and wanting to reduce the number of hours that I work.
The thing is I have been working 43 hour weeks in a demanding job. 8:30 start and 2 evenings a week. From Autumn this will increase by 4 hours a week!
DP started a new job last autumn and now earns only 2k less than me annually, but he is working a 32 hour week in a less demanding job.
We bought a new home together last summer. Before he got his new job I was earning more and so paying more towards the bills, in fact I have been paying £500 more towards household bills p/m and I still am as I discovered he needed to clear a large overdraft (which I only found out about after we bought the house) but I have also been careful with my spending and put money into our savings account which has paid for various renovations, He has put in maybe 5%. Then to top it all his ds wants to go on a school trip to the cost of £2+k :-( I have a ds too who I love but if he asked me the same I just couldn't justify it. I feel I am funding this too, in a roundabout way.
I am tired, I have back pain which is work related, I feel I have little time to myself as I still do 50% of the house chores. I want to reduce my workload to 33 hours by leaving a job (I have 2 jobs) which means less money.
Am I being unreasonable?