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Lunch whilst WFH

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Belleoftheball88 · 24/09/2020 12:35

Like many, I have been WFH since March, and this is looking to continue into the new year at least.

Personally this is good for me as we have DD(4) who has recently started school, so with me being at home this removes the need for any before and after school clubs. I work full time, standard office hours, although my work are flexible in that I don't have to be on by a certain time, I just have to do my work and do 8 hours. I have a team leader level role.

DH also works full time, however he works shifts, including earlies, lates & nights. He cannot work from home due to the nature of his job.

With agreement from work, I split my lunch across school drop off and pick up. This usually means i am online from about 9, take my lunch about 3 to cover pick up, and then log of about 5.

When DH is here, he is constantly asking me to have lunch with him. Generally I like to have lunch at my desk and work through so I can use my lunch to pick DD up. DH takes it personally when I don't sit and have lunch with him. I have tried explaining that my lunch is used for pick up (which he does come with me as well sometimes) but at all other times I need to work.

He has asked I take my laptop and sit with him, however my office is set up for me to work with multiple screens etc which are required for my role.

I'm not saying I have never sat with him for lunch, but usually when he wants me to sit down with him i'm caught up with something and can't take the time away at that moment.

His job is very different, where he has to sit around and wait for work to come in, where as mine is full on and I could work 24\7 and not make a dent in it.

Today has resulted in a massive row about how I don't want to spend any time with him which isn't the case, I am just busy and want to go and pick DD using my lunch break.

In contrast, as he is on nights this week, DH has been coming home at 6am and going to bed so I get DD up and ready and out for school. He then gets up for lunch about 12pm, stays up for a while, and then goes back to bed from 2pm ish until 8 when he has to get up for work, so he is not spending any time with me or DD in the evening either, although I appreciate he needs sleep before he gets into work.

OP posts:
Nanny0gg · 25/09/2020 10:30

@Belleoftheball88

I think part of the problem is DH is thinking that me being at home means I get to sit around and not do anything (he already thinks that desk jobs mean sitting doing nothing all day - had several arguments about this before) but to me all that has happened is I have relocated at home, the workload has remained the same if not more.

We probably both don't need to do pick up, and a few times I have been caught up so if DH is around I have left him to it, but he again tries to get both of us to go so that we get to spend some time together.

So again. His good points are...?
rookiemere · 25/09/2020 10:31

Who earns more OP ? Not that it should matter, but he seems to enjoy belittling your job, so presumably he could pay for the household without your trivial little office job.

Sexnotgender · 25/09/2020 10:44

My husband likes us to have lunch together if possible. He also more than pulls his weight and understands when I’m snowed under at work.

maddening · 25/09/2020 10:44

Tell him To choose either lunch together and he facilitates pick up or vice versa. He is a grown up and surely can understand the compromise!

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