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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I am sure your DH is a nice guy. He is just not being a fair partner at all to you and your children. Fair isn't always equal and you aren't even asking that it seems. 
He should want to compromise and do what works best for your family. He should want the mother of his children to not feel stressed, having to push through 29 days a month just to be able to recharge on 2 while he does the heavy lifting.

Maybe you can't see it clearly since you are living it and seem like a well organized, efficient, hard worker. But to put this gently, he is basically dead weight in your marriage right now and will be even more so after retirement. Nice guys don't always make great partners and that is what you need right now. A Partner to transition into what could be a really really great period of time for your entire family.

You and DH need to sit down and prioritize what each of you want/need from the other. A compromise should leave both individuals not getting 100% of what they want ideally but should leave the couple stronger. He is making your partnership weaker and comes across of selfish and lazy to be honest.

If he can't swing pick ups (OF HIS MINOR SON) a few days a week while he is not working, I don't know what hope you have for him to do much of anything after he retires. You may want to look into a chef, pool boy, lawn care, shopping, etc. He can get another job to pay for it if he has to. I would send him a bill each month. [/quote]

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