To ask him to make their tea

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DH came home from work early to do some work in the garden - except it is pissing down. So he sat down to read his book.

Fine, except I am shattered, struggling with knee pain, have been in sole charge all weekend while he was in the garden and all day today. Kids have been a pain in the arse.

Chicken breast was in the oven. dS1 wants pasta with his, DS2 is a fussy bleeder and asked for bread and jam with his. AIBU to say that seeing as I have negotiated them both through three meals a day since Friday it is DH's turn to sort them out?

Nope YANBU. Have you mentioned it to him? Still adjusting to having DD2 as well as toddler DD1 myself I can't wait to be able to hand over the responsibility to DH for bath time when he gets in. I would react very loudly if he started chilling out with a book instead.

so when do you read your book, or potter about in leisurely fashion.

equality of sit on your arse time my friend, its not just a bumper sticker

YANBU. It's not the cooking so much as the whinging from the DC over what they want. You deserve a break from the hassle. Be prepared for tutting if he's anything like my DP though!

Yanbu, your dh is taking the mickey.

Stop letting your kids be fussy. Tell them what they are getting and to eat it or lump it.

I agree with Tabitha to a degree, I wouldn't entertain the fussy streak, my dc's have gone through fussy stages and it soon passes as they have what is put in front of them or they don't eat. I don't run a cafe !

But YANBU for the knee pain as I have been there and it sucks.

I have tried ignoring the fussiness. It just means wasted food. He will starve himself rather than eat if he doesn't want to.

Tonight ended in chicken, bread and jam - two bits of bread and jam eaten and a little bit of chicken. But at least it was DH who had the whinging to deal with.

I am now doing the sitting on arse bit