We have 2 boys (primary age).
AIBU?
Leaving the house can be such a pain. For example, this morning, DH put a video game on for them just before we were all about to go out, started playing it with them and then went off to pack the car and left me to get them off the device to do teeth, wash hands etc i.e. all the boring stuff so they argued with me.
Same sort of thing when I’m leaving for the school run. Surely they are capable of not being entertained for a few mins right before we leave? They are Y4.
Now I am swinging between irritation that he won’t just leave them be and guilt that he is brilliant with them and tries really hard to keep them happy every minute!
He says ‘they have 5 mins to spare’. Why does he constantly need to ‘fill’ it for them and start them on something that will take ages to stop?
Better this than him ignoring them. He spends lots of quality time with them so it’s not that.
He likes to be busy all the time.
I think it’s ok for them to be bored and I want them to learn to wait at appropriate times.
It’s feels like a time-blindness? He is tired
of me saying ‘this is not a good time’ 🤣