is not asleep (am bouncing her as i rant on MN!), dishwasher hasn't been emptied (husband's job usually) and husband has just left me to it and disappeared upstairs to study again.
AIBU to be sick to the back teeth of this MBA, given that it's not something I ever signed up for? I seem to get stuck with all the crap side of things while all the benefits go to my DH. Or should I just suck it up? After all it will benefit him and perhaps even the whole family in the long run, and believe it or not I am genuinely pleased for, and proud of him!