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I feel so incredibly overwhelmed and hopeless

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FedupFederer · 04/03/2025 18:48

I hope this is a season of life but I just can’t see my way out of this. DH was made redundant 6 months ago and hasn’t found any other work, he’s been snappy and difficult. To add, he’d been job hunting for about 3 years pre-redundancy with no luck, as his industry was in decline (fossil fuel related). He was a high earner and hasn’t adjusted. Despite me scrimping wherever I can, DH has blowout spending sprees to ‘relieve stress’ which undo all my savings. We constantly have conversations asking him to curb his habits (multiple Deliveroo and online shopping orders a day) but he won’t listen. I’m now doing 100% of the childcare for 2 DC, 100% of housework, working full time and trying to manage DH’s moods. I no longer have access to any bought in support (cleaner/ meal delivery etc). I’ve moved to working full time. I’m working my butt off for a promotion, so I can cover our outgoings and we can stop burning through savings. I’m now doing 100% of the childcare for 2 DC, 100% of housework, working full time and trying to manage DH’s moods. I have an unwell elderly parent that I have to support through appointments etc. dc is unwell with a chronic (but thankfully not serious) condition that I have to manage. I genuinely wish that one morning I just wouldn’t waje up, every day is a constant marathon of stress and obligations. I’m so so lost. I feel like I’m barely just surviving. Has anyone been in this situation? Any tips? I’m so so so tired and can’t see any way out.

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Miloarmadillo2 · 05/03/2025 13:27

It’s just a fact that most families need at least one and a half jobs to do more than survive - with the ‘half’ taking the bulk of the childcare, housework, mental load. You’ve swapped positions - he needs to accept you being the breadwinner for the moment but he needs to get a job that fits around the family to bring in some money and take on the majority of running the household. Tell him what you’ve told us - that you will break if you attempt to do it all and that he is currently a total drain on the family - he needs to contribute and that might look different to being the man with the big important job.

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