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[quote=Anonymous]If you're always the one having to ask, and he's always the one making the final decision, it puts him in a position of power over you. That doesn't seem fair.

It's also, however, not fair for you to take the kids away from him all the time. Time hanging around the house after sleeping in is still time spent together.

If your spouse is truly not going to be around, then no loss, no foul. But I have a hard time imaging this to always be true. Some of those birthday parties or play dates are likely overlapping time that your spouse would be home and free to interact with the kids.

Would he be amenable to dividing things up by classification? Say certain activities you schedule with no input, eg birthday parties, but others you discuss by Friday night like classes or holiday events. If life gets too messy and you don't touch base before the weekend, then the general agreement is that your plans win out since he's sleeping in.

I'm just throwing ideas. It does seem imo that both of you are coming from a reasonable place and could benefit from meeting somewhere in the middle.[/quote]

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