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Am I being unfair, lockdown stresses

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Oggden1 · 10/04/2020 20:44

My dp is self employed, so now has severely reduced income due to the situation. I fortunately am a key worker so working full time from home, studying part time for a degree which work are funded and started this the week lockdown started. Our toddlers childminder shut and no spaces locally in alternative childcare.
So things are stressful.
Dp is having our son 3 days in the day but no more time than this. I'm having hi the other four. I'm trying to juggle everything and is stressing me out. I have done all the washing, all cleaning and Dp has done some tidying up but I'd say less than normal. I've cut he lawns and painted fence etc. . He's done no craft or activities with the toddler, not even a walk to look or ducks or football in garden. Just fiddling on laptop while toddler stamps around.
He says he has no time to do anything and I can't understand how as his business sadly is severely reduced.
He is doing the food shop for us which I top up form the farm shop for veggies etc and the shop for hsi vulnerable parents. So he is doing some stuff, which I know is hard at the moment.
Am i being unkind? Is this normal? I think he might be a bit depressed tbh with everything.

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category12 · 10/04/2020 20:57

It sounds unbalanced.

Oggden1 · 10/04/2020 21:01

How's a tactful way to address that? He keeps on about how I'm lucky and why is everything going okay for me when everything s going wrong for him.
I get I'm lucky but equally we are lucky as a family as we can afford to pay our bills etc and stay safe during this scary time.
He says he's too busy and I honestly can't understand how.

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