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[quote=Anonymous]Ughh...I’m sorry, OP.  You truly have the worst of both worlds with a spouse around who is creating a mess, eating the food you buy or prepare, and counting on you for emotional support, but you don’t have any of the help around the house/childcare and trade off with emotional support for yourself that normally comes with that.  You have neither the help of a partner nor the freedom of being on your own.  That sucks.

Plus is sounds like you don’t have a very predictable schedule, so the things people are suggesting like getting a sitter a couple of hours a week or planning a dinner/play date with another solo parent might be really hard to schedule.  And you might find out at the last minute that your husband’s business doesn’t need him then, and this is your opportunity for family time.  Or even that he is just hanging around and feeling in the way.

I don’t know what to tell you except that this sounds really hard.  I agree that you should push him to find something else or else look at cutting back significantly so that you can SAH for a couple of years.  I do think it will start to feel easier when kids are school aged.  
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