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[quote=Anonymous]If my husband had held down the fort with the kids on his own for four days, I would come home saying thank you.  I would expect the same if he left for a guys vacation and I was on my own.  I don't think this was the time to come home angry and completely revamp the home dynamics the way that you did, although certainly calling a family meeting and explaining that you are wiped out and need more help around the house would have been ok.

You don't say how old your kids are.  Elementary?  High school?  Expecting young kids to have sandwiches for dinner or make their own is unrealistic.

Chores are great for kids!  It's a positive thing to ask them to prepare their own cereal or learn to do laundry solo. But you should come at it from a mentality of "how can I help my children mature into functional adults" rather than from a place of anger.  Kids are by definition needy, so being "sick" of them suggests anger at them, not parenting.

Are you a stay at home mom or do you work?  Expectations for how much the working spouse should help out with things like meal prep and laundry depends on the answer.  I don't think its unreasonable if you are a SAHM to manage the laundry and dinner - and I say that as a SAHM.  [/quote]

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