Hi all,
Husband and I have been having the same dispute for two years now and, frankly, it’s wearing me down.
Nursery have insets three times a year. Husband works from home and has plenty of holiday days left, which he usually spends on his hobby. I’m a teacher - getting the day off for insets isn’t possible. My mother has offered multiple times to help out (he’d just need to work from a WeWork or similar for the day) but my husband always rejects this idea out of hand. ‘So you’d rather get a seventy-something woman up to look after her, then go home at the end of the day. Ridiculous!’ is the usual reply.
I do everything else. Bed times, early wakes, doctor’s appointments, organising family trips. Doing all of the driving as he hasn’t learned and refuses to.
So to my question - am I being unreasonable to expect him to do the inset days when I do all other dates and events and, let’s face it, childcare for future summer holiday breaks?
Thoughts very welcome.