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AIBU? Husband sleeping in

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Hpsaucey77 · 20/02/2021 07:50

So this may be a long one but a bit of background....

I have been married to my husband for 3 years and i love him very much. We have a 2.5 year old daughter together who is hard work but so adorable its unreal. I am now 15 weeks pregnant with our second child and have been so exhausted. This year due to covid i was made redundant in april and apart from a few temporary roles i have been out of work ever since. Finacially this is ok for us, not the best but ok. My husband works full time from home 8-4 monday to friday. My daughter goes to preschool 3 mornings a week from 9-12.

My daughter has a great routine and has slept through the night since 5 months old with a wake up time of 7am. My husband will stay in bed until 7:55 and then come down stairs make himself a coffee and go straight to his office. Meanwhile i have already been up for an hour with our 2 year old. On a saturday he will stay in bed until between 9 and 10 am. If i am lucky he will get up at 7 on a sunday but this is not consistent and will also have an extra couple of hours in bed most weeks. I am exhausted and would just like a couple of those days for it to be me who gets to sleep in. Am i being unreasonable to think this? I know it sounds petty but it bothers me alot. When i speak to him about it he just says, im asleep and you dont wake me? But i dont want to spend 10 minutes of the morning begging him to get up instead when he manages to wake up at 8 everyday without my help!

I feel like he thinks that because i am out of work he is entitled to more rest but i am running around after a very energetic toddler all day and trying to keep up with housework. My husband doesnt even come out of his office for lunch breaks and then when he has finished work he still doesnt play with our toddler much even though she desperately wants to see him.

I feel this has been more of a rant than anything but im just so tired and emotional!

OP posts:
FizzingWhizzbee123 · 20/02/2021 13:43

In a bit surprised by some of the responses on here, making the OP feel like she isn’t entitled to a lie in just because her kid is at nursery a few mornings a week, especially when she’s pregnant. Of course her dad should get up with his child some mornings, at the very least one weekend morning minimum.

Lazypuppy · 20/02/2021 13:52

Each parent gets 1 lie in on the weekend days. Agree on a friday who is getting which lie. Easy

Somethingsnappy · 21/02/2021 19:05

Great post @EntreMummy!

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johnd2 · 21/02/2021 23:49

Well u did write aibu so maybe i can forgive people for not validating your feelings about this, but it's ok to feel like that.
The good thing is your partner basically said the only reason is you didn't wake him, so all you have to do is wake him and he will join you. Then you can ask how he thinks you can each get a lie in some of the time, and maybe he will think to set an alarm. Good luck

Sickoffamilydrama · 22/02/2021 00:00

My DH looks after the kids & I work FT there's no way i would feel right if I had all the lie ins we share 50/50 at the moment that's on the weekdays as well, even when it's normal time we do this but just don't have as late lie in as we are having at the moment.

What kind of living person allows the other one to carry all the burdens?

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