DH and I both work full time in demanding jobs, one child in primary school. By his own admission- DH says about 80% of his time is spent on work, thinking about work, how to progress in his career, politics at work etc. When he isn’t doing this he looking at LinkedIn, Fishbowl etc. pretty much all evening after dinner. Most of our conversation is about work, and when I want to talk about something else , he starts talking about my job / people at my workplace!
In general he is a kind and good husband and father, will spend time with us (talking about his boss) , sort out the garden ( while listening to motivational podcasts). There’s always a background of his work / career dominating every aspect of our life. We even have a holiday booked during half term next week - and there’s been hardly any conversation about it, no excitement etc. Between us we earn pretty well, and have a comfortable life.
I want to be supportive of his goals but it’s all getting too much.
He does acknowledge that I’m dealing with the major load of housework and parenting, and helps intermittently. We have hardly any sex life left either. He promises that things will start getting better in a few months but then something else happens.
How do I cope with this …