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Lifeisinteresting · 27/04/2025 08:09

I run my own business, and can often work 50-60 hours a week, husband is a creative and works 20-25 hours a week, we have a cleaner in twice a week and in my view my husband should be picking up the slack, but he thinks I need to help more around the house.

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MounjaroMounjaro · 27/04/2025 21:56

I have a friend who lived like you do. Her husband had a lovely life, basically earning money which he'd then spend on his hobby. She had all the stress of making enough money for both of them. Eventually she left. Within months he'd moved in with another high earner. He thought he was special, that he deserved to have a hobby that earned him very little money, and that women existed to do the donkey work around the house and provide him with the money for a lifestyle he felt he deserved.

OoooopsUpsideYourHead · 27/04/2025 21:59

I think 'the creative' needs to either pull his weight around the house, or get a part-time job to boost his income.

LurkyMcLurkinson · 27/04/2025 22:00

I’m presuming he has a lot more free time than you? If that’s the case maybe you could make a visual diagram outlining each of your working hours and each of your free time and ask him why he thinks it’s fair that when you work more you should have a lot less free time than him and yet do an equal amount of housework.

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