I need some perspective and insight, feeling premenstrual and have a 4 month old so could explain why I may be irrationally annoyed by this.
I’m finding mat leave pretty tough, I moved far from family and friends and finding it all a bit lonely, partner works A LOT and has been feeling poorly for the last few weeks, he has a long term condition that flares up and down (nothing life threatening but it does get him down, think along the lines of tinnitus).
I have noticed that the flare ups always seem to follow periods of anxiety and or binge drinking sessions (around once a month). This week I’ve not expected him to do a tho g, run around after him today, took baby off his hands and cleaned the house before I left for the day as he was entertaining a friend. I get home and he gets a call and is invited to the pub and shoots out the door - just got a call to say he’ll be out most the night?
Am I being unreasonable to be cross with this? I feel mugged off with all the tea and sympathy he has accepted when I too am run ragged and still recovering (c section followed by surgery) and I just know that tomorrow will be a wash out and he’ll lay on the sofa all day. Also, I can’t help but be a bit jealous of the spontaneity of it all and that I can never just up and out on a whim.
Thanks for reading that mammoth post!