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[quote=Anonymous]I swear my husband is helpless.  My kids are helpless.  The sad part is I allowed it go on so long.  I do EVERYTHING.  I am tired and I am so done.  I have nothing left to give.  I decided to be selfish for once and go on a long weekend with some friends.  First trip like this I have taken in YEARS!  Was anyone in my family supportive.  NOPE!  All they cared about is how it would affect them.  My own husband did not want to take care of his kids for 4 days.  I told him to get his shit together because I was going.  He was moody moving forward till the day I left.  In my quiet time I did a lot of thinking on my trip.  I decided to make some MAJOR changes when I got home.

I assigned the kids chores.  If they don't not do them they were grounded for 1 day for each chore they do not do.  I stopped making breakfast.  The kids eat cereal now.  They complain.  I tell them if they want a home cooked breakfast they can make it themselves and they better clean up their mess.  The kids now make their own lunches for school.  Surprise surprise they can now eat at school even though before they claimed school lunches were crap.  For dinner I might cook if I feel like it.  Otherwise its sandwiches or something real quick.  The only laundry I do is my own.  Husband and kids do their own laundry.  If they leave their crap in the common areas for an extended period of time into the trash it goes.

Everyone thinks I have gone crazy.  I tell my husband I am stepping back to save my sanity.  I told him if he wants to save our marriage he better step up.  The kids complain to him constantly now thinking he is going to "save" them from chores.  The kids asked them to cook and he told them he did not know how to cook.  Welcome to parent hood buddy.[/quote]

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