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[quote=Anonymous]I’m very much an introvert. I like to socialize with friends very much and I love my kids but they both have ADHD and talk ALL THE TIME and I am on my own with them a fair amount after work. I am fried by the end of the day and I really need some alone time each night or I literally cannot sleep. My husband doesn’t understand this or he does in theory but still complains we don’t have time to talk ever, which is not true but he would clearly like more. I thought it would get better as the kids get older but it’s actually getting harder because they are asleep for less time! I have been making a big effort to let my husband talk at me particularly because I know he is stressed about stuff with his family of origin but I feel like I am reaching a breaking point. I have asked him to limit the number of evenings I have to hear about the family drama because for a while it was literally every night for an hour and it was going nowhere and he’s been making some effort but it’s not enough. I only ever get to quietly be alone if I get up crazy early (and then he’s annoyed I’m tired that evening or occasionally I end up avoiding him completely because I just can’t take it and basically waiting to go to bed until he’s asleep. It’s clearly not good for our marriage but I am exhausted and my brain feels like it’s going to explode.

How do other people handle this? I am thinking of trying to take a step back at work to be more of an individual contributor again so I might have a little more bandwidth in the evenings but I know that will be a battle. [/quote]

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