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[quote=Anonymous]You are not wrong at all, OP. You have a right to complain. I am betting your dh has never been solely responsible for his kids with no adult interaction for day after day, has he?  It is isolating and stressful.

Some of my friends are consultants and have been laid off, some are SAHMs. We set up coffee breaks where we set the kids up to do their thing and we pretend like we are meeting for coffee and either talk on the phone or do google hangouts or even zoom meetings.  This helps so much.

But my dh is working from home and he comes out to have lunch with the kids and me, and he comes in for dinner to have dinner with us. And then he hangs out with us after dinner if we watch something, play a game, or whatever together. Sometimes we all go off and do our own thing separately.

You need to talk to your husband and find out why he is so stressed out. Frankly he is pretty dang lucky now to have a SAHP who can manage the kids while he works during this. Imagine if you were a doctor and he had to actively watch the kids while you go to your shift?  Imagine if you were having telecons too and you guys had to trade off who was working and who was taking care of the kids?

He should be eating lunch and dinner with his family instead of hiding out in his office.  He should be helping with the evening routine.

Talk to him about why he is stressed. Listen to what he says and work this out with him.  
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