Another week, another child ill with a bug. Two weeks ago I was home for a week whilst my DC had the dreaded super cold. Tonight DC has puked twice. Woke 'd' p up to say could he call work and we would do half a day each. He said he can't.
We both work outside the home. He says mine is more flexible but that is because I've made proactive choices for it to be that way. At the moment we are so short staffed and I can't WFH as there's not enough people in the office. Boss has also said we can't WFH to look after a sick DC. I have a big meeting this morning which would be a PITA for me to miss and have to reschedule.
He is not willing to call in sick. They're short staffed he says. His colleague is off. Boss is off. He said he can only take a day off with notice, which is ridiculous when we're talking about sickness.
It's making me really resentful. My career is important, and my salary in a few years will hopefully improve our prospects for our retirement and help pay for DC's Uni whilst there's nowhere to go in his role. I've been in my job less than two years whilst he's been in his ten plus so has a good reputation and no history of being regularly absent.
My anger stems from the fact that I have to make it work. Not just missing a day and having to catch up but the guilt from letting colleagues down. I'm one of the few mums in the team and already feel like I spend half my life asking to leave early (again another thing he can't do due to having to be on site until a set time). Trouble is, if I leave because of this issue, it'll actually make these things more difficult. If he won't take time off now, it would be even easier for him to back out if he lived in a different house!