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Don’t want Dh to start getting home from work earlier

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Alltheladshaveweirdhaircutsthesedays · 03/09/2025 16:08

Dh used to get home from work around 6 onwards, in summer they’ve been going into work earlier and arriving home earlier at 4.30, due to the heat. They’ve all decided they prefer this at his workplace and will stick with these hours.
I pick Dd, 6 up from school and am home for 3.30, I really used to enjoy this time for just us, we’d have a snack and cuddle up together on the sofa, read books, watch tv and chat, we’d then maybe play for a bit, take the dog for a walk, then i’d get dinner ready later.
It just takes this away with Dh arriving not long after, changes the dynamic
At weekends we’re all home and also she’s at friends houses or has friends around

Aibu to be sad at missing this quiet time just for us?

OP posts:
Parker231 · 15/09/2025 11:38

theressomanytinafeysicouldbe · 15/09/2025 11:25

I wouldn't want them to do it, they are all boys, my clean is very different to theirs 😂

Believe it or not the male population can complete household tasks to an equally high standard as a female.
Your future DDil won’t thank you for producing useless men.

theressomanytinafeysicouldbe · 15/09/2025 14:15

sittingonabeach · 15/09/2025 11:31

@theressomanytinafeysicouldbe are you a control freak?

No

theressomanytinafeysicouldbe · 15/09/2025 14:16

Parker231 · 15/09/2025 11:38

Believe it or not the male population can complete household tasks to an equally high standard as a female.
Your future DDil won’t thank you for producing useless men.

They are not useless, they do their own washing, wash up after themselves and do their own rooms, I just prefer to do the rest of the cleaning, its a front room, kitchen and bathroom, its not a mansion and I enjoy doing it

RubySquid · 15/09/2025 20:05

theressomanytinafeysicouldbe · 15/09/2025 11:25

I wouldn't want them to do it, they are all boys, my clean is very different to theirs 😂

Lol. Feel sorry for their future wives

theressomanytinafeysicouldbe · 16/09/2025 07:45

RubySquid · 15/09/2025 20:05

Lol. Feel sorry for their future wives

I would check my other responses. They do their own washing, they wash up after themselves and clean their own rooms.

GasperyJacquesRoberts · 16/09/2025 14:23

theressomanytinafeysicouldbe · 16/09/2025 07:45

I would check my other responses. They do their own washing, they wash up after themselves and clean their own rooms.

So the small number of easy chores that directly affect them and their immediate environment are up to them. Everything else is assumed to be someone else's problem (yours, in this case).

Yeah, I feel sorry for their future partners too.

theressomanytinafeysicouldbe · 17/09/2025 07:28

GasperyJacquesRoberts · 16/09/2025 14:23

So the small number of easy chores that directly affect them and their immediate environment are up to them. Everything else is assumed to be someone else's problem (yours, in this case).

Yeah, I feel sorry for their future partners too.

not assumed to be my problem - I just prefer to do it, they do offer and if i don't have time to do it they will do it, or if i were to ask they do it, im not being a martyr or a bad role model - which so many MNs have pointed out seeing as I have had so many comment on my bad parenting for doing the bloody housework

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