Any Other Working FT Moms Now also the Default Parent During the Day

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My husband is a SAHD. He has had a Job often on for the last eight years. I make enough money that he does not need to work, but honestly he gets bored being a stay at home dad so he will work for 9-12 months then back home. Kids are 10 and 13.
And for this pandemic, he has decided he needs to be outside doing yardwork. Raking the leaves. Seeding the grass.
So the kids play video games all day while I work in my office. He feeds them breakfast and lunch, might shoot some hoops with them or do a short activity. He cooks dinner, and then it’s up to me to do the enrichment activities with the kids.
Since we are cooped up, I’m not saying anything. I really don’t need to be in a fight with him when neither of us can go anywhere to cool off.

He is probably stressed and working it off.

[Anonymous]

We are both working from home but since his job requires a lot more phone calls and video conferencing he's using that as leverage for why I have to do the bulk of the childcare.

[Anonymous]

Yes. I am at my breaking point. DH will do things but I have to organize it all. My kid as severe ADD and its really sending me over the edge. My dr prescribed clonoizepen fo rme to get me down of the ledge so I can survive the next two months.

[Anonymous]

^^Your medication will do a great job w/allowing you to minimize stress - just be careful since one of its primary side effects is heavy drowsiness. 🥱😴

[Anonymous]

I'm the outlier as it's my DW who holes up in her room doing work while I am default taking care of kids. We have a special needs kid too so that makes it a problem even worse as the child can't take care of themselves.

We are both able to work from home, I make about double her income, but she just thinks about herself first.
I've debated just gong into her room during a meeting and just being disruptive or just holding on until this ends and filing for divorce.