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[quote=Anonymous]I'd never heard of emotional labor before but this is the main problem in my marriage. My husband sleeps through the night while I am taking care of sick kids. He is oblivious of what I go through. He can't even recognize when our kids are sick (even when they have needed to go to the ER). I feel like a martyr because I'm doing all the work, physical and emotional, to the point that I'm getting burnt out on it. He can't even see what needs to be done. If he clogs the toilet, I have to tell him to plunge it and then he acts like a grouch. It wouldn't be so bad if he would appreciate what I do and clean up after himself. The main problem with divorce is that I don't trust that he would take good care of the kids since he seems to be in his own fantasy world where he doesn't have to do his share of the labor and doesn't even notice his surroundings because he is always staring at a screen.[/quote]
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